(TJ Martinell, The Center Square) Washington state’s Medicaid spending has quintupled, or increased five times over, since the 2013-15 biennium, according to an analysis by The Center Square.
Along with that increased spending, the number of those on Medicaid has climbed, though some health care experts note that despite this...
(Sarah Roderick-Fitch, The Center Square) The U.S. is withdrawing from UNESCO, the United Nations’ Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization, saying that the organization has “strayed from its founding mission.”
State Department spokeswoman Tammy Bruce announced the U.S. withdrawal from the organization, saying it is “not in the national interest of...
(Bethany Blankley, The Center Square) U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, has introduced a bill to designate the Muslim Brotherhood as a terrorist organization.
Cruz introduced the Muslim Brotherhood Terrorist Designation Act again this year after doing so in 2015, 2017, 2020 and 2021. U.S. Rep. Mario Díaz-Balart, R-Florida, introduced companion...
(Headline USA) Former President Joe Biden's son Hunter is lashing out against Democratic elites and others over the way he says his father was treated during last year's presidential campaign.
Hunter Biden spoke publicly in recent interviews about last year's election, when Joe Biden ultimately dropped his bid and Donald Trump...
(Headline USA) The Trump administration on Monday released records of the FBI’s surveillance of Martin Luther King Jr., despite opposition from the slain Nobel laureate’s family and the civil rights group that he led until his 1968 assassination.
The digital document dump includes more than 240,000 pages of records that had...
(José Niño, Headline USA) Behind closed doors in Washington, Republicans are weighing potential immigration compromises — one of which is now being described as the party’s biggest ideological betrayal since the Trump era began.
Twitter user Joseph Jordan (@Littoria14) observed that the "Biggest story of the week is that Congressional...
(Ken Silva, Headline USA) On the one-year anniversary of the Butler Trump assassination attempt, Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., issued what he deemed a “final report”—one that detailed the failures made by Secret Service agents in planning for the July 13, 2024, event.
Paul released the report, even though Congress has...
(Luis Cornelio, Headline USA) Disgraced former first son Hunter Biden went off on the Democratic Party, former allies and even CNN for turning their backs on his father shortly after his disastrous debate with President Donald Trump.
Hunter delivered the fiery rebuke Monday in his first post-election interview on Channel 5...
(Headline USA) Authorities are looking into whether grenades recovered from a Santa Monica apartment complex caused an explosion last week at a Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department training facility that killed three members of its arson and explosives unit.
Investigators served a search warrant Monday morning at an address in the...
(José Niño, Headline USA) Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, R-N.Y., and Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, R-Ga., are back in the headlines after clashing over funding for Israel’s Iron Dome missile defense system.
The most recent flashpoint occurred when Rep. Greene proposed an amendment to the 2026 Defense Appropriations Act seeking to cut...
(Tom Joyce, The Center Square) A new report says BlackRock, the world’s largest investment firm, is still acting against fossil fuel companies in violation of Texas law, even though the company was recently removed from the state’s boycott list.
Texas passed a law in 2021 called Senate Bill 13. It’s aimed at...
(Chris Wade, The Center Square) New York City Mayor Eric Adams is calling for violent migrants in the city to be dealt with "quickly and swiftly" following Saturday's shooting of an off-duty border patrol agent by an "illegal alien" with a lengthy criminal record.
Speaking to reporters on Sunday, Adams...