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(Headline USA) Republicans who control the Wisconsin Legislature unveiled a bill Wednesday that would create rape and incest exceptions to the state’s 1849 abortion ban and clarify when abortions that protect the health of the mother would be allowed. The move comes as a pending lawsuit supported by Democrat Gov....

(Headline USA) Payments of $5 million to every eligible black adult, the elimination of personal debt and tax burdens, guaranteed annual incomes of at least $97,000 for 250 years and homes in San Francisco for just $1 a family. These were some of the more than 100 recommendations made by...

(Headline USA) The Federal Reserve is facing stinging criticism for missing what observers say were clear signs that uber-woke Silicon Valley Bank was at high risk of collapsing into the second-largest bank failure in U.S. history. The California-based SVB and another failed financial institution, New York-based Signature Bank, have both...

(Headline USA) Several of Florida’s conservative faith leaders have the ear of two early frontrunners for the 2024 Republican presidential nomination---former President Donald Trump, who lives in Palm Beach, and Gov. Ron DeSantis. The clergy's top political priorities are thus likely to resonate in the national campaign for the religious...

(Headline USA) Texas officials on Wednesday announced a state takeover of Houston's nearly 200,000-student public school district, the eighth-largest in the country, acting on years of threats from the far-left district, which has weathered several scandals and failed to meet educational benchmarks. The announcement, made by Republican Gov. Greg Abbott's...

(Headline USA) A special prosecutor who doubles as a state legislator is stepping down from her role in the manslaughter case against actor Alec Baldwin in the death of a cinematographer on a New Mexico film set. Baldwin’s legal team in February sought to disqualify special prosecutor and Republican state...

(Steve Miller, RealClear Wire) Democrats and their progressive allies are vastly expanding their unprecedented efforts, begun in 2020, to use private money to influence and run public elections. Supported by groups with more than $1 billion at their disposal, according to public records, these partisan groups are working with state and...

(Casey Harper, The Center Square) The latest federal inflation data shows consumer prices rose again in February, sparking criticism of President Joe Biden and his spending agenda. The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics released the Consumer Price Index Tuesday, which showed consumer prices rose 0.4% in February, totaling a 6% increase...

(J.D. Davidson, The Center Square) Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost says the state is suing Norfolk Southern, saying the rail company is financially responsible for the Feb. 3 train derailment in East Palestine that caused the release of more than 1 million gallons of hazardous chemicals. In the 58-count civil lawsuit...

(Peter Jacobsen, FEE) By now, you’ve likely heard about regulators closing down Silicon Valley Bank and now Signature Bank as well. While I’m not going to go into all the details, the basic story is described well in this article on Seeking Alpha. Essentially, SVB received a large influx of deposits...

(Casey Harper, The Center Square) President Joe Biden gave a speech Monday morning to address concerns about the banks, the economy and the federal government’s decision to take over and back up the bank, allowing depositors to retrieve their money, even if the bank doesn’t have it. He stressed that taxpayers...

(Casey Harper, The Center Square) President Joe Biden rolled out his proposed budget last week, which included trillions of dollars in new federal spending and tax hikes. A closer look at recent spending, though, shows that the federal government’s wasteful projects have piled up. One of the most costly losses for...