(Kenneth Schrupp, The Center Square) California Gov. Gavin Newsom is proposing a $2.5 billion wildfire response and recovery package in the ongoing special session of the state Legislature that he had previously called into session for the purpose of "Trump-proofing" California.
Newsom and state legislative leaders have agreed to set aside $50 million...
(Headline USA) MSNBC President Rashida Jones revealed Tuesday that she was stepping down from the network just days before President-elect Donald Trump’s inauguration and would be replaced by Rebecca Kutler, a former CNN executive, USA Today reported.
Jones took over as MSNBC’s president in February 2021. By the end of her...
(Headline USA) “Squad” Rep. Alexandria Ocasio--Cortez, D-N.Y., went on a two-minute rant on the House floor this week after the chamber voted to pass a bill banning transgender athletes from women’s sports.
"Republicans who have … taken away the right of all women to choose and have control over their own...
(Casey Harper, The Center Square) President Joe Biden released a farewell letter to the nation Wednesday as he finishes the final days of his presidency.
Biden was expected to address the nation in a farewell speech Wednesday evening.
The letter was a last-gasp effort to cast a positive spin on his...
(Headline USA) U.S. regulators on Wednesday banned the dye called Red 3 from the nation's food supply, nearly 35 years after it was barred from cosmetics because of potential cancer risk.
Food and Drug Administration officials granted a 2022 petition filed by two dozen food safety and health advocates, who...
(Shirleen Guerra, The Center Square) Faced with a potential U.S. ban, TikTok plans to shut down its app nationwide on Sunday unless the U.S. Supreme Court intervenes.
The company informed its nearly 170 million American users that, in the event the shutdown takes place, they will encounter a pop-up message...
(Ken Silva, Headline USA) In the wake of the Jeffrey Epstein sex trafficking scandal, a fund was created with the deceased pedophile’s assets to compensate his victims. The fund ended up paying nearly $165 million million to more than 135 people.
It turns out, Epstein’s estate has made nearly all...
(Headline USA) Florida Sen. Marco Rubio received a warm welcome from Senate colleagues Wednesday as he sketched out his plans for implementing President-elect Donald Trump's "America First" vision as secretary of state.
"I hope I can earn your support, whether it's because you believe I would do a good job,...
(Ken Silva, Headline USA) President Joe Biden announced Wednesday that Israel and Hamas have reached a ceasefire and hostage deal—telling America that it took “months of intensive diplomacy.”
But according to both Arab leaders and the Israeli press, President-elect Donald Trump is far more deserving of credit than the outgoing Biden.
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(Headline USA) The Georgia Ethics Commission on Wednesday fined two advocacy groups that were founded by Democrat Stacey Abrams and led by Raphael Warnock before voters elected him to the U.S. Senate.
The commission found that the New Georgia Project and its affiliated New Georgia Project Action Fund illegally did...
(Ken Silva, Headline USA) Donald Trump’s pick to run the Justice Department, former Florida Attorney General Pam Bondi, fielded numerous “gotcha” questions Wednesday from Democrats looking to derail her appointment, as well as that of potential FBI Director Kash Patel.
Bondi also answered questions directly related to Trump’s diehard base,...
(Julianna Frieman, Headline USA) Pam Bondi, President-elect Donald Trump’s nominee for attorney general, flipped the script on Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse, D-R.I., during her confirmation hearing on Wednesday.
Bondi told the Democrat to “cut to the chase” as he slowly grilled her about a hypothetical “enemies list” at the Department of Justice.
Bondi...