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Trump Calls for Defunding NPR, PBS

(Casey Harper, The Center Square) President Donald Trump Thursday called for defunding National Public Radio and Public Broadcasting Service, two partially federally funded groups under scrutiny in the DOGE era. Trump’s comments come after heads of both NPR and PBS defended their work at a Wednesday Congressional hearing. “NPR and PBS,...

LA Issues Just Four Permits for Rebuilding Pacific Palisades after 75 Days

(Kenneth Schrupp, The Center Square) The city of Los Angeles has issued just four rebuilding permits in the Pacific Palisades 75 days after a fire devastated most of the coastal community, highlighting the city’s struggle with providing basic government services. After the city dedicated significant resources to tearing down a...

Hearing Reveals Scope of Biden Administration Censorship Efforts

(Thérèse Boudreaux, The Center Square) While Democratic lawmakers and experts said Tuesday that the Biden administration effectively facilitated a crackdown on speech it disliked, they maintained those efforts did not amount to unconstitutional censorship. The claim made by Republicans that the previous administration headed a “censorship industrial complex” – composed...

Ex-North Dakota Lawmaker Gets 10 Years for Going to Europe w/ Intent to Pay for Sex w/ a Minor

(Headline USA) A once-powerful former North Dakota lawmaker was sentenced Wednesday to 10 years in prison for traveling to Europe with the intent to pay for sex with a minor. Former state senator Ray Holmberg's attorney, Mark Friese, confirmed the sentence to The Associated Press but declined to comment after...

LA Seeks $1.9B Bailout Amid $1B Deficit, $38M in Lost Revenue from Fires

(Kenneth Schrupp, The Center Square) Los Angeles is seeking a $1.9 billion state bailout after receiving $2.5 billion in state aid thus far. Los Angeles faces a $1 billion deficit due to spending vastly outpacing revenues — issues that predated the fire and which City Controller Kenneth Mejia has long...

Report: Fees Going to EV and Public Transit, not Fixing the Roads

(Elyse Apel, The Center Square) Colorado's roads are deteriorating, as more money moves away from maintaining the roads in favor of funding public transportation and electric vehicle programs. This comes even as transportation fees continue to increase for Coloradans, raising over $200 million. This is all according to a March report...

Trump Administration Threatens to Pull MTA Funding over Subway Crime

(Chris Wade, The Center Square) The Trump administration is threatening to withhold federal funding for New York City's cash-strapped Metropolitan Transportation Authority unless the city cracks down on crime, but state officials are pushing back on the criticism — and asking for more money. Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy wrote to...

Noem Says ‘Gravy Train’ over for Illegal Immigrants at HUD

(Brett Rowland, The Center Square) The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development is teaming up with the Department of Homeland Security to prevent illegal immigrants from using public housing. HUD Secretary Scott Turner and U.S. Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem signed the "American Housing Programs for American Citizens" Memorandum of...

CBO: Extending 2017 Tax Cuts Could Add $37 Trillion in Debt

(Brett Rowland, The Center Square) If Republicans in Congress make good on President Donald Trump's promise to extend the expiring provisions of the 2017 Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, the move would add more than $37 trillion to the debt over the next 30 years, including $4.5 trillion in...

23andMe Files for Bankruptcy, CEO and Cofounder Steps Down

(Dave Mason, The Center Square) 23andMe, the prominent San Francisco genetic testing company that helps customers determine their ancestry, has filed for bankruptcy. Additionally, CEO Anne Wojcicki has resigned, effective immediately, the health care and biotechnology company said in a news release Sunday announcing the Chapter 11 bankruptcy. Wojcicki wrote on...

Pentagon Prepares for ‘Monster’ Challenges w/ Proposed Golden Dome

(Brett Rowland, The Center Square) President Donald Trump's executive order outlining plans for a Golden Dome missile defense system to protect the U.S. from attacks pose "monster challenges" for the Pentagon. The Office of the Undersecretary of Defense for Acquisition and Sustainment is working with the Missile Defense Agency and...

Former UFC champion Cain Velasquez Sentenced to 5 Years for Killing Pedophile

(Headline USA) Former UFC champion Cain Velasquez was sentenced to five years in prison Monday for a shooting in 2022 where he chased after the man accused of molesting his son. Velasquez was sentenced in Santa Clara County after he pled no contest to attempted murder, felony assault, and other...
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