POLITICS

(Headline USA) The former district attorney of Mississippi's largest county was sentenced Thursday to more than three years in prison for taking bribes in a scheme that ensnared a number of city officials. Former Hinds County District Attorney Jody Owens, a Democrat who was backed by billionaire George Soros, was...

(Headline USA)  Retail magnate Les Wexner's name will not be removed from several Ohio State University buildings, a university official announced Friday, despite hundreds of complaints over his close association with the late sexual predator Jeffrey Epstein. The determination comes in arguably the highest-profile of the denaming protests to arise...

(Chris Woodward, The Center Square) Advocates for the rights of homicide victims and legal professionals throughout California are continuing to express outrage over Gov. Gavin Newsom's decision to commute the death sentences of all 548 inmates on the state's death row. "I take this action because I firmly believe that...

(Dave DeCamp, Antiwar.com) President Donald Trump said on Thursday that he may have to “destroy the rest of the country” of Iran as he continues to make threats against the Islamic Republic following the Republican Party’s major defeat in the midterm elections, which was seen as a referendum on...

(Chris Woodward, The Center Square) Gov. Gavin Newsom on Thursday commuted the death sentences of all 548 inmates on California's death row, prompting swift and sharp criticism from district attorneys, law enforcement and advocates of homicide victims. Newsom reduced the death sentences to life in prison without the possibility of...

(Andrew Rice, The Center Square) The U.S. economy added 156,000 jobs in October and unemployment remained steady at 4.1%, according to a new report from the Bureau of Labor Statistics released Friday.  The unemployment rate has remained in a narrow range between 4.1% and 4.3% since March. Employment in professional...

(Greg Bishop, The Center Square) Expect a surge of gun sales, but also gun control legislation after Tuesday’s dominance in midterm election by Democrats in the U.S. Congress and in various states where the power is shifting to liberal politicians. That’s according to Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep...

(Luis Cornelio, Headline USA) Some of the most vocal anti-Trump figures are calling on a federal judge to spare newly minted convicted felon John Bolton from jail time ahead of his sentencing hearing. Mike Pence, Karl Rove, Mitt Romney, Liz Cheney, Adam Kinzinger, Larry Hogan and Bill Kristol have all submitted...

(Headline USA) Jay Rockefeller, the last member of his family’s political dynasty — and the only Democrat — who served as West Virginia’s governor and later a longtime U.S. senator, has died. He was 89. Rockefeller died Thursday night at his home in Washington, said Mary Stewart, vice president for...

(Headline USA) Democratic Sen. Chris Murphy of Connecticut said on Friday that he has been discharged from the hospital after suffering a stroke last weekend and will miss “several weeks” of votes in the Senate as he recovers in a rehabilitation facility. Murphy, 53, said in a statement that doctors...

(José Niño, Headline USA) The guessing game over who follows President Donald Trump has already reached his Cabinet in the wake of the 2026 midterms. The Independent reported Thursday that Secretary of State Marco Rubio may quit the administration to prepare a 2028 presidential campaign. Reporters David Maddox and Andrew...

(Headline USA) California Gov. Gavin Newsom said Thursday that he’ll change more than 500 death sentences in the state to life in prison without the possibility of parole, though the state Supreme Court will have the final say in hundreds of those cases. Newsom’s decision comes as he prepares to...