POLITICS

(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...

(Johnny Edwards, The Center Square) A southern state that banned medical gender transition for children is funding a network of doctors and therapists who promote some of those same controversial treatments, an investigation by The Center Square found. A nonprofit called Charlotte Transgender Healthcare Group openly touts puberty blockers and...

(David Beasley, The Center Square) Showing a government-issued photo identification before voting could become enshrined in Ohio’s constitution, even though it is already state law. The state ballot board has approved Issue 3, which was passed by the Ohio General Assembly, to be on the ballot in November. “If approved, the...

(Dave DeCamp, Antiwar.com) President Donald Trump on Monday responded to an Iranian official calling for the US to provide compensation for damage caused by the war as a condition for the opening of the Strait of Hormuz, saying that instead, Iran should pay the US. “I see that Representatives of...

(Dave DeCamp, Antiwar.com) US Secretary of War Pete Hegseth called on Congress to approve his request for a $1.5 trillion military budget for 2027 during remarks at a ceremony in South Carolina for the renaming of Joint Base Charleston to Joint Base Lindsey Graham in honor of the late...

(Headline USA) Russia released an American military veteran on Tuesday, allowing his return to the U.S. after four years of what his family and U.S. officials allege was wrongful incarceration and abusive treatment that left him near death. Robert Gilman, a 32-year-old Massachusetts teacher and former Marine, was freed after  President...

(Headline USA) President Donald Trump on Monday signed an executive order calling for revamped childhood vaccine recommendations that promote his long-held theory that childhood shots should be spaced out into separate medical visits. The order advocates separating the measles, mumps and rubella (MMR) vaccine into three different shots administered in...

(Bethany Blankley, The Center Square) The Trump administration continues to enforce federal immigration law by revoking visas of foreign nationals who commit crimes and pose a national security threat. In roughly 20 months, the U.S. State Department has revoked more than 175,000 visas of foreign nationals who “violated the terms...

(Bethany Blankley, The Center Square) Organizations that have been advocating to end child marriage in the U.S. are actively seeking Republicans in Congress and state legislatures to support ending the practice. They argue the issue is nonpartisan and children, especially girls, should be protected. So far, only Democrats in Congress...

(Arthur Kane and Jared Strong, The Center Square) In the past decade, government grants to nonprofits and the number of nonprofits that receive tax money has doubled, raising questions about whether public money is being wasted, an investigation by The Center Square found. In 2016, federal, state and local governments...

(Headline USA) Ben Jones, who played the good ol' boy mechanic in “The Dukes of Hazzard” TV series and parlayed his fame into a political career and two terms in the U.S. House, has died. He was 84. Jones had a heart attack in his home Sunday in Washington, Virginia,...