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LA’s $20M Protest Response Illustrates Officer Shortage Cost

(Kenneth Schrupp, The Center Square) Los Angeles’ $19.7 million response to the June protests and riots was almost entirely spent on police, highlighting the growing cost of police overtime amid an enduring officer shortage. According to a new report from government transparency group Open The Books, the city of Los...

Florida is First State to Launch Program to Protect ICE Officers

(Bethany Blankley, The Center Square) Florida is the first state to have law enforcement protect U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers. After ICE officers were doxed in California and the lives of officers and their families were threatened, and attacks against ICE increased by 413% in recent weeks, Florida is...

Bill Cracking Down on Fentanyl-Related Drugs Passes House, Heads to Trump’s Desk

(Thérèse Boudreaux, The Center Square)   The Republican-sponsored HALT Fentanyl Act, a bill cracking down on fentanyl and related substances, passed the House in a bipartisan 321-104 vote Thursday. The bill, reintroduced in February by Sen. Bill Cassidy, R-La., permanently classifies fentanyl and fentanyl-related substances as Schedule I drugs under the...

FBI Dallas Arrests Hundreds of Online Sexual Child Predators in Major Takedown

(Bethany Blankley, The Center Square)  An FBI Dallas-led multiagency law enforcement operation spanning multiple counties in north Texas targeting online sexual predators resulted in hundreds being arrested. The operation was conducted as FBI Director Kash Patel warned last month that federal agents would “hunt down” online child sexual predators. The priority...

Netanyahu Threatening To Upend US-Iran Talks By Attacking Iran

(Dave DeCamp, Antiwar.com) The New York Times reported on Wednesday that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is threatening to upend negotiations between the US and Iran by potentially attacking Iranian nuclear facilities. The report said that the threat from Israel led to a recent tense phone call between Netanyahu and...

Venezuelan Fugitive Suspected of Murdering 18-year-old Texan Arrested

(Bethany Blankley, The Center Square) A Venezuelan national illegally in the U.S. was arrested on Tuesday after being on the run since allegedly killing a north Texan 18-year-old on Sunday. The Grapevine Police Department said its officers, working with Texas game wardens, had taken into custody Daikerlyn Alejandra Gonzalez Gonzalez,...

A Planned Parenthood Affiliate Plans to Close 4 Clinics in Iowa and Another 4 in Minnesota

(Headline USA) Four of the six Planned Parenthood clinics in Iowa and four in Minnesota will shut down in a year, the Midwestern affiliate operating them said Friday, blaming a freeze in federal funds, budget cuts proposed in Congress and state restrictions on abortion. The clinics closing in Iowa include...

Doctor: DEI is an Infection to Medical Education, Standards Must be Merit-Based

(Tate Miller, The Center Square) The director of an organization of medical professionals testified before Congress that DEI is infecting medical education and called for standards to be based on merit alone. Do No Harm Medical director Dr. Kurt Miceli “testified before the House Subcommittee on Education and Workforce Development...

Milwaukee Prosecutor Clears Ohio Police of Wrongdoing in Fatal Shooting Near GOP Convention

(Headline USA)  A Wisconsin prosecutor cleared police officers from Ohio of any criminal liability Monday in a fatal shooting last summer near the Republican National Convention. Officers from Columbus, Ohio, were among thousands of officers from multiple jurisdictions providing extra security for the July convention in Milwaukee. According to a letter...

U.S. Attorneys in Border States Charge 1,220 With Immigration Crimes in a Week

(Bethany Blankley, The Center Square) In one week, U.S. attorneys for four border states charged more than 1,220 defendants with immigration crimes. The Trump administration is prosecuting illegal entry and illegal reentry cases in accordance with federal law. The base sentence for illegal reentry is two years in federal prison....

Woman Who Ruined ‘Star Wars’ Franchise Reportedly Retiring at End of the Year

(Maire Clayton, Headline USA) Lucasfilm president Kathleen Kennedy is expected to retire by the end of 2025, according to Puck. Kennedy started in 2012 as the co-chair with creator George Lucas. Once Disney purchased the company a few months later, she was named the president. While Kennedy was credited for relaunching...

Maui’s Emergency Budget Ballooned to $10M Before Wildfires

(Adam Andrzejewski, RealClear Wire) From 2021 to 2022, Maui’s Emergency Management Agency’s budget spiked from $942,860 to $10,237,431, according to the county’s budget records. After the devastating wildfires that ravaged Maui and left over 100 residents dead, questions have emerged over how prepared Maui’s government was to respond to a...
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