SYNDICATION

(By Steve Wilson, The Center Square) Twenty-five of the nation's 26 Republican governors have asked the Biden administration to shelve its intent to expand Title IX protections to transgender athletes. The letter, led by the signature of Mississippi Gov. Tate Reeves, says the U.S. Department of Education's proposed regulation should...

(By Bethany Blankley, The Center Square) Groups of mostly single military age men are encamped on the sidewalk and alleyway next to Sacred Heart Catholic Church in downtown El Paso even after many had been cleared out earlier this week. Thousands had congregated in the area after being released...

(Headline USA) McDonald’s and a franchise holder are at fault after a hot Chicken McNugget from a Happy Meal fell on a little girl's leg and caused second-degree burns, a jury in South Florida found in a case reminiscent of the famous hot coffee lawsuit of the 1990s. A second...

(Headline USA) Officials in Missouri's largest city approved a resolution Thursday to declare it a "sanctuary" for people seeking or providing life-altering gender-transition surgeries, defying state lawmakers who voted a day earlier to ban such care for minors and restrict it for some adults. Democrat Mayor Quinton Lucas praised the...

(Headline USA) Daniel Penny, the U.S. Marine veteran who used a fatal chokehold to neutralize a violent and mentally deranged homeless man on the New York City subway, turned himself in Friday as authorities charged him with manslaughter nearly two weeks after the encounter. Penny, 24, arrived at a police...

(Headline USA) Even as rising interest rates and subsequent bank failures heralded the possible coming of a total collapse of the U.S. economy in coming months, the Biden administration touted the ethnic diversity of new Federal Reserve appointments as being among its top criteria. President Joe Biden has nominated Philip...

(Headline USA) Dutton and Wrenlee are on the rise but they're no match for champs Liam and Olivia as the top baby names in the U.S. last year. The Social Security Administration released the annual list Friday. The agency tracks baby names in each state based on applications for Social...

(By Brett Rowland, The Center Square) U.S. House Republicans passed a bill Thursday in response to the surge in illegal immigration at the nation's southern border during President Joe Biden's tenure. The measure was voted on just as Title 42 enforcement was set to expire at midnight. "Mr. President, thank...

(By Glenn Minnis, The Center Square) A large majority of voters say that President Joe Biden should compromise with House Speaker Kevin McCarthy to cut government spending as part of a deal to raise the U.S. debt ceiling, according to a new poll commissioned by America’s New Majority Project. In...

(By Kim Jarrett, The Center Square) Democrats and Republicans presented different definitions of environmental, social and governance investment standards, with Illinois State Treasurer Michael Frerichs calling it "data about value, not values" and two Republican attorneys general calling it a political agenda that hurts investment. The House Oversight Committee held...

(By Bethany Blankley, The Center Square) Instead of U.S. Border Patrol agents apprehending, detaining and deporting people who’ve illegally entered the U.S., they will be implementing a plan decided on last year to release them en masse into local border communities. The public health authority Title 42, which has given...

(By Adam Andrzejewski, RealClear Wire) The U.S. National Park Service requires visitors to certain parks to obtain a vehicle pass, and charges a $2 reservation fee to book ahead of time. Unfortunately, the Park Service isn’t the one receiving most of this fee, thanks to their decision to outsource...