(Headline USA) When House Speaker Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., suggested last week that he might stop the FBI from relocating its downtown headquarters to a massive new facility planned for the Washington suburbs, it was more than idle thinking about an office renovation.
The nod from the Republican speaker is elevating...
(Headline USA) Republican presidential hopeful Vivek Ramaswamy, a biotech entrepreneur and anti-woke author, on Monday released a list of 16 people he'd nominate to the U.S. Supreme Court or federal appellate courts if he becomes president, making him the first in the party's field to itemize his possible top...
(Headline USA) When Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds seized the spotlight from a half dozen Republican presidential contenders on Friday by signing a powerful new pro-life measure into law at an event meant to showcase the candidates, she embraced her front-and-center role in the 2024 presidential election.
The standing ovation she...
(Headline USA) Ohio's Republican secretary of state, Frank LaRose, launched a bid for the U.S. Senate on Monday, joining GOP efforts to try to unseat Democrat Sherrod Brown next year.
LaRose, 44, is in his second term as Ohio's elections chief, one of the state's highest profile jobs. He has...
(Headline USA) Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis said Saturday he would consider Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds as a potential running mate, should he win the 2024 Republican presidential nomination, and dismissed former President Donald Trump’s recent complaints about her as “totally out of hand.”
“Of course,” DeSantis said when asked whether...
(Headline USA) With six weeks until the first 2024 Republican presidential debate, lesser known Republican candidates are finding creative ways to boost their donor numbers and ensure they make it on stage.
Biotech entrepreneur Vivek Ramaswamy, who is quickly closing in on second-place contender Ron DeSantis in some polls, rolled...
(Joe Mueller, The Center Square) U.S. Sen. Josh Hawley, R-Mo., and a bipartisan group of state and federal legislators on Thursday pledged at the site of a former World War II uranium plant in St. Charles to cleanup hazardous waste in the region and provide compensation for all suffering from...
(Bethany Blankley, The Center Square) The judges and commissioners of four more Texas counties have declared an invasion at the southern border: Frio, Karnes, La Salle and Medina.
The judges of these counties also joined a new coalition led by newly elected Atascosa County Judge Weldon Cude in an effort...
(Headline USA) A federal judge has ruled Oregon’s severe gun control law is constitutional.
U.S. District Judge Karin Immergut ruled that banning large capacity magazines and requiring a permit to purchase a gun falls in line with “the nation’s history and tradition of regulating uniquely dangerous features of weapons and...
(Headline USA) Donald Trump and Ron DeSantis are dominating the fight for campaign cash in the Republican presidential contest, according to federal filings made public Saturday.
On the Democratic side, Joe Biden's reelection campaign, though behind Obama’s re-election numbers, are sufficient, but Democratic primary opponent Robert Kennedy Jr. also raised enough...
(Brett Rowland, The Center Square) – A new report found that the $5 trillion Congress spent on pandemic relief efforts has been so difficult to track that it has even stumped some government investigators.
A new report from the Pandemic Response Accountability Committee tracked $2.65 billion of pandemic relief funding...
(Headline USA) A fire at a Louisiana chemical plant triggered explosions that shook homes several miles away and sent flames and smoke billowing into the air, prompting emergency officials to urge a few hundred nearby residents to shelter indoors for several hours and to turn off their air conditioners.
Flames...