POLITICS

(Headline USA)  President Donald Trump on Sunday endorsed embattled Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu late in his reelection campaign, a coveted boost because of Trump’s popularity but one that the American had withheld for months as the vote neared and the leaders' strategies in the Middle East diverged. Trump said...

Virginia’s far-left attorney general issued an advisory bulletin to local election officials and attorneys on how to counter federal presence at polling places, raising the prospect of what critics have described as a “showdown with federal law enforcement.” Jay Jones, in coordination with the Virginia Department of Elections, issued the...

(Headline USA) Vice President JD Vance faced tough questions from voters about the Trump administration’s policies on data centers, high costs, immigration and his own rhetoric in a town hall on CBS News that aired Saturday night. Vance, who said during the town hall there's “of course” a chance he...

(Luis Cornelio, Headline USA) Some scholarly articles written by Abdul El-Sayed, the embattled Democratic candidate for U.S. Senate in Michigan, left critics scratching their heads Friday over their unusual subject matter. In one paper, El-Sayed analyzed reproduction in “inter-racial” relationships and the potential health risks Arab American mothers face during pregnancy...

(Morgan Sweeney, The Center Square) Following Wednesday's news that inflation remained elevated in September, economic reports released Thursday and Friday offered a look at rising prices across the U.S. economy. Import prices, export prices, and prices charged by American producers all recorded their largest annual increases since 2022. Rising import prices...

(Headline USA)  President Donald Trump's abrupt decision to waive sanctions on Russia days before they were to take effect drew outrage Saturday from members of Congress, which had overwhelmingly passed the legislation in a bipartisan display of American support for Ukraine in the war with Russia. Lawmakers from both parties...

(Elyse S. Apel, The Center Square) President Donald Trump has endorsed Republican and former sports broadcaster Michele Tafoya in Minnesota’s U.S. Senate race. “You have to vote for Michele Tafoya, who is a very respected person,” Trump said during a rally in Ohio on Monday. “It’s hard to win because...

(Elyse S. Apel, The Center Square) Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer and her delegation spent more than $200,000 on an eight-day trip to Asia in September, averaging $26,000 per day. This is according to records obtained by The Center Square through a Freedom of Information Act request filed with the Michigan...

(Brett Rowland, The Center Square) Inflation ranks among the top three issues for 46% of registered voters, a nine-point climb since March, while the national debt and government spending sit near the bottom at 13%. Voters put the debt near the bottom in a year the federal government ran a...

(Headline USA) More than seven months into the U.S. war with Iran, sharply higher fuel prices are making it more expensive to drive and fly and adding to the cost of some goods, prolonging the strain on American households as the midterm elections approach. Motorists and airline passengers have borne...

(Headline USA) A fast-moving fire fueled by high winds burned at least six homes in Southern California on Friday, engulfing expensive coastal properties and prompting thousands to evacuate. Black smoke — visible from miles away — billowed over tennis courts and swimming pools while firefighters doused blazing homes in San...

(Headline USA) President Donald Trump took his midterm campaign blitz to the battleground Georgia on Friday and rallied with top Republicans in the state. In Dalton, the heart of conservative northwest Georgia, Trump praised Senate candidate Mike Collins and gubernatorial nominee Rick Jackson as part of a larger White House...