(Ben Sellers, Headline USA) Recent legislation by GOP lawmakers highlighted a longstanding but little known loophole that allowed Chinese nationals to gain backdoor U.S. citizenship for their children via an Obama-era visa policy.
Reps. Tom Tiffany, R-Wisc., and Chip Roy, R-Texas, introduced the One Nation, One Visa Policy Act in...
(Alton Wallace, The Center Square) American gasoline prices continued to rise on Friday and are up the most of any week since 2022.
Iran widened attacks on energy-producing countries near its borders and the Strait of Hormuz remains closed to shipping, dashing hopes for a quick resolution to a crisis...
(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...
(José Niño, Headline USA) Rep.Thomas Massie, R-Ky., alleged the Trump administration orchestrated what he called a "360-pressure campaign" that included offering his staffers prestigious government positions and lucrative private sector jobs to undermine his push for releasing Jeffrey Epstein documents, The Daily Beast reported.
The apparent goal was to strip...
(Luis Cornelio, Headline USA) Controversial Texas judge Rosie Speedlin-Gonzalez will formally be out of a job this November after losing her Democratic primary bid while facing an indictment on allegations that she illegally ordered an attorney to be handcuffed in court.
Speedlin-Gonzalez, a Democrat and openly gay judge, is currently suspended without pay from...
(Money Metals News Service) Money Metals podcast host Mike Maharrey recently spoke with Mark O’Byrne, founder of Tara Coins and a longtime authority on precious metals. Their conversation covered everything from the cultural symbolism behind O’Byrne’s Irish bullion coins to the deeper historical role of gold and silver as money. The...
(Andrew Rice , The Center Square) The U.S. economy lost 92,000 jobs in February, a significant cut after January saw a better-than-expected report, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics.
The unemployment rate remained steady at 4.4%. The rate only marginally increased from its 4.3% rate in January. Interestingly, health...
(Headline USA) Republican Rep. Tony Gonzales of Texas said late Thursday he was withdrawing from his reelection race, after having admitted an affair with a former staff member who later died by lighting herself on fire, but he vowed to finish out his term in Congress.
He had faced calls from...
(José Niño, Headline USA) Emails released from the Jeffrey Epstein files show the sex trafficking billionaire worked Israeli connections to help his lawyer's daughter join an elite Israeli Defense Forces unit, The Grayzone reported Tuesday.
Epstein's request came in a June 29, 2011 email to Anat Barak, the daughter of...
(Headline USA) The allegation sounded like the stuff of spy movies: A Pakistani businessman trying to hire hit men, even handing them $5,000 in cash, to kill a U.S. politician on behalf of Iran 's powerful paramilitary Revolutionary Guard.
It was true, and potential targets of the 2024 scheme included...
(Headline USA) Britney Spears was arrested Wednesday night in Southern California and booked early Thursday, according to the Ventura County Sheriff’s office, which didn’t say what charge she faces.
Messages seeking comment were left with the sheriff's office; the California Highway Patrol, which was identified as the arresting agency; and...
(Sarah Roderick-Fitch, The Center Square) President Donald Trump is nominating Republican Sen. Markwayne Mullin from Oklahoma as the next Homeland Security Secretary.
On Thursday, the second-term Republican decided to reassign Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem as the special envoy for the Shield of the Americas.
Multiple reports circulated prior to the...