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(Jim Talamonti, The Center Square) University of Illinois Chicago researchers say heightened federal immigration enforcement corresponded with about $1.26 billion in foregone retail and restaurant activity in Cook County, but the U.S. Department of Homeland Security dismissed the correlation between a good economy and illegal immigration. Matthew Wilson co-authored the...

(José Niño, Headline USA) An illegal alien now sits behind bars, accused of causing a wrong way crash that ended the lives of a mother and her adult daughter in Montgomery County, Maryland, according to a report from Breitbart News. The tragedy reportedly occurred inside a sanctuary jurisdiction that generally...

Chris Wade, The Center Square) A coalition of 9/11 family members, first responders and elected officials on Tuesday urged New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani not to attend Friday's memorial marking the 25th anniversary of the terrorist attacks. In a press briefing on the steps of City Hall, survivors of...

(Andrew Rice, The Center Square) The U.S. Supreme Court in December will hear arguments in cases on semi-automatic gun bans in Illinois and Connecticut, immigration detention centers, voting rights in Arizona and parental rights related to transgender children in Washington state. Justices on the high court released the December argument...

(Liam Hibbert, The Center Square) The list of noncitizen voters in Nevada has fallen to 185 from a potential list of nearly 16,000 after revisions from the U.S. Department of Homeland Security. But the department noted the 185 figure strictly refers to those who were manually reviewed during a labor-intensive...

(Mike Maharrey, Money Metals News Service) The bloodbath in the bond market keeps picking up speed along with the debasement trade. Last week, the world’s largest sovereign wealth fund announced a plan to slash its government bond holdings by about 20 percent. "We recommend that the government subindex of the bond index...

(Mike Maharrey, Money Metals News Service) Last spring, Prime Minister Narendra Modi urged Indians to put off buying gold for a year. They apparently didn’t heed the advice. The Titan Company reported a 63 percent profit increase in the second quarter and a notable increase in foot traffic. And according to...

(Headline USA) Huawei Technologies, a leading Chinese tech company, faces a criminal racketeering trial in New York over charges that it stole technology, plotted to steal U.S. trade secrets and committed wire and bank fraud, among other crimes. Jury selection is scheduled to begin Tuesday. The indictment alleges that, besides stealing trade...

(Jim Talamonti, The Center Square) Although a recent report on financial red flags said Chicago is on a path toward insolvency, Wirepoints founder Mark Glennon says Chapter Nine bankruptcy might not work for the Windy City like it previously did in Detroit. Reason Foundation’s report on state and local government...

(Brett Rowland, The Center Square) The U.S. Department of Homeland Security had a budget of about $31 billion in its first full year of operation. For 2027, the Trump administration wants $118 billion. Created in 2003 in the wake of the Sept. 11, 2001, terror attacks by folding 22 agencies...

(Headline USA) Federal investigators examining why an Amazon cargo jet barreled off a runway at Miami International Airport and into vehicles, killing at least five people, are likely to focus on a crucial moment in the landing: whether the plane touched down too late to stop safely. Video of Sunday’s landing...

(Headline USA) An Amazon cargo plane barreled off a runway at Miami International Airport on Sunday, striking multiple vehicles and bursting into flames in a crash that sent thick black smoke billowing into the sky and forced the closure of all runways at one of the nation’s busiest airports. Five people...