(Elyse Apel, The Center Square) Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer is facing criticism from Republicans for traveling to Europe as critical state budget negotiations are ongoing ahead of a July 1 deadline.
This comes as Whitmer, a Democrat, is currently leading a “Team Michigan” delegation to France, Belgium and Luxembourg for...
(Esther Wickham, The Center Square) State financial aid continues to expand within higher education, allowing money to go to eligible illegal immigrant students.
The increased spending is heating up debate over who should receive state taxpayers-funded higher education benefits.
Currently, around 21 states and the District of Columbia offer in-state tuition...
(Jim Talamonti, The Center Square) An Illinois candidate for Congress says a teen takeover arrived like a storm at a Chicago grocery store where she was shopping this week.
Christian Maxwell is the Republican nominee for the House seat currently held by U.S. Rep. Jonathan Jackson, D-Chicago.
Maxwell said there were...
(Headline USA) The Supreme Court ruled Thursday against a broad federal ban on gun ownership by marijuana users, the latest in a line of firearm cases from a court that has expanded gun rights.
The justices decided unanimously in favor of Ali Danial Hemani, a Texas man who argued that...
(Dave DeCamp, Antiwar.com) President Donald Trump said on Wednesday that Iran has to be able to have “some” ballistic missiles when discussing future negotiations for the potential US-Iran deal.
The president told reporters that after the US-Iran Memorandum of Understanding is signed, the US will work with its Gulf allies...
(Bethany Blankley, The Center Square) Mexican-based human smuggling rings have been busted in multiple states. One involved smuggling hundreds of people from Central America, Africa and the Middle East into Arizona; another involved holding hostage foreign nationals in a ransom scheme where they were killed. Another involved a $200...
(Headline USA) The Federal Trade Commission and four states sued the World Professional Association for Transgender Health on Wednesday, in the latest push by President Donald Trump’s administration and others to limit treatments for transgender minors.
The suit alleges the group, known widely as WPATH, made deceptive claims about treatments...
(Alton Wallace, The Center Square) More than three-quarters of American voters say high gas and fuel prices have dealt a direct blow to their household finances, according to a new opinion poll.
A 61% majority of registered voters said they are “very concerned” by recent high fuel price increases while...
(Ken Silva, Headline USA) The Wall Street Journal reported Wednesday that New Mexico’s attorney general has ordered more than two dozen companies to preserve their records about deceased sex criminal Jeffrey Epstein’s property known as Zorro Ranch.
The companies, including JP Morgan, Google and American Express, are reportedly required to...
(Luis Cornelio, Headline USA) In California, being a gay business owner comes with some special perks, including a preferred shot at utilities contracts worth hundreds of millions of dollars. There’s just one catch: you have to prove your homosexuality.
The program, highlighted by City Journal’s Christopher Rufo on June 16, operates...
(Dave DeCamp, Antiwar.com) The 14-point US-Iran Memorandum of Understanding, which US officials detailed to reporters on Wednesday, says that under the potential deal, Iran’s enriched uranium will be downblended “on site,” as the US has backed off on its demand to take it out of the country.
The MoU states that...
(Headline USA) U.S. gas prices fell below $4 a gallon on average Thursday.
It is the first time since March that the average cost for a regular gallon has been that low. Prices fell overnight after President Donald Trump signed an agreement with Iran that calls for Tehran to dilute its...