(Jared Strong, The Center Square) U.S. senators collectively spend more than a million taxpayer dollars each year for pricey flights on private planes for themselves and their staff, even though Senate rules greatly discourage the practice, an investigation by The Center Square found.
The spending includes a Midwestern senator who...
(Thérèse Boudreaux, The Center Square) Only 10 U.S. senators voted against the bipartisan housing bill that restricts large institutional investors from buying up single family homes and requires investors to sell build-to-rent homes within seven years.
Those lawmakers also each received tens or sometimes hundreds of thousands of dollars in...
(José Niño, Headline USA) A Miami Beach woman has filed a federal lawsuit against the city, its mayor, and police chief, claiming her First Amendment rights were violated after officers visited her home following a social media post critical of city leadership, according to a report by CBS News.
Raquel...
(Headline USA) Shawn Harris, a farmer and retired Army general, is running to replace conservative firebrand Marjorie Taylor Greene, who resigned in January after a falling-out with President Donald Trump. He's up against Republican candidate Clay Fuller, a district attorney, and faces slim chances in a runoff on April 7.
But...
(Bethany Blankley, The Center Square) Five years into Texas’ border security mission Operation Lone Star, law enforcement efforts in South Texas have become so successful that transnational criminal organizations are moving stolen vehicles and equipment south out of Texas to Mexico and using shipping containers to transport people across...
(Dave DeCamp, Antiwar.com) The Pentagon is preparing for “weeks” of ground operations in Iran, The Washington Post has reported, citing unnamed US officials, as thousands more US troops have arrived in the Middle East in recent days.
Any potential US ground operations would mean a major escalation of the war and...
(Bethany Blankley, The Center Square) Congress’ failure to reach an agreement to continue funding the Department of Homeland is not only impacting TSA workers, it’s also impacting local law enforcement agencies that rely on federal grants.
Texas law enforcement officials argue that state lawmakers cannot rely on federal money and...
(Dave DeCamp, Antiwar.com) At least 15 US troops were wounded by an Iranian attack on the Prince Sultan air base in Saudi Arabia on Friday, The Associated Press has reported.
Sources told the AP that the attack involved Iran firing six ballistic missiles and 29 drones at the base, which is...
(Headline USA) Authorities in Los Angeles deployed tear gas near a federal detention center and made dozens of arrests after officers were hit by bricks at a “No Kings” rally, which was organized to protest President Donald Trump's actions and the war in Iran.
Los Angeles police said Sunday that 74...
(José Niño, Headline USA) Oakland County Sheriff Michael Bouchard triggered outrage and bewilderment following a press conference where he seemed to imply a man was detained for sharing an antisemitic meme. His office later acknowledged the arrest was actually on an unrelated felony stalking warrant, according to The Detroit...
(Jason Ditz, Antiwar.com) While the administration continues to downplay the possibility of boots on the ground in Iran, large numbers of US ground troops continue to conspicuously arrive in the Middle East, with over 3,500 additional troops reported by Central Command (CENTCOM) to have arrived Saturday.
A substantial majority of the...
(Luis Cornelio, Headline USA) Some of the women subjected to Jeffrey Epstein’s abuse initially scolded the Trump administration over what they saw as a slow release of files tied to the late sex offender’s prosecution.
Months after those demands were met, they are now suing the same administration, arguing that the...