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(Headline USA) House Republicans will press forward Friday with a midterm campaign promise by voting on legislation to give parents greater say in what is taught in public schools---even as far-left critics, like Rep. Alexandria Ocasio--Cortez, D-N.Y., decry the “parents' rights” bill as a "fascist" proposal that has resulted...

(Headline USA) A strike Thursday by a suspected Iranian-made drone killed a U.S. contractor and wounded five American troops and another contractor in northeast Syria, the Pentagon said. American forces said they retaliated soon after with “precision airstrikes” in Syria targeting facilities used by groups affiliated with Iran's Revolutionary Guard,...

(Headline USA) Leaders of the Senate's banking committee on Thursday warned former chief executive officers at the failed Silicon Valley Bank and Signature Bank that they expect them to testify before the panel, saying in a letter to each: “you must answer for the bank's downfall.” The committee is examining the events leading up...

(Headline USA) Stumbling on the international stage, overseeing a string of financial calamity with failing banks, continued Fed rate hikes and inflation pounding American consumers, and embattled with a classified document scandal and his family's financial ties to China, approval of President Joe Biden has dropped to its near...

(Headline USA) The Manhattan district attorney investigating Donald Trump rebuffed House Republicans’ request Thursday for documents and testimony about the case, dismissing it as an “unprecedented inquiry” with no legitimate basis. In a letter obtained by the Associated Press, the general counsel for Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg slammed the...

(Headline USA) U.S. lawmakers grilled the CEO of TikTok over data security and harmful content Thursday, responding skeptically during a tense committee hearing to his assurances that the China-based video-sharing app prioritizes user safety and should not be banned. Shou Zi Chew's rare public appearance came at a crucial time...

(Headline USA) Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis appeared to walk back---or at least to clarify---his characterization of Russia’s war in Ukraine as a “territorial dispute,” following criticism from a number of fellow Republicans who expressed concern about the potential 2024 presidential candidate’s dismissive description of the conflict. In excerpts of an...

(Headline USA) The handlers responsible for cognitively impaired Sen. John Fetterman, D-Pa., once again avoided questions about his return to the U.S. Senate as even the mainstream media begins to wonder if they are being forthright. Meanwhile, some conservatives have begun to question whether Fetterman is alive at all. https://twitter.com/TimRunsHisMouth/status/1638657682830663682 Questions about...

(Casey Harper, The Center Square) The Federal Reserve announced a key interest rate hike Wednesday, the ninth time it has done so since early 2022 in its effort to combat rising inflation. The rate got a quarter-point increase to 0.25% to 0.5% on March 17 of last year; the latest hike...

(Headline USA) Idaho is poised to allow firing squads to execute condemned inmates when the state can’t get lethal-injection drugs, under a bill the Legislature passed Monday with a veto-proof majority. Firing squads will be used only if the state cannot obtain the drugs needed for lethal injections — and one...

(Headline USA) Nearly three years after the Memorial Day death of George Floyd while in the custody of Minneapolis police shook to the core a nation already vulnerable from the coronavirus pandemic and divisive impeachment hearings of President Donald Trump, a motive may have emerged to explain why Floyd...

(Casey Harper, The Center Square) The Hunter Biden investigation reached a new level in recent days after lawmakers announced that millions of dollars were transferred from a Chinese energy company with much of it ending up in the hands of the Biden family and associates. Now, critics say the Hunter Biden...