(Thérèse Boudreaux, The Center Square) The U.S. House tanked a balanced budget resolution to curb the federal government’s practice of racking up trillion-dollar deficits every year.
The failed Wednesday vote comes as federal spending pushed the national debt over $39 trillion, roughly $3 trillion higher than it was 12 months...
(Morgan Sweeney, The Center Square) Vice President JD Vance remains the favored candidate among Republicans and right-leaning independents for the next presidential primary, though Secretary of State Marco Rubio moved up in a new The Center Square Voters’ Voice Poll.
The poll surveyed 952 Republicans and 225 independents who lean...
(Dave DeCamp, Antiwar.com) In recent days, senior Trump administration officials have increased their criticism and complaints about negative coverage of the US-Israeli war against Iran, with President Trump even suggesting certain media outlets could face “charges for treason.”
Trump made the comments in a long post on Truth Social put...
(Ken Silva, Headline USA) Conservative media personality Tucker Carlson said Saturday that the CIA is reading his texts, and could be preparing a criminal referral against him over allegations that he’s acting as an unregistered foreign agent.
“I found out the CIA is preparing some kind of criminal referral for...
(Luis Cornelio, Headline USA) The Democrat-led DHS shutdown has forced one of the busiest airports in America to ask flyers to consider donating gift cards to TSA workers.
Denver International Airport — the third busiest in the United States and sixth busiest in the world — took to social media Tuesday asking for...
(Sarah-Roderick Fitch, The Center Square) A U.S. Air Force refueling jet involved in Operation Epic Fury has gone down over Iraq, according to U.S. Central Command.
The KC-135 was flying over “friendly airspace” during the incident involving another aircraft, which CENTCOM claims wasn't attributed to hostile or friendly fire. The...
(Headline USA) A man armed with a rifle rammed a vehicle into the nation’s largest Reform synagogue, in a Detroit suburb, and was fatally shot by security, according to The Associated Press.
The vehicle caught on fire after crashing into the Temple Israel synagogue in West Bloomfield Township, the AP reported,...
(Dave DeCamp, Antiwar.com) As many as 150 US troops have been wounded in the war with Iran since it was launched by the US and Israel on February 28, Reuters reported on Tuesday.
Prior to the report, the Pentagon had only said that eight US soldiers were “seriously wounded” and...
(Headline USA) A police officer responding to a burglary call in Baltimore was shot in the leg Tuesday by a gunman who was killed by another officer, authorities said.
A woman jumped out of a window during the tense confrontation and another woman was held at gunpoint by the man...
(Ken Silva, Headline USA) ABC News reported Monday that Iran is broadcasting an encrypted transmission that may serve as "an operational trigger" for "sleeper assets" outside the country. However, shortwave radio experts are reporting the opposite—that U.S./Israeli agencies may be contacting agents within Iran.
Citing a federal government alert sent...
(Brett Rowland, The Center Square) Veterans die by suicide at roughly twice the civilian rate, despite the Department of Veterans Affairs spending more than $500 million a year to address the problem.
In 2023, the rate of suicide for veterans was 35.2 per 100,000, up from 34.7 per 100,000 in...
(José Niño, Headline USA) Journalist Alan MacLeod argued that a Channel 4 headline reporting on Israel's latest invasion of Lebanon used "carefully constructed language aimed at manufacturing consent for Israeli atrocities," according to his post on X. Israel has ramped up operations against Hezbollah, an ally of Iran, in...