POLITICS

(Headline USA)  Dolly Parton, the country music icon whose soaring vibrato vocals, poignant songwriting and sparkling costumes defined her rise from a log cabin in the Tennessee mountains to the height of stardom and acclaim, has died. She was 80 years old. Parton died peacefully Tuesday in Nashville, Tennessee, her...

(Andrew Rice, The Center Square) The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday temporarily allowed the Trump administration to maintain an order placing restrictions on mail-in voting. The administration's order, issued in March, would direct the U.S. Department of Homeland Security to curate lists with the names of all citizens at least...

(Christen Smith, The Center Square) New York City Zohran Mamdani unveiled plans Monday to spend $4 billion on a temporary fix to a crumbling section of the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway but didn't say how his administration would pay for it.  Mamdani and New York City Department of Transportation Commissioner Mike Flynn...

(Adam Herbets, The Center Square) Attorneys general across the United States are using a range of strategies to withhold 2024 emails discussing the longstanding plan to file lawsuits against the second Trump administration over potential policies that had not yet been implemented. A "confidential" document obtained by The Center Square...

(Kyle Anzalone, Antiwar.com) Michigan Republican Senate candidate Mike Rogers has informed the Americans-Israel Political Action Committee (AIPAC) that it does not want direct support. However, Rogers’ campaign is encouraging AIPAC donors to contribute to his PAC.  According to Axios, AIPAC was prepared to launch ads in favor of Rogers following...

(Headline USA) Bitcoin and gold shot higher this week, with both getting a boost from some frantic action surrounding the bond market, and the cryptocurrency also benefiting from activity in Washington. Bitcoin had dropped from a January high of around $95,000 to below $60,000 at the end of June. Investors...

(Headline USA) The U.S. military said Monday that it carried out a strike on another vessel in the eastern Pacific Ocean, killing two people accused of trafficking drugs in the first such attack announced in about two months. The death toll in the nearly yearlong U.S. campaign of bombing boats...

(Morgan Sweeney, The Center Square) Democrats continue to favor former Vice President Kamala Harris over 12 other candidates if the 2028 Democratic presidential primary were held today, according to The Center Square Voters' Voice Poll. The Center Square has conducted four 2028 presidential primary polls since October, and Harris has...

(Headline USA) The fast-growing Hawk Fire spread from the Sierra foothills toward the center of Reno early Sunday, growing to more than 10,500 acres. Nearly 14,000 homes were ordered evacuated, and the “GO NOW” zone reached the edge of the University of Nevada campus. Washoe County, Nevada emergency officials opened...

(Headline USA) The United States and Canada, historic allies along an undefended border, fell deeper into a trade war Saturday marked by angry recriminations and new tariffs that are expected to raise prices for products in both countries. Each side blamed the other for the collapse of negotiations in Washington...

(Headline USA) A lip-licking alligator, a smiling moose and a hat-wearing bear are among the many cartoon animals to have found themselves in the crosshairs of Buc-ee’s, the popular Texas convenience store chain that has a penchant for protecting its buck-toothed beaver. But now Buc-ee's has set off a Buckeye...

(Andrew Rice, The Center Square) The vast majority of Americans want hospitals and healthcare providers to publicly disclose prices before patients receive care, according to a new poll. The Center Square Voters Voice Poll, conducted by Noble Predictive Insights, found 88% of American voters said it was at least "somewhat...