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US Announces Charges Against Former Cuban Leader Raúl Castro

(Headline USA) Federal prosecutors on Wednesday announced charges against former Cuban President Raúl Castro in the 1996 downing of civilian planes operated by Miami-based exiles as the Trump administration escalated pressure on the socialist government. The indictment was related to Castro’s alleged role in the shootdown of two small planes...

Workers Say Mass Spirit Airlines Layoffs Violate Federal Law

(Michael Carroll, The Center Square) Six former Spirit Airlines employees, including five Florida residents, have filed a class-action lawsuit alleging that the Florida company’s worker layoffs violate a federal law mandating a 60-day notice prior to such terminations. The laid-off employees filed the litigation May 12 in the federal bankruptcy...

Senate Republicans’ Rebellion in War Powers Resolution Vote Could Sway House Vote

(Thérèse Boudreaux, The Center Square) In a remarkable rebuke of the Trump administration's mission against Iran, the U.S. Senate narrowly advanced a War Powers Resolution when a handful of Republicans joined Democrats in a 50-47 vote. Sens. Rand Paul, R-Ky.; Susan Collins, R-Maine; Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska; and Bill Cassidy, R-La.,...

Support Swells Across the Aisle for $580B BUILD America 250 Act

(Alan Wooten, The Center Square) Five-year plans for American roads, bridges, transit, rail transportation, and highway and motor carrier safety programs reaches an 18-month crescendo Thursday with a committee markup of the $580 billion BUILD America 250 Act. Introduced by Reps. Sam Graves, R-Mo., and Rick Larsen, D-Wash., and three...

Colorado Gov. Faces Political Exile Over Tina Peters Decision

(Luis Cornelio, Headline USA) Left-wing activists and Colorado Democrats launched a backlash campaign against Gov. Jared Polis after he commuted the controversial sentence of former Mesa County Clerk Tina Peters. Political exile, censure, impeachment and even removal from office are among the measures being floated by the left in response to the...

Trump Stands By Chinese Student Visa Program

(José Niño, Headline USA) President Donald Trump mounted a forceful defense of Chinese student visas on Fox News, cautioning that expelling half a million foreign students from American campuses would cripple universities across the country, Breitbart News reported. During his Thursday appearance on "Hannity," Trump resisted pressure to curtail Chinese...

Trump Says He Decided To ‘Hold Off’ on Plans To Attack Iran

(Dave DeCamp, Antiwar.com) President Donald Trump said in a post on Truth Social on Monday that he has decided to “hold off” on a plan to attack Iran on Tuesday due to requests from the US’s Gulf Arab allies. Trump claimed that the request to delay the attack came from...

Cuba’s President Warns That US Attack Will Cause ‘Bloodbath’

(Dave DeCamp, Antiwar.com) Cuban President Miguel Diaz-Canel said on Monday that any US attack on Cuba would cause a “bloodbath,” a warning that comes as US officials are setting up pretexts for a potential war on the island nation. “The threats of military aggression against from the world’s greatest...

TrumpRx Expanding, Offering Generic Prescription Drugs

(Morgan Sweeney, The Center Square) TrumpRx is expanding to about seven times its current size, adding more than 600 generic prescription drugs to the months-old direct-to-consumer government website, the president said Monday. The website was created as part of President Donald Trump’s campaign to lower drug prices for Americans, a...

Virginia Revenues Surge Amid Data Center Debate

(Shirleen Guerra, The Center Square) Virginia revenues are running hundreds of millions of dollars ahead of forecast, but lawmakers warned Tuesday that slowing job growth, inflation and uncertainty tied to healthcare and federal funding are still creating pressure on Virginia’s budget talks. During a Senate Finance and Appropriations Committee meeting,...

Ilhan Omar Under Criminal Investigation

(Luis Cornelio, Headline USA) Trouble for Rep. Ilhan Omar, D-Minn., is far from over, as Vice President JD Vance appeared to confirm Tuesday that the Justice Department is investigating allegations of immigration fraud involving the congresswoman. Omar was separately referred to the House Ethics Committee over her amended financial disclosures, which...

Structural Supply Deficits Forecast to Continue Driving Platinum Group Metal Prices Higher

(Mike Maharrey, Money Metals News Service) Platinum group metal prices rose substantially last year, driven by persistent supply deficits and favorable market dynamics, and Metals Focus expects the bull market to continue this year, with significant price upside remaining. Platinum joined gold and silver for the wild ride up in...
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