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Congress Eyes Short-Term Govt Funding Stopgap as Appropriations Bills Stall

(Thérèse Boudreaux, The Center Square) With U.S. House members out for their August recess, senators are scrambling to advance at least some of the 12 annual appropriations bills to fund federal agencies in fiscal year 2026. Although Republicans originally planned to craft and pass the government funding bills soon after...

Israeli Forces Kill 100 Palestinians in Gaza Over 24 Hours

(Dave DeCamp, Antiwar.com) Gaza’s Health Ministry said on Wednesday that Israeli forces killed 100 Palestinians and wounded 534 over the previous 24-hour period as US-backed Israeli strikes and the killing of aid seekers continue. The Health Ministry said that another 13 bodies were recovered from the rubble. “A number of victims are...

CA Files Lawsuit Over $4B in Cancelled High Speed Rail Funds

(Kenneth Schrupp, The Center Square)  The California High Speed Rail Authority is suing the Trump administration over cancellation of $4 billion in federal funding for the $36.3 billion high rail project connecting two cities in the state’s sparsely-populated Central Valley. “This is just a heartless attack on the Central Valley that will...

‘Militia Leader’ Who Posted Video of Father’s Severed Head Online is Found Guilty of Murder

(Headline USA) A Pennsylvania man who posted a video of his father’s severed head on YouTube was convicted of murder Friday and sentenced to life without parole. Bucks County Judge Stephen A. Corr found Justin D. Mohn, 33, guilty in the January 2024 shooting death of his father at their home...

Chinese Spy Arrested on Texas University COVID Research Theft Charges

(Bethany Blankley, The Center Square) Indicted in Houston in 2023, a Chinese spy has finally been arrested for allegedly hacking a Texas university to steal COVID research on behalf of the People’s Republic of China (PRC). Chinese national Xu Zewei, 33, was taken into custody in Milan, Italy, at the...

Poll: Harris Favored Over Vance in Hypothetical 2028 Presidential Election

(Jon Syf, The Center Square)  Kamala Harris is favored over Vice President J.D. Vance in a hypothetical 2028 presidential election, according to a new poll. Harris was favored by 45% of respondents, Vance by 42% and 12% were undecided in a poll where Overton Insights asked 1,200 registered voters the...

‘Big, Beautiful Bill’ Narrowly Passes Senate, Faces Tough Crowd in House

(Thérèse Boudreaux, The Center Square)  After more than 26 hours of debate and a record number of vote-a-rama amendments, the U.S. Senate narrowly passed President Donald Trump’s ‘big, beautiful bill’ Tuesday. The massive budget reconciliation bill hikes the debt ceiling by $5 trillion and implements President Donald Trump’s tax, energy,...

Analysis: Operation Midnight Hammer Likely Cost Taxpayers at Least $200M

(Steve Wilson, The Center Square) The cost for the U.S. strike against Iranian nuclear facilities, known as Operation Midnight Hammer, likely cost taxpayers more than $200 million, according to analysis by The Center Square of open-source data on flight hours, per-weapon costs and other expenses. The strikes, which used B-2 Spirit...

Trump Says He Will Decide Whether or Not To Bomb Iran ‘Within Two Weeks’

(Dave DeCamp, Antiwar.com) President Trump said in a statement released by the White House on Thursday that he will make a decision on whether or not to directly enter the Israel-Iran war by launching airstrikes within two weeks. White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt read the statement at a press briefing. “Based...

DNC Group Mixes Up Two Latina GOP Reps in Embarrassing Post

(Luis Cornelio, Headline USA) The campaign arm of House Democrats on Friday confused two Hispanic Republican lawmakers in a social media ad aimed at attacking their support for President Donald Trump.  The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee, or DCCC, mistakenly swapped photos of Rep. Maria Elvira Salazar, R-Fla., and Rep. Monica de...

Israeli Minister Calls for Israeli Control Over Syria and Lebanon

(Jason Ditz, Antiwar.com)  Unusually far-right even in the generally far-right Israeli cabinet, Heritage Minister Amichai Eliyahu has sparked some new controversy today in a speech to an ultra-nationalist youth conference, where he called for Israel to have full control over both Syria and Lebanon, on top of annexing Gaza...

Trump Says Tariff Truce With China Back on Track

(Brett Rowland, The Center Square)  President Donald Trump said Wednesday that U.S. talks with China in London resulted in a tentative deal that still needs China's President Xi Jinping's final approval. The president announced the deal in an all-caps post on Truth Social. "FULL MAGNETS, AND ANY NECESSARY RARE EARTHS, WILL...
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