Wednesday, June 24, 2026

SYNDICATION

If Fraud Were an Agency, It Would be Federal Government’s Sixth Largest

(Brett Rowland, The Center Square) U.S. taxpayers lose up to $521 billion a year to fraud across the federal government, according to a first-of-its-kind estimate. The U.S. Government Accountability Office estimated annual fraud costs taxpayers between $233 billion and $521 billion annually, according to a new report published Tuesday. The fraud estimate's...

House Delivers Mayorkas Impeachment Articles to Senate; Trial Uncertain

(Bethany Blankley, The Center Square) On Tuesday, House managers delivered two articles of impeachment to the U.S. Senate for DHS Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas after a week’s delay and amidst speculation over whether or not the Democratic-led Senate will hold a trial. On Monday, House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., signed the articles of...

Biden Admin Jacks Up Cost for Oil, Gas Companies to Drill on Fed. Lands

(Headline USA) Oil and gas companies will have to pay more to drill on federal lands and satisfy stronger requirements to clean up old or abandoned wells under a final rule issued Friday by the Biden administration. The Interior Department's rule raises royalty rates for oil drilling by more than...

Del. State Trooper Could Face Prison Time for Assaulting Teens over Doorbell Prank

Editor's note: Videos contain graphic violence and language that may be unsuitable for some audiences.  (Headline USA) A suspended Delaware state trooper is facing prison time after pleading guilty to criminal charges involving a brutal assault on a teenager who targeted the trooper’s house in a prank and another incident...

Biden Admin to Give $6.4B Samsung to Make Computer Chips in Texas

(Headline USA) The Biden administration has reached an agreement to provide up to $6.4 billion in direct funding for Samsung Electronics to develop a computer chip manufacturing and research cluster in Texas. “The Texas business community is greatly enhanced by Samsung’s announcement of a new $44 billion investment into cutting...

Pentagon Absolves Itself of Blame in 2021 Kabul Airport Bombing: ‘Not Preventable’

(Headline USA) The Defense Department's latest internal review of its 2021 Afghanistan withdrawal fiasco reached much the same conclusion as previous reports: that nobody in charge was to blame for the situation that left 13 U.S. servicemembers and an estimated 170 Afghan civilians dead in its wake, while marking...

FBI Opens Criminal Investigation into Baltimore Bridge Collapse

(Headline USA) The FBI is conducting a criminal investigation into the deadly collapse of Baltimore’s Francis Scott Key Bridge that is focused on the circumstances leading up to it and whether all federal laws were followed, according to someone familiar with the matter. The person was not authorized to discuss...

Media Outlets Beg Biden to Commit to Presidential Debates

(Headline USA) Twelve news organizations on Sunday urged presumptive presidential nominees Joe Biden and Donald Trump to agree to debates, saying they were a “rich tradition” that have been part of every general election campaign since 1976. While Trump, who did not participate in debates for the Republican nomination---citing the...

Barges Break Loose Damaging a Marina and Striking a Bridge

(Headline USA) More than two dozen river barges broke loose from their moorings and floated down the Ohio River in Pittsburgh, striking one bridge that had already been preemptively closed and damaging a marina, officials said. The boats eventually were pinned to the riverbank or went over a dam...

FACT CHECK: Newsom Says Film Subsidies Bring Jobs to California

(David Mastio, The Center Square) Does California need to pay Hollywood to make films in ... Hollywood? In a press release this week, Gov. Gavin Newsom pointed to the economic growth produced by subsidies for film and TV production in the state as a key part of his “California Jobs...

Feds, Scientists Take Fire for Allegedly Hiding COVID Origins Truth

(Casey Harper, The Center Square) A Republican-led Congressional committee says a scientist and top advisor to Anthony Fauci used his personal email to hide evidence related to the origins of COVID-19. Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Pandemic Chairman Brad Wenstrup, R-Ohio, sent a letter to the National Emerging Infectious Disease...

Biden’s Easing of Iran Sanctions in Focus After Missile Strike on Israel

(Dan McCaleb, The Center Square) Joe Biden is taking heat from Republicans for easing sanctions on Iran – including giving the terrorist-sponsoring nation access to billions of dollars in previously frozen assets – before it launched a massive drone attack on U.S. ally Israel. Iran fired more than 300 drone...
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