POLITICS

(José Niño, Headline USA) On Tuesday, a congressional hearing on antisemitism turned into a heated debate over ideology, social media, and the safety of Jewish Americans. The House Judiciary Committee’s Subcommittee on Oversight held a heated hearing titled “Rising Threat: America’s Battle Against Antisemitic Terror,” which brought together lawmakers, activists,...

(Elyse S. Papel, The Center Square) Following push back from a growing coalition of politicians and public interest groups, U.S. Sen. Mike Lee, R-Utah, proposed an amended version of his plan to sell off public lands. While the previous proposal would have required the government to auction off between 2.2 million and...

(Steve Wilson, The Center Square) The cost for the U.S. strike against Iranian nuclear facilities, known as Operation Midnight Hammer, likely cost taxpayers more than $200 million, according to analysis by The Center Square of open-source data on flight hours, per-weapon costs and other expenses. The strikes, which used B-2 Spirit...

(Caroline Boda, Andrew Rice, The Center Square) The U.S. Supreme Court handed down four more rulings Thursday, including a 6-3 decision solidifying states’ right to block abortion services from receiving Medicaid funding. The justices also gave opinions on challenging a deportation ruling, DNA testing in a capital murder case and...

(Brett Rowland, The Center Square) The Republican-led House Oversight Committee issued a subpoena to a man described as former First Lady Jill Biden's "work husband" to determine how sharp former President Joe Biden was in office. House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform Chairman James Comer, R-Ky., issued the subpoena to Anthony...

(José Niño, Headline USA) Immigration accounts for recent population growth in the U.S. as its native population ages, according to a Thursday article in the Washington Post. While children still outnumber older adults nationwide, the share of older adults is rapidly increasing, according to the Post, whose reporting was...

(Headline USA) The vice mayor of a small Southern California city is under fire after calling on street gangs to organize in the face of immigration sweeps by federal agents in and around Los Angeles. In a video post on social media that has since been deleted, Cynthia Gonzalez, vice mayor...

(Luis Cornelio, Headline USA) Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez's self-portrayal as a “Bronx girl” fell apart Tuesday after a former classmate shared a yearbook photo revealing she attended high school in a wealthy New York suburb.  Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., had invoked the “Bronx girl” persona while lashing out at President Donald Trump over her...

(Luis Cornelio, Headline USA) Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., was rushed to the hospital Wednesday morning after becoming lightheaded at the Senate gym.  His office downplayed the scare, claiming he was briefly treated for dehydration and returned to the Senate later that day. He was hospitalized “out of an abundance of...

(Bethany Blankley, The Center Square) A Gulf of America Homeland Security Task Force has shut down an illegal cock fighting and gambling ring in Alabama primarily involving illegal border crossers. The task force is comprised of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement Homeland Security Investigations, FBI, IRS and ATF, supported by...

(José Niño, Headline USA) In a provocative social media post published on Tuesday, Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, R-GA, suggested that JFK’s death was linked to his stance against Israel’s nuclear weapons program. Greene wrote on X, “There was once a great President that the American people loved. He opposed Israel’s...

(Headline USA) Disgraced former U.S. Rep. Anthony Weiner is so unpopular that he's losing badly in the Democratic primary for a New York City Council seat to a man who shares the same name as two of the most notorious sex criminals in world history. Initial returns Tuesday showed Weiner running...