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(Kim Jarrett, The Center Square) Several states have already banned or are considering banning foreign ownership of farmland from U.S. adversaries such as China, a trend that has its recent roots in North Dakota. Chinese food manufacturer Fufeng Group purchased 370 acres of land for a corn milling plant in...

(Headline USA) House Speaker Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., and President Joe Biden reached an “agreement in principle” to raise the nation's legal debt ceiling, but now Congress must rush to approve the spending cuts package in a matter of days to avert a potentially disastrous U.S. default. The agreement risks angering...

(Bethany Blankley, The Center Square) – The Republican Party of Texas argued any attempts by House Speaker Dade Phelan, R-Beaumont, to schedule a vote to impeach Attorney General Ken Paxton, or the House voting to impeach him, is “a sham.” A Houston-area lawmaker called the House impeaching Paxton illegal On Thursday,...

(Headline USA) Mississippi could have a Democratic primary for governor in August because a judge ruled Friday that the party improperly excluded a candidate from the ballot. The state Democratic Party immediately filed notice that it will ask the Mississippi Supreme Court to overturn the judge's ruling on the candidacy...

(Headline USA) A man charged with murdering an Indianapolis police officer when she responded to a domestic violence call in 2020 is seeking an insanity defense as he seeks to avoid the death penalty. Attorneys for Elliahs Dorsey filed a motion with the court Wednesday saying a report prepared by...

(Headline USA) American authorities have arrested two suspected Chinese government agents in connection with an alleged plot by Beijing to alter American tax codes to oust enemies of the Chinese Communist Party. John Chen and Lin Feng were charged in an indictment unsealed Friday with scheming to revoke a New...

(Headline USA) Work requirements for federal welfare programs have emerged as a final sticking point in negotiations over raising the debt ceiling, even as Joe Biden said a deal is “very close.” Biden’s confused optimism, in comments to reporters as he left the White House on Friday evening, came as the...

(Headline USA) A bill introduced late Friday in the Nevada Legislature would give the Oakland Athletics significant corporate welfare,  with a potential total up to $380 million for a proposed 30,000 seat, $1.5 billion retractable roof stadium on the Las Vegas Strip. The bulk of the public funding would come...

(Headline USA) A federal judge ruled Friday that a rural Colorado school district can bar a high school student from wearing a Mexican-American flag sash at her graduation this weekend after the student sued the school district. Judge Nina Y. Wang wrote that wearing a sash during a graduation ceremony...

(By Casey Harper, The Center Square) Inflation continues to rise at elevated levels, according to new federal data. The U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis released its Personal Consumption Expenditure index Friday, a key marker of inflation, which showed the PCE rose 0.4% in April. “Prices for goods increased 0.3 percent and...

(By Bruce Abramson, RealClear Wire) Does artificial intelligence threaten to conquer humanity? In recent months, the question has leaped from the pages of science fiction novels to the forefront of media and government attention. It’s unclear, however, how many of the discussants understand the implication of that leap. In the...

(By Carly Moran, The Center Square) Arizona Democrat Gov. Katie Hobbs vetoed a bill that would have barred public officials from being lobbyists while in office, arguing it would have been a violation of free speech. The bill, introduced by House Majority Leader Leo Biasiucci, R-Lake Havasu, was one of...