(Brett Rowland, The Center Square) – The number of homeless people in the U.S. jumped 12% to more than 653,000 people as pandemic spending expired, the highest level on record since the counts started in 2007.
Figures released Friday provide a snapshot of the number of people in shelters, temporary...
(Luis Cornelio, Headline USA) Social media influencers flooded Twitter to hail former Rep. Madison Cawthorn, R-N.C., for seemingly exposing depraved sex acts involving members of Congress and congressional staffers.
Cawthorn lost a primary challenge in 2022 following scandals showing him dressed in women’s clothing and reportedly dry-humping a male friend. However,...
(Luis Cornelio, Headline USA) Kevin McCarthy, the former House speaker set to leave Congress, has endured a turbulent couple of weeks after his chosen successor was removed from the California race to replace him.
State Rep. Vince Fong’s last-minute entry into the congressional race violated California state law. Specifically, the secretary of...
(Headline USA) In a rare public appearance, former first lady Melania Trump stressed the importance of “guarding our freedom” and the responsibilities that accompany American citizenship as she spoke Friday at a naturalization ceremony at the National Archives.
Born in Slovenia, Melania Trump is the only first lady who is...
(Headline USA) A Connecticut appeals court on Friday upheld $75,000 in fines against radio host Alex Jones for missing a deposition in the lawsuit by Sandy Hook families due to an illness.
The state Appellate Court said that while Jones claimed an illness and doctor's recommendations prevented him from attending...
(Brett Rowland, The Center Square) – The Pentagon came up short on its recruitment goals.
The Defense Department's senior officials testified Wednesday about shortfalls in Army, Navy and Air Force recruiting in the fiscal year that ended in September at a hearing of the House Armed Services Military Personnel Subcommittee....
(Kenneth Schrupp, The Center Square) – In the aftermath of a government report projecting a $68 billion deficit for the 2024-2025 fiscal year, the California Department of Finance ordered a spending freeze across all state agencies for the remainder of the ongoing 2023-2024 fiscal year.
“The State of California anticipates...
(Tom Gantert, Shirleen Guerra and Brett Rowland, The Center Square) – An influx of migrants from border cities has put Chicago at the center of the immigrant debate in the U.S. as it and other large sanctuary cities struggle to shelter and care for new arrivals.
Chicago's elected leaders continue...
(Headline USA) In a surprising about-face, the Universities of Wisconsin regents approved a deal Wednesday evening with Republican legislators to limit diversity positions at the system’s two dozen campuses in exchange for money to cover staff raises and construction projects.
Assembly Republican Speaker Robin Vos, who brokered the deal with Universities of Wisconsin...
(Andrew Hensel, The Center Square) After much debate and pushback from the public, the Chicago City Council voted against asking voters to decide on the city's sanctuary status.
A City Council meeting this week included public comments from Chicago residents seeking to end the city's migrant crisis and end their...
(Headline USA) A federal judge has rejected a request from Oregon Republican state senators who boycotted the Legislature to be allowed on the ballot after their terms end.
U.S. District Court Judge Ann Aiken, an appointee of former Democrat President Bill Clinton, issued the decision Wednesday.
State Sens. Dennis Linthicum, Brian...
(Molly Bruns, Headline USA) New York Times publisher A.G. Sulzberger and top newsroom editors openly admitted to embracing a double-standard when it came to covering conservative issues, according to a former opinion editor.
Former Times Editorial Page Editor James Bennett published a column in The Economist in which he recounted...