(Tom Joyce, The Center Square) Gregory Finkelson received a one-year prison sentence for theft of government property because of his fraudulent receipt of hundreds of thousands of dollars in low-income housing benefits in San Francisco, according to the U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of California.
The Honorable James Donato,...
(Bethany Blankley, The Center Square) As Americans struggle with high inflationary costs, paying record high grocery costs and energy bills, Congress continues to allocate billions of dollars of taxpayer money to fund services for illegal border-crossers living in U.S. cities.
Prior to the last budget funding showdown in March, House...
(Brett Rowland, The Center Square) An app that allows U.S. service members to anonymously post photos of the conditions in military barracks and dining facilities includes images of mold, mice, maggots, cockroaches, brown tap water and broken AC units, among other problems.
The app, called Hots&Cots, allows registered users to...
(Headline USA) The Arizona Supreme Court unanimously ruled Friday that nearly 98,000 people whose citizenship documents hadn’t been confirmed can vote in state and local races, a significant decision that could influence ballot measures and tight legislative races.
The court’s decision comes after officials uncovered a database error that for two...
(Bethany Blankley, The Center Square) Retired San Diego Border Patrol Chief Patrol Agent Aaron Heitke said he was instructed by the Biden administration to not publicize arrests of illegal border crossers identified as “Significant Interest Aliens” with ties to terrorism.
Heitke testified before a House Committee on Homeland Security hearing...
(Headline USA) A Mississippi town has taken down a Confederate monument that stood on the courthouse square since 1910—a figure that was tightly wrapped in tarps the past four years, symbolizing the community's enduring division over how to commemorate the past.
Charles Latham, Grenada’s first black mayor in two decades...
(Headline USA) California Gov. Gavin Newsom signed three bills Tuesday to crack down on the use of artificial intelligence to create false images or videos in political ads ahead of the 2024 election.
The move drew harsh backlash from critics who called it a blatantly unconstitutional violation of First Amendment...
(Headline USA) The House on Wednesday night rejected a bill to fund federal government for six months that was packaged alongside election-integrity measures such as proof-of-citizenship requirements.
The bill failed after 14 Republicans joined Democrats to reject it---including some who stood on principal in opposition to any short-term funding extensions.
Speaker...
(Headline USA) Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., was preparing several resolutions that would stop more than $20 billion in U.S. arms sales to Israel.
In a letter to Senate colleagues on Wednesday, Sanders said the U.S. could not be “complicit in this humanitarian disaster.”
Sanders's resolutions would halt sales of missile systems,...
(Headline USA) Americans can now renew their passports online, bypassing a cumbersome mail-in paper application process that often caused delays.
The State Department announced Wednesday that its online renewal system is now fully operational, after testing in pilot programs, and available to adult passport holders whose passport have expired within...
(Headline USA) A Southern California couple whose bodies were found under their neighbor’s home in a nudist ranch died from “blunt force trauma to the head,” an autopsy found.
The San Bernardino County Sheriff’s Department released the cause of death of Daniel Menard, 79, and his wife Stephanie, 73, on...
(Headline USA) Tupperware Brands, the company that revolutionized food storage decades ago, has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection.
Orlando, Florida-based Tupperware plans to continue operating during the bankruptcy proceedings and will seek court approval for a sale, “in order to protect its iconic brand,” the company said just before...