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POLITICS

Federal Deficit Reaches ‘Astounding’ Levels

(Thérèse Boudreaux, The Center Square) Only nine months into fiscal year 2026, the U.S. government has already borrowed $1.4 trillion, surpassing the entire federal deficit of the previous fiscal year. The federal government collected $4.2 trillion over the past nine months and spent or lost a total of $5.5 trillion,...

Report: $225M in K-12 Fraud Found Across Six Years

(Andrew Rice, The Center Square) More than $225 million in fraud was reported by state education departments and school districts from 2019 to 2026, according to a new report. Open the Books, a federal spending watchdog, and the State Financial Officers Foundation, analyzed six years’ worth of reports from the...

Trump: Ceasefire with Iran Over as Talks Continue

(Sarah Roderick-Fitch, The Center Square) The ceasefire with Iran is over as talks with the Islamic Republic continue, President Donald Trump said Friday. Trump's post on social media follows a tumultuous week of increased strikes in Iran after the Islamic Republic targeted cargo ships transiting the Strait of Hormuz, a...

Jasmine Crockett Won’t Go Quietly, Calls Election Loss ‘Racist’

(Luis Cornelio, Headline USA) Soon-to-be former Rep. Jasmine Crockett claimed racism played a role in her Texas Democratic Senate primary loss, calling the race “racist” while responding to her “haters.” Crockett made the remarks while speaking at the Global Black Economic Forum on Tuesday, addressing her March 3 defeat to Texas...

WATCH: Mitch McConnell Carried Out on a Stretcher

(José Niño, Headline USA) Video newly obtained by CNN captures paramedics rolling a person on a stretcher out of Sen. Mitch McConnell's, R-Ky., Washington residence and lifting them into a waiting ambulance. The footage sharpens a question his staff has spent nearly a month dodging. What actually happened to...

Lefty ‘Reporter’ Slammed After Appearing to Blame Platner Sexual Abuse Accuser

(Luis Cornelio, Headline USA) A left-wing “reporter” came under fire Wednesday after attempting to contextualize one of the sexual abuse allegations against former Maine Senate candidate Graham Platner by publishing a text message from one of his accusers. Ryan Grim, co-host of the Breaking Points podcast and a “reporter” for Drop...

Mamdani Wants ICE Abolished After Fatal Houston Stop

(José Niño, Headline USA) Immigration and Customs Enforcement should cease to exist, New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani declared Thursday, seizing on a lethal encounter in Texas to press one of the progressive left's oldest demands, Just the News reported. An agent shot Lorenzo Salgado Araujo, 52, shortly before 7...

Sen. Grassley Says Jack Smith’s Team Mishandled Classified Material

(Luis Cornelio, Headline USA) Federal officials who investigated President Donald Trump in the Mar-a-Lago classified documents case may have themselves mishandled classified material, according to newly released documents. The alleged mishandling by officials within the Biden-era DOJ and the office of Special Counsel Jack Smith suggests “hypocritical” and “careless behavior,” according...

Sen. McConnell’s Source Anonymously Rebuts ‘Brain Dead’ Rumors

(Luis Cornelio, Headline USA) An anonymous source familiar with Sen. Mitch McConnell’s health pushed back Thursday against swirling rumors that the 84-year-old Kentucky lawmaker may be “brain dead.” The individual, without identifying themselves, told NewsNation that McConnell is “alive” and “not brain dead.” “With his condition, he needs time to physically recover....

Trump Says He Supports Ukraine’s Long-Range Attacks Inside Russia

(Dave DeCamp, Antiwar.com) President Donald Trump heaped praise on Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky at the NATO summit in Ankara on Wednesday, expressed support for Ukraine’s long-range attacks inside Russia, and said he would allow Ukraine to produce Patriot missile interceptors. When asked about Ukraine’s strikes on Russian oil refineries, the...

Trump Calls American Military Operation in Iran a ‘Tremendous Military Success’

(Morgan Sweeney, The Center Square) President Donald Trump called the American military operation in Iran a “tremendous military success” on Wednesday at a news conference concluding his time at the 2026 NATO Summit. He also called the conflict a war, though it has yet to be declared a war by...

Feds Buy Two Immigration Detention Centers for $1.5 Billion

(Chris Woodward, The Center Square) Private prison operator CoreCivic has sold two Southern California immigration detention centers to the federal government for $1.5 billion. Under the deal, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security takes ownership of the Otay Mesa Detention Center in San Diego County for $739.2 million and the...
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