SOCIAL MEDIA

(Andrew Rice, The Center Square) The U.S. Department of Justice stationed federal agents to monitor polling sites in two Minnesota counties ahead of Tuesday's primary elections. The Justice Department announced Tuesday morning that agents from the Civil Rights Division will monitor polling locations in Hennepin and Ramsey Counties. The two...

(Johnny Edwards, The Center Square) A southern state that banned medical gender transition for children is funding a network of doctors and therapists who promote some of those same controversial treatments, an investigation by The Center Square found. A nonprofit called Charlotte Transgender Healthcare Group openly touts puberty blockers and...

(David Beasley, The Center Square) Showing a government-issued photo identification before voting could become enshrined in Ohio’s constitution, even though it is already state law. The state ballot board has approved Issue 3, which was passed by the Ohio General Assembly, to be on the ballot in November. “If approved, the...

(Dave DeCamp, Antiwar.com) President Donald Trump on Monday responded to an Iranian official calling for the US to provide compensation for damage caused by the war as a condition for the opening of the Strait of Hormuz, saying that instead, Iran should pay the US. “I see that Representatives of...

(Dave DeCamp, Antiwar.com) US Secretary of War Pete Hegseth called on Congress to approve his request for a $1.5 trillion military budget for 2027 during remarks at a ceremony in South Carolina for the renaming of Joint Base Charleston to Joint Base Lindsey Graham in honor of the late...

(Headline USA) Russia released an American military veteran on Tuesday, allowing his return to the U.S. after four years of what his family and U.S. officials allege was wrongful incarceration and abusive treatment that left him near death. Robert Gilman, a 32-year-old Massachusetts teacher and former Marine, was freed after  President...

(Mike Maharrey, Money Metals News Service) Sen. Rand Paul has become Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent’s pawn. A few weeks ago, Bessent insisted all the gold is in the vaults at Fort Knox. "I haven't. People on my staff have. The treasurer has been to Fort Knox, and I'm happy to say...

(Ken Silva, Headline USA) Last month, President Donald Trump reportedly switched airplanes at the last minute when leaving a NATO summit in Turkey, due to a purported assassination threat coming from Iranian proxy forces. Instead of flying on a jet donated to him by the Qatari government, Trump was...

(Headline USA) President Donald Trump on Monday signed an executive order calling for revamped childhood vaccine recommendations that promote his long-held theory that childhood shots should be spaced out into separate medical visits. The order advocates separating the measles, mumps and rubella (MMR) vaccine into three different shots administered in...

(Bethany Blankley, The Center Square) The Trump administration continues to enforce federal immigration law by revoking visas of foreign nationals who commit crimes and pose a national security threat. In roughly 20 months, the U.S. State Department has revoked more than 175,000 visas of foreign nationals who “violated the terms...

(Arthur Kane and Jared Strong, The Center Square) In the past decade, government grants to nonprofits and the number of nonprofits that receive tax money has doubled, raising questions about whether public money is being wasted, an investigation by The Center Square found. In 2016, federal, state and local governments...

(Ken Silva, Headline USA) When Anthony Fauci was leading the federal government’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic, he frequently touted how the vaccines were safe for pregnant women. But behind closed doors, Fauci apparently had second thoughts behind, according to text messages released from his COVID-era iPhone. The text messages, which...