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(José Niño, Headline USA) Federal employees can once again access TikTok on government equipment after officials determined the platform's revamped ownership structure removes the security risks that led to the original prohibition. Bloomberg reported that the shift came after TikTok's U.S. business moved under the control of American investors. The...

(Luis Cornelio, Headline USA) The daughter of billionaire Bill Gates is facing scrutiny over accusations that she knew about and pushed for an alleged money-making scheme at her start-up company. Phoebe Gates, along with her friend Sophia Kianni, is the co-founder of Phia, an e-commerce company that helps users find products...

(Money Metals News Service) Money Metals Midweek Memo host Mike Maharrey opened this week’s episode with an old-fashioned banking analogy: Imagine somebody repeatedly claiming to have $100,000 in the bank but refusing to produce a statement or even balance the checkbook. The money might be there, but without verification,...

(Sarah Roderick-Fitch, The Center Square) White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt will be stepping down as the president’s top spokeswoman at the end of the month. President Donald Trump indicated that Leavitt, the mother of two, was resigning from her role to spend more time with her growing family after...

(Dave DeCamp, Antiwar.com) President Donald Trump claimed on Wednesday that the United States has “total control” over the Strait of Hormuz and may “keep it” despite Iran continuing to demonstrate its control of the waterway and engaging in negotiations with Oman on its future. “The USA has total control over...

(Dave DeCamp, Antiwar.com) Turkish officials suspect that an Israeli intelligence report about an Iranian plot to assassinate President Donald Trump at the NATO summit in Ankara last month was a ruse designed to derail diplomacy between the US and Iran, Middle East Eye reported on Tuesday. The Washington Post first...

(Bethany Blankley, The Center Square) U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit has effectively ended a Biden-era mass parole program after it dismissed a lawsuit against the Trump administration. The ruling is seen as a major victory for the Trump administration and for dozens of states that sued to...

(Headline USA) The man charged with killing Charlie Kirk shouldn’t get the death penalty because the shooter “hit the intended target” and no one else was endangered when the conservative activist was shot from a rooftop as he addressed a crowd of thousands at an event in Utah last...

(Headline USA) Weeks before voting ended in California's primary for governor, Los Angeles-based influencer Shaka Smith took to Instagram to tell his more than 700,000 followers whom he was voting for and why. “Healthcare shouldn't bankrupt you, housing should not feel impossible, polluters shouldn't pass their bill to us and...

(José Niño, Headline USA) Illegal aliens attending schools in the University of California system are demanding administrators bow to a court ruling and hand illegal immigrant students access to on campus jobs, according to a report from The College Fix. The Daily Bruin reports that California's Supreme Court refused to...

(Chris Wade, The Center Square) New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s controversial pied-à-terre tax on second homes is in limbo after a state judge temporarily blocked its rollout and the city appealed that ruling.  The ruling issued Monday by state Supreme Court Judge Wayne Ozzi ordered the city to take...

(Andrew Rice, The Center Square) The U.S. Department of Justice stationed federal agents to monitor polling sites in two Minnesota counties ahead of Tuesday's primary elections. The Justice Department announced Tuesday morning that agents from the Civil Rights Division will monitor polling locations in Hennepin and Ramsey Counties. The two...