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RFK Jr. Advances Past Committee Opposition, Heads to Senate Floor

(Thérèse Boudreaux, The Center Square) Robert F. Kennedy Jr., President Donald Trump's nominee for Health and Human Services secretary, will move forward in the confirmation process after advancing through the Senate Finance Committee in a tight vote. The committee voted 14-13 Tuesday to advance Kennedy, with all Democrats in opposition...

Western N.C. Tourism Hotspots Making Progress after Hurricane Helene Devastation

(Alan Wooten, The Center Square) Significant progress in recovery efforts from Hurricane Helene have been made at Lake Lure and in Chimney Rock, according to an interview shared publicly by North Carolina Congressman Tim Moore. The lake is hopeful of being open by the summer season. In Chimney Rock, Mayor...

Trade War Fears Ease as Trump Pauses Tariffs after Concessions from Canada, Mexico

(Maire Clayton, Headline USA) Major markets pared some losses after President Donald Trump paused his plans for 25% tariffs on goods from Mexico and Canada while starting talks with China on a 10% additional tariff over fentanyl smuggling. Trump on Saturday ended decades of duty-free trade between the U.S., Mexico...

Calif. Largest Property Insurer Demanding 22% Rate Hike after Wildfires

(Kenneth Schrupp, The Center Square) State Farm, California’s largest property insurer, is demanding a 22% emergency rate hike after the Southern California fires, saying that over the last years it has paid out $1.26 in claims for every dollar in premiums it has collected. Since the passage of Prop. 103...

Colleges Attempt to Circumvent Trump Admin’s DEI Drawback

(Headline USA) In Boston, Northeastern University renamed a program for underrepresented students, emphasizing “belonging” for all. In New Jersey, a session at Rutgers University catering to students from historically black colleges had to be abruptly canceled. And around the U.S., colleges are assessing program names and titles that could...

More Lawsuits Filed Two Years after East Palestine Derailment

(J.D. Davidson, The Center Square) Two years to the day after a Norfolk Southern train derailed in East Palestine, Ohio, causing a toxic chemical burn and concerns over two states, more lawsuits have been filed. As Gov. Mike DeWine and Vice President J.D. Vance plan to speak in the small...

Trump Declares National Emergency at Northern Border

(Bethany Blankley, The Center Square) President Donald Trump on Saturday declared a national emergency at the U.S.-Canada border, citing an influx of human and drug smuggling coming from Canada presenting a national security threat to Americans. He did so after a record number of illegal border crossers were reported entering...

Venezuela Agrees to Take Back Its Citizens, Releases U.S. Prisoners

(Bethany Blankley, The Center Square) Eleven days after President Donald Trump took  office, the Venezuelan government agreed to take back its citizens who illegally entered the U.S., including violent members of Tren de Aragua, and released six U.S. citizens who had been held in Venezuelan prisons. Richard Grenell, Trump’s envoy for...

Trump Says Americans Could Feel ‘Some Pain’ from Tariffs

(Headline USA) President Donald Trump said Sunday that Americans initially could feel “some pain” from the emerging trade war triggered by his tariffs against Canada, Mexico and China. However, the end result will be to further bolster his "America First" agenda as domestic production fills the void of cheaply made imported products...

Trump Officials Slam Air Force’s ‘Malicious’ Misinterpretation of DEI Directives

(Headline USA) New Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth and Sen. Katie Britt, R-Ala., slammed passive-aggressive Air Force officials for creating a fake scandal through their overly broad interpretation of a Trump administration order ending discriminatory identity-politics programs in federal agencies.  Both said that misinterpreting the ban on diversity, equity and inclusion...

Warrant Issued for N.Y. ‘Doctor’ Who Prescribed Illegal Abortion Pills Online to Minor

(Headline USA) An arrest warrant has been issued for a New York doctor indicted on Friday by a Louisiana grand jury for allegedly prescribing abortion pills online to a pregnant minor. Grand jurors at the District Court for the Parish of West Baton Rouge unanimously issued an indictment against Margaret Carpenter;...

Inspector General: Taliban Has No Legal Right to Billions in Foreign Aid from Biden Admin.

(Headline USA) The watchdog for U.S. assistance to Afghanistan said the Taliban have no legal right to billions of dollars in funding set aside for the country because they are not recognized as its government and are under sanctions. In its latest report issued Friday, the Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction, or SIGAR, also said...
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