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(Headline USA) Army recruiters struggling to meet enlistment goals say one of their biggest hurdles is getting into high schools, where they can meet students one on one. During three days of back-to-back meetings across Chicago last month, Army Secretary Christine Wormuth spoke with students, school leaders, and recruiters. Again and again, she asked,...

(Headline USA) RINOs and Democrats are pushing to enable felons to vote in elections. Restoring the voting rights of former felons drew national attention after Florida lawmakers weakened a voter-approved constitutional amendment and after a new election police unit, championed by Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis, arrested 20 felons attempting to vote. Attempts like those...

(Headline USA) Oklahoma voters will decide Tuesday whether to approve a ballot measure that legalizes recreational marijuana. Oklahoma already has one of the most liberal medical marijuana programs in the country, with roughly 10% of the state's adult population having a medical license. Unlike most other states, Oklahoma has no list of qualifying medical conditions, allows...

(Headline USA) Self-help author Marianne Williamson, whose 2020 White House campaign featured more quirky calls for spiritual healing than actual voter support, launched another longshot bid for the presidency on Saturday, becoming the first Democrat to formally challenge President Joe Biden for the 2024 nomination. “We are upset about this country, we're worried...

(Headline USA) Utah Gov. Spencer Cox said Friday that he plans to sign a measure that would ban abortion clinics from operating in the state. After passing through the state Senate on Thursday with minor amendments, it returned to the Utah House of Representatives Friday morning, where it was approved...

(Bethany Blankley, The Center Square) What's happening at the southern U.S. border with Mexico is in fact an invasion, Kinney County Sheriff Brad Coe says. “We’re experiencing a silent invasion of military-age men,” Coe told The Center Square when describing what his deputies have been increasingly facing over the past two...

(Ria Roebuck Joseph, The Center Square) "The American Indian is the one who deserves reparation in this country," Task Force members heard from one women among several who brought up Native Americans. The California Reparations Task Force met on Mar. 3 to report and discuss the progress in developing a comprehensive plan...

(Adam Andrzejewski, RealClear Wire) When Afghanistan fell in 2021, the U.S. Treasury seized $7 billion from Afghanistan’s central bank in a show of disapproval for the new Taliban government. Half of the funds were immediately sent back to America and given to 9/11 victims’ families. The other $3.5 billion, though,...

(TJ Martinell, The Center Square) During recent election cycles, the Washington Department of Licensing, or DOL, received numerous reports of foreign nationals being automatically registered to vote in the state, even in cases where they insisted to DOL they were not legally allowed to vote. Some county election agencies have...

(Headline USA) President Joe Biden said Thursday he is willing to sign a Republican-sponsored resolution blocking new District of Columbia laws that would overhaul how the nation's capital prosecutes and punishes crime. In doing so, the president would be allowing Congress to nullify the city’s laws for the first time in...

(Casey Harper, The Center Square) President Joe Biden pledged in a speech late Wednesday to ban “assault weapons,” but critics were quick to push back. Biden made the statement during his remarks at the House Democratic Caucus Issues Conference. “I know I make some of you uncomfortable, but that little state above...

(John Tamny, RealClear Wire) It was reported in the New York Times the week before last that the U.S. hedge funds at the top of the proverbial heap had reaped gains for their owners of over $22 billion in 2022. Contrast the previous number with losses in the total hedge...