POLITICS

(José Niño, Headline USA) Michael Caruso, the suspended clerk of courts for Palm Beach County, remained behind bars for another night after authorities charged him with sexually abusing a young relative, according to a CBS News report. Caruso, who previously oversaw the county's clerk's office, appeared in court restrained...

(José Niño, Headline USA) A precinct level analysis of Michigan's Democratic Senate primary has drawn attention to a voting bloc that analysts say now supplies much of the energy behind progressive candidates in the Midwest, namely college graduates earning well below what their credentials once promised. Ryan McComb, a data...

(José Niño, Headline USA) A Texas federal judge has struck down the Biden administration's signature restriction on untraceable firearms, finding the regulation violates two separate constitutional guarantees roughly 17 months after the Supreme Court let it stand on narrower grounds. Chief U.S. District Judge Reed O'Connor of Fort Worth ruled...

(José Niño, Headline USA) The American Action Network, a leading outside group tied to House Republican leadership, plans to roll out a $22 million advertising push on Thursday spanning 41 congressional districts, according to an Axios report. The move signals how GOP strategists intend to lean on tax policy...

(Dave DeCamp, Antiwar.com) The US military is considering reducing its military presence in the Persian Gulf, The Washington Post reported on Tuesday, as many of its bases in the region have been badly damaged by Iranian attacks. Many of the US bases in the Gulf had been evacuated before the...

(Headline USA) The judge who presided over Texas teenager Karmelo Anthony's murder conviction was removed from the case Wednesday ahead of a key hearing to decide whether to grant a new trial in the fatal stabbing of a 17-year-old athlete at a high school track meet. The removal was a...

(Bethany Blankley, The Center Square) A hurdle to adding the final country to the list of temporary protected status terminations has been eliminated as the Trump administration continues to crack down on immigration, with refugee numbers at a record low. A Boston judge, Brian Murphy, lifted a final administrative stay,...

(Bethany Blankley, The Center Square) Gov. Greg Abbott is pushing back against a request to extradite a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer in custody in Texas, saying he doesn’t trust Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz. Abbott has been critical of Walz over the past year in response to extensive welfare...

(Esther Wickham, The Center Square) The nation’s two largest teachers' unions directed thousands of dollars in campaign contributions to Democratic members of key congressional education committees, according to federal campaign finance records reviewed by The Center Square. The congressional members whose campaigns received the money supported legislation favoring schools and...

(Thérèse Boudreaux, The Center Square) As the national debt quickly approaches $40 trillion, economists warn that skyrocketing deficits will distinctly impact Americans of all generations, including students, families and retirees. Global think tank The Conference Board analyzed how different levels of budget deficits will adversely impact student loan costs, mortgage...

(Headline USA) A former engineering director at Meta who has testified before Congress about child safety on Instagram told jurors Wednesday at a landmark trial that the company took a “don’t ask, don’t tell” approach on kids under 13 on its platforms. During his second day of testimony, Arturo Béjar...

(José Niño, Headline USA) Private equity has swung firmly behind Republican candidates this election cycle, breaking from its usual pattern of splitting donations evenly between the two parties, according to a Wall Street Journal report.  Employees at buyout and investment firms sent roughly $60.2 million to congressional candidates and party...