(Chris Wade, The Center Square) New York City mayoral frontrunner Zohran Mamdani's plans to tax the city's wealthiest to fund his policy initiatives could drive top earners out of state, according to a new report by a watchdog.
The Empire Center's report looked at Mandani's plans to set a new...
(Headline USA) Back from a week abroad, President Donald Trump is calling on the Senate to scrap the filibuster and reopen the government after a monthlong shutdown, breaking with majority Republicans who have long opposed such a move.
Trump said in a post on his social media site Thursday that...
(Headline USA) The U.S. Food and Drug Administration says drugmakers have recalled more than a half-million bottles of the blood pressure medication prazosin hydrochloride over concerns it may include a cancer-causing chemical.
New Jersey-based Teva Pharmaceuticals USA and drugs distributor Amerisource Health Services issued voluntary nationwide recalls earlier this month...
(Thérèse Boudreaux, The Center Square) The ongoing government shutdown has dragged on for a month as Senate Democrats have blocked Republicans’ temporary funding bill more than a dozen times.
With senators heading home for the weekend and no end to the shutdown in sight, Republicans may have to rewrite the...
(Luis Cornelio, Headline USA) Rep. Byron Donalds, R-Fla., suggested Thursday that he would pursue the impeachment of Judge James Boasberg after declassified documents revealed he signed off on the FBI’s surveillance of GOP lawmakers’ phone records.
Boasberg came under fire after files released by the Senate Judiciary Committee earlier this month...
(Luis Cornelio, Headline USA) A top left-wing congressional candidate abruptly quit a live interview Thursday after independent journalist Tara Palmeri asked a series of questions about her federal indictment tied to an ICE protest.
Kat Abughazaleh, a Democrat and self-described “Gen Z influencer,” appeared to lose patience after Palmeri made her watch...
(José Niño, Headline USA) A Harvard Law School professor has ignited a national debate over whether universities can legally exclude students who support Israel from campus life, arguing that anti-Zionism may constitute illegal discrimination under federal civil rights law.
Stephen E. Sachs, who holds the Antonin Scalia professorship at Harvard...
(José Niño, Headline USA) On Sunday, President Nicolás Maduro announced that Venezuela has captured alleged mercenaries with CIA ties, accusing the United States and Trinidad and Tobago of coordinating military exercises designed to provoke armed conflict in the Caribbean.
In a statement from Vice President Delcy Rodríguez, the socialist government...
(Luis Cornelio, Headline USA) State prosecutors in Massachusetts arrested on Wednesday a top official in the Democratic Gov. Maura Healey's administration on drug trafficking charges after he allegedly ordered cocaine delivered to his government office.
The official, LaMar Cook, served as deputy director in Healey’s Western Massachusetts office, directly overseeing constituent...
(José Niño, Headline USA) Eleanor Holmes Norton, Washington D.C.'s 88-year-old congressional delegate, claims to sit on multiple boards at prestigious institutions, but investigations reveal she hasn't been active with them in years. Some of these positions no longer even exist according to a report by Luke Goldstein and Dan...
(Luis Cornelio, Headline USA) Former Special Counsel Jack Smith unsuccessfully subpoenaed the phone records of Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, as part of his unprecedented effort to target allies of President Donald Trump after the 2020 election.
The subpoena targeted Cruz’s phone provider, AT&T, which refused to comply with the order over concerns that...