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CDC Shooter Fired 180 Times before Killing Himself, Police Say

(Headline USA) The Georgia Bureau of Investigation says the man who fired more than 180 shots at the headquarters of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention died of a self-inflicted gunshot wound after killing a police officer. Documents found in a search of the suspect’s home “expressed the shooter’s...

California Spending Up 50% Per Capita Since 2019

(Kenneth Schrupp, The Center Square) California’s annual state spending is up 50% per capita, or $106.3 billion, since 2019, the first year Gov. Gavin Newsom took office, highlighting the state’s growing budget woes. According to taxpayer advocates, the state government has increased spending, despite the state’s constitutionally-mandated balanced budget requirement,...

Trump Delays China Tariffs by 90 days

(Andrew Rice, The Center Square) The deadline to enact further reciprocal tariffs against China will be extended by 90 days, President Donald Trump announced Monday night. “ continues to take significant steps toward remedying non-reciprocal trade arrangements and addressing the concerns of the United States relating to economic and national...

Trump Says ‘Land Swapping’ Required for Peace in Ukraine

(Dave DeCamp, Antiwar.com) President Trump said on Monday that there will be “land swapping” between Russia and Ukraine as part of a potential peace deal and pushed back on Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky’s public rejection of ceding any territory to Moscow. “I was a little bothered by the fact that Zelensky...

Trump Confirms Nvidia Chip Agreement

(Andrew Rice, The Center Square) Nvidia will pay the United States 15% of the money it makes from selling artificial intelligence chips to China, President Donald Trump said in a press conference on Monday. Trump said he allowed Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang to sell H20 chips to China while the...

Pennsylvania Steel Plant Explosion Kills 2

(Headline USA) An explosion rocked a steel plant outside Pittsburgh on Monday, leaving two dead and 10 others injured, including a person who was rescued from the smoldering rubble after hours of being trapped. The explosion sent black smoke spiraling into the midday sky in the Mon Valley, a region of...

Musk Says He Plans to Sue Apple

(Headline USA) Billionaire SpaceX, Tesla and X owner Elon Musk says he plans to sue Apple for not featuring X and its Grok artificial intelligence chatbot app in its top recommended apps in its App Store. Musk posted the comments on X late Monday, saying, “Hey @Apple App Store, why do...

Trump Says He’s Placing Washington Police Under Federal Control and Deploying the National Guard

President Donald Trump is promising new steps to tackle homelessness and crime in Washington, prompting the city's mayor to voice concerns about the potential use of the National Guard to patrol the streets in the nation's capital. Trump wrote in a social media post that he would hold a White...

Epstein/Maxwell Grand Jury Transcripts Won’t be Unsealed, Judge Rules

(Headline USA) Transcripts of the secret grand jury testimony that led to the sex trafficking indictment of Jeffrey Epstein’s accomplice Ghislaine Maxwell won’t be released, a judge decided Monday. Judge Paul A. Engelmayer said in a written ruling the government had suggested the materials could be released publicly “casually or promiscuously,”...

Huckabee Cites Allied Bombing of Dresden To Defend Israel’s Gaza Genocide

(Dave DeCamp, Antiwar.com) Amid growing international condemnation of Israel’s annihilation and starvation of Gaza – including from staunch ally Britain—U.S. Ambassador to Israel Mike Huckabee on Friday attempted to defend the genocidal assault on Gaza by invoking one of the most notorious Allied atrocities of World War II. Appearing on...

Trump Taps Clark Construction for $200M White House Expansion

(Shirleen Guerra, The Center Square)  President Donald Trump has announced a new $200 million expansion of the White House, with construction to be handled by Clark Construction, a national firm with offices across Virginia. The project will add a new State Ballroom to the White House grounds with approximately 90,000...

Colorado Prison Evacuated as Growing Wildfire Becomes One of the Largest in State History

A Colorado prison was evacuated as one of the largest wildfires in state history continued to grow, and officials warned residents of remote areas to be ready to leave Sunday as gusty winds and low humidity fed the flames. Evacuation orders were already in place for mountain communities as the...
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