SOCIAL MEDIA

(Jim Talamonti, The Center Square) More than 400 fugitives have been arrested in Illinois, and another 117 in Missouri, over the last two months. The U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Northern District of Illinois said recently that 305 fugitives were brought into custody since May 1. U.S. Attorney Andrew Boutros said...

(Sean Reed, The Center Square) After two days of calls for his resignation by Democrat leaders, embattled Illinois state Rep. Harry Benton, D-Plainfield, stepped down. The two-term Democrat also signaled he’ll suspend his reelection campaign, pulling his name from the November ballot. The official resignation letter was released late Friday by...

(Carleen Johnson, The Center Square) Many Washington state daycare providers receive large taxpayer subsidies, but an investigation by The Center Square found several that had few, if any, children and at least one establishment that received hundreds of thousands of dollars despite residents at the listed address indicating it...

(Headline USA) Staff for Kentucky Sen. Mitch McConnell said last week that the senator is “continuing his recovery” in a hospital while the Senate is out of session. But his office has released no details about the former Republican leader’s condition during his weekslong hospitalization or whether he will...

(Headline USA) Microsoft is cutting 4,800 jobs, about 2.1% of its global workforce, including a large number of workers at its Xbox video game business. The layoffs included 1,600 Xbox workers, with more to come this year in a broader reorganization designed to “reset” Xbox as it faces heightened competition,...

(Ken Silva, Headline USA) The Pennsylvania State Police refused to have its officers be interviewed for a federal investigation into the July 13, 2024, assassination attempt against Donald Trump, according to a new report from Homeland Security’s Office of the Inspector General. In a report released last week, the DHS-OIG...

(Headline USA) A key hearing kicks off Monday in Charlie Kirk's murder case in Utah, where prosecutors aim to convince a judge they have enough evidence to try the man accused of killing him and seek the death penalty. The five-day preliminary hearing will mark the most significant presentation of evidence...

(Headline USA) A police officer responding to a 911 call about gunshots at an Ohio home was fatally shot, and the suspect and two other people also died, a county sheriff said. Two other officers and a police dog were hurt, Wayne County Sheriff Tom Ballinger told reporters. Their conditions were...

(Headline USA) Two Tennessee National Guard members assigned to a crime-fighting patrol in Memphis fatally shot a man Sunday who turned toward the soldiers with a gun during a downtown pursuit, authorities said. The Guard members are part of a federal task force in Memphis created by President Donald Trump, who...

(Ben Sellers, Headline USA) Move over, Hunter. A recent Freedom of Information lawsuit revealed that the original influence-peddling, deadbeat presidential relative was still having his schemes discovered, even seven years after he died mysteriously. https://twitter.com/paulsperry_/status/2073197952214941778 In a June 26 announcement, public-interest watchdog Judicial Watch released 77 heavily redacted pages of FBI records pertaining...

(Ben Sellers, Headline USA) Former anti-Trump prosecutor Jack Smith has resurfaced. Smith has launched a new Washington, D.C.-based law firm with Timothy Heaphy, who was linked to the investigations of both the SPLC-funded Charlottesville riot and House Democrats’ Jan. 6 show-trial. Their new firm --- Heaphy, Smith, Harbach & Windom, which...

(Headline USA) Charlie Kirk’s widow and parents are expected this week in a Utah court where prosecutors seeking the death penalty will argue that the man charged with killing the conservative activist should stand trial for murder. The five-day preliminary hearing that starts Monday will be the first time members of...