(Headline USA) The Social Security Administration's acting commissioner has stepped down from her role at the agency over Department of Government Efficiency requests to access Social Security recipient information, according to two people familiar with the official's departure who were not authorized to discuss the matter publicly.
Acting Commissioner Michelle...
(Headline USA) New York City Mayor Eric Adams will face the federal judge on Wednesday who will decide whether to grant the Justice Department's request to dismiss corruption charges against him after lawyers explain the abrupt change in position just weeks before an April trial.
Judge Dale E. Ho in...
(Alan Wooten, The Center Square) Violent criminals of other nations should not be allowed to seek asylum in the United States, says a North Carolina congressman.
U.S. Rep. Rev. Mark Harris, R-N.C., on Thursday introduced No Asylum for Criminals Act, backed by eight cosponsors that included Rep. Chuck Edwards, R-N.C.,...
(Kenneth Schrupp, The Center Square) With a Congressional review of California car and truck standard waivers approved by the Biden administration, Congress appears set to effectively quash three rules, including the 2035 gas car ban.
The Environmental Protection Agency, led by Administrator Lee Zeldin, said it is following the law in...
(Headline USA) The Treasury Department's Office of Inspector General on Friday said it was launching an audit of the security controls for the federal government's payment system, after Democratic senators whined about the access provided to Trump aide Elon Musk's Department of Government Efficiency team.
The audit will also review the...
(Headline USA) New York City Mayor Eric Adams says he will allow federal immigration officials to operate at the city’s Rikers Island jail following a meeting Thursday with President Donald Trump’s border czar.
Adams said he will issue an executive order reestablishing U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement presence at the...
(Headline USA) A Michigan judge is putting sponges in the hands of shoplifters, ordering them to wash cars in a Walmart parking lot when spring arrives.
Judge Jeffrey Clothier hopes the unusual form of community service discourages people from stealing from Walmart and rewards shoppers who could see higher prices,...
(Thérèse Boudreaux, The Center Square) Following more than 10 hours of discussion, the House Budget Committee voted along party lines Thursday night to advance a $4.5 trillion budget resolution that lays out funding plans for President Donald Trump’s border, defense, and energy policies.
It also extends Trump’s 2017 tax cut...
(Kevin Bessler, The Center Square) Illinois's far-left billionaire Gov. J.B. Pritzker attempted to put down President Donald Trump by noting that his popularity, now reaching new heights for his presidency, had yet to take root in his state.
“You can look at one poll and say ‘oh gee, he’s popular...
(Morgan Sweeney, The Center Square) Data from a new Gallup survey suggested that close to half of Democrats want their party to move more toward the middle, while more than 40% of Republicans are happy with their party.
Today, 45% of Democrats and left-leaning independents surveyed indicated they would prefer...
(Headline USA) A series of polls by the Associated Press--NORC Center for Public Affairs Research gave a new boost to President Donald Trump, with some 70% getting behind his "America First" agenda.
Many U.S. adults said the federal government had been overspending—but polling also showed that many Americans, including Republicans,...
(Headline USA) A federal judge on Wednesday removed a key legal hurdle on Wednesday that was stalling President Donald Trump’s plan to downsize the federal workforce with a deferred resignation program.
U.S. District Judge George O’Toole Jr.'s order in the challenge filed by a group of labor unions was a...