(Thérèse Boudreaux, The Center Square) Federal regulations cost taxpayers trillions of dollars annually, with the average American household paying roughly $16,000 per year in hidden costs, according to a new report.
The nonpartisan Competitive Enterprise Institute released its annual Ten Thousand Commandments report Thursday. It shows that total compliance costs...
(Alan Wooten, The Center Square) Only 1 in 10 Americans believe the current checks and balances for the three branches of government are very effective, says a national poll released Thursday in North Carolina.
Sampling April 10-17 of 1,000 adults by the Elon University Poll found 32% said it is...
(Dan McCaleb, The Center Square) Democratic campaign contribution platform ActBlue is the target of President Donald's Trump's latest memorandum after Congressional committees reported evidence it found that ActBlue was used to circumvent campaign finance laws.
Trump signed the memorandum Thursday directing U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi and Treasury Secretary Scott...
(Bethany Blankley, The Center Square) The U.S. Department of Justice is taking action against La Mara Salvatrucha, MS-13, an international criminal organization whose members authorities say are involved in committing murder and other violent crimes in at least 10 U.S. states and the District of Columbia. Under the Trump...
(Brett Rowland, The Center Square) President Donald Trump's goals for the Department of Government Efficiency remain even as leader Elon Musk prepares to spend less time on government matters and more time with electric vehicle maker Tesla.
When Trump first created DOGE, before taking office, he said it would be...
(Ken Silva, Headline USA) In response to concerns from Martin Luther King Jr.’s family about potentially damaging FBI surveillance recordings of the civil rights leader being released as part of President Donald Trump’s pro-transparency efforts, the Justice Department said Thursday that it only intends to publish records about MLK...
(Ken Silva, Headline USA) Federal agents have arrested a New Mexico county judge and his wife for housing illegal immigrants, including a suspected Tren de Aragua gang member.
“KFOX14/CBS4 were on the scene Thursday afternoon when the home of former Dona Ana County Magistrate Judge Joel Cano and his wife, Nancy Cano,...
(Dave DeCamp, Antiwar.com) President Donald Trump on Thursday urged Russian President Vladimir Putin to “stop” following major Russian strikes on the Ukrainian capital of Kyiv, which local officials said killed at least 12 people.
“I am not happy with the Russian strikes on KYIV. Not necessary, and very bad timing,”...
(Ken Silva, Headline USA) A lawyer for New York Attorney General Letitia James on Thursday urged the Justice Department to refuse a Trump administration official’s request to prosecute the Democrat for mortgage fraud, calling it “improper political retribution."
In a letter to U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi, the lawyer, Abbe...
(Dave DeCamp, Antiwar.com) Sen. John Fetterman (D-PA) has called for the Trump administration to end negotiations with Iran and bomb Iranian nuclear facilities.
“Waste that shit,” Fetterman told The Washington Free Beacon in an interview published on Wednesday. “You’re never going to be able to negotiate with that kind of...
(Ken Silva, Headline USA) A controversial ATF informant who forewarned her handlers about the April 19, 1995, Oklahoma City bombing has reportedly turned up dead 30 years later.
The ex-ATF informant, Carol Howe—who warned her handlers in early 1995 that neo-Nazi extremists in Oklahoma were planning to attack federal buildings—had...
(Casey Harper, The Center Square) The U.S. Department of Education in February warned colleges and universities that if they did not eliminate programs, they could risk losing federal funding.
Now, two months later, many universities around the country still boast of their DEI programs and employ DEI staff, raising questions...