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11 Firefighters and 2 Other People Injured After North Carolina House Fire and Explosion

(Headline USA)  Eleven firefighters and two other people were injured in a house fire explosion in the Piedmont region of North Carolina, officials said. Salisbury Fire Chief Bob Parnell said firefighters did not have life-threatening injuries but were getting treated for contusions, concussions and smoke inhalation following the fire Monday...

Analysis: Trump’s Tariffs Will Cost U.S. Consumers $1,400 Next Year

(Brett Rowland,  The Center Square) President Donald Trump's tariffs are expected to cost U.S. consumers an extra $1,400 in 2026, according to an analysis from the Tax Foundation.  Trump made tariffs the centerpiece of his domestic and foreign agenda at the start of his second term in the White House....

Biden Fails to Raise a Single Dollar for Presidential Library

(Luis Cornelio, Headline USA) After being ousted by his own party, former President Joe Biden ended 2024 with a humiliating feat: not a single dollar raised for the construction of his presidential library, raising serious doubts about the project's viability.  The fragile financial situation was revealed in IRS filings from the Joe...

Bennie Thompson, Who Headed J6 Persecutions, Calls Nat’l Guard Ambush an ‘Accident’

(Ben Sellers, Headline USA) Rep. Bennie Thompson, D-Miss., downplayed the terrorist ambush of National Guardsmen Sarah Beckstrom and Andrew Wolfe as an “unfortunate accident” during a hearing Thursday with Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem. Thompson, who chaired the House’s controversial Jan. 6 commission during the first two years of the...

Treasury Secretary Bessent Calls for Looser Regulations for the U.S. Financial System

(Headline USA) U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent is proposing to overhaul a regulatory panel that monitors the nation's financial stability, by advocating for looser regulations. The Financial Stability Oversight Council, a U.S. body created in the wake of the 2008 global financial crisis, monitors risks to the financial system and...

Trump Launches the ‘Gold Card’ Program

(Morgan Sweeney, The Center Square) Wealthy foreigners looking to come to the U.S. and obtain permanent residency can now do so through President Donald Trump’s ‘Gold Card’ visa program, which promises expedited entry to vetted applicants who give $1 million to the U.S. The government launched trumpcard.gov Wednesday, enabling people...

Trump Says US Forces Seized an Oil Tanker Off the Coast of Venezuela in Latest Escalation

(Dave DeCamp, Antiwar.com) President Trump said on Wednesday that US forces have seized an oil tanker off the coast of Venezuela, marking the latest US escalation in its push toward a regime change war aimed at ousting Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro. “As you probably know, we’ve just seized a tanker...

Cinnabon Employee Caught Using ‘N Word’ Exposed as a Biden Backer

(Ben Sellers, Headline USA) A viral video featuring a racist Cinnabon employee may have been a false-flag operation, according to one well known investigative journalist. A video from the Dec. 5 incident in Ashwaubenon, Wisc., appeared to show a “racist Karen” spouting racial epithets after initially mocking the hijab of...

After Kirk Assasination, Students Less Comfortable with ‘Controversial’ Events on Campus

(Tate Miller, The Center Square) Following the assassination of Charlie Kirk, half of the nation’s college students report feeling less comfortable attending controversial public events on campus and nearly half are less comfortable voicing opinions on controversial subjects in class. Chief Research Advisor Dr. Sean Stevens at the Foundation for...

National Guard Member Who Survived Afghan Attack is Slowly Healing

(Headline USA) The West Virginia National Guard member who survived last week's shooting in Washington is slowly healing, West Virginia's governor said Friday. Staff Sgt. Andrew Wolfe's head wound is slowly improving and “he's beginning to ‘look more like himself,’” Gov. Patrick Morrisey said in a statement quoting Wolfe's parents. Wolfe and...

Arizona Congresswoman Claims She was Pepper Sprayed During Federal Operation

(Headline USA)  A federal law enforcement operation at an Arizona taco shop resulted in a fracas on Friday, with agents deploying pepper spray as a group of protesters tried to stop authorities. Two agents were injured, and U.S. Rep. Adelita Grijalva was in the vicinity as protesters were sprayed. The...

U.S. Supreme Court to Decide Birthright Citizenship Case

(Dan McCaleb, The Center Square) The U.S. Supreme Court on Friday agreed to decide a case challenging President Donald Trump's plan to end birthright citizenship. On the first day of his second term, Trump signed an executive order directing federal agencies to refuse to recognize U.S. citizenship for children born...
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