(Brett Rowland, The Center Square) President Donald Trump confirmed Monday that he wants to temporarily suspend the 18.4-cent federal gas tax, with Republican lawmakers in both chambers announcing plans to introduce legislation hours later, but key details including duration, cost offset, and a phase-back trigger remain undefined.
"I think it's...
(Sarah Roderick-Fitch, The Center Square) The ceasefire with Iran is on “life support” and “very weak,” according to President Donald Trump.
The president commented Monday during an event in the Oval Office following Iran's rejection of a peace deal proposal over the weekend, which he called a “piece of garbage”...
(Headline USA) Iran's Revolutionary Guard navy on Saturday warned that any attack on Iranian oil tankers or commercial vessels would be met with a “heavy assault” on one of the U.S. bases in the region and enemy ships, even as a tenuous ceasefire appeared to be holding.
Iranian state TV...
(Headline USA) America’s employers delivered a surprising 115,000 new jobs last month despite an economic shock from the Iran war.
Hiring beat the 65,000 jobs forecasters had expected, though it decelerated from the 185,000 jobs created in March. The unemployment rate remained at a low 4.3%, the Labor Department reported...
(Headline USA) The Pentagon has begun releasing new files on UFOs, saying members of the public can draw their own conclusions on “unidentified anomalous phenomena” like an object that a drone pilot says shone a bright light in the sky and then vanished.
It said in a post on X on...
(Headline USA) Debris from the demolition of the White House East Wing that was dumped at a nearby public golf course has tested positive for lead, chromium and other toxic metals, the National Park Service said.
An interim report by a Virginia engineering firm says the toxic metals, along with...
(Headline USA) President Donald Trump says the Pentagon is preparing to release some “very interesting” UFO files uncovered by his administration, generating a mix of buzz and skepticism as he hints at new revelations around questions of alien life.
Trump started stoking interest in the extraterrestrial in February, directing federal agencies...
(Liam Hibbert, The Center Square) California Thursday officially exceeded an average gas price of $6 a gallon for the first time since the start of the U.S.-Israel conflict with Iran.
The new high came just one week after a short-lived drop in the cost of a gallon, according to AAA....
(Headline USA) More than 17 million people along the U.S. Atlantic and Gulf coasts are at the highest risk of being affected by flooding, with New York and New Orleans standing out, according to one of the most comprehensive studies ever of flood risk.
Researchers at the University of Alabama...
(José Niño, Headline USA) Seven out of every ten American farmers say fertilizer has become so expensive that they cannot purchase enough to meet their needs this year, according to a nationwide survey conducted by the American Farm Bureau Federation.
The survey gathered responses from more than 5,700 farmers across...
(Jon Styf, The Center Square) A majority of adults in the United States believe that the costs of data centers outweigh the benefits with 69% believing the costs are greater and 30% believing that the benefits are higher, according to a new national poll from the Marquette University Law...
(Headline USA) A chemical leak at a West Virginia silver recovery business on Wednesday killed two people and sent 19 others to the hospital, including one in critical condition, authorities said.
The leak occurred at the Catalyst Refiners plant in Institute as workers were preparing to shut down at least...