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(Adam Andrzejewski, RealClear Wire) Included in the $1.7 trillion omnibus package supported by Sen. Joe Manchin, D-W.Va, was a provision to give $200 million to the Appalachian Regional Commission, an agency headed by Manchin’s wife, Gayle. The Appalachian Regional Commission operates as an economic development partnership between the federal government and...

(Brett Rowland, The Center Square) – Watchdogs told a U.S. House committee that government agencies failed in some cases to take steps to prevent fraud before sending out trillions of dollars in pandemic relief aid. Testimony before the House Committee on Oversight and Accountability outlined how billions of dollars of taxpayer...

Editor's note: In its latest piece supporting the pernicious spread of far-left cancel culture, the Associated Press suggested that iconic Pennsylvania groundhog Punxsutawney Phil lose his place of honor after returning to his burrow and sealing the fate of another six weeks of winter. Instead, the news outlets suggested...

(Glenn Minnis, The Center Square) Local governments across the country pocketed nearly $9 billion in fines and fees in 2020 with residents in New York, Illinois, Texas and Georgia all paying out more than $35 each on average per capita, a new Reason Foundation study reports. With 2020 being the most...

(Timothy Schumann, The Center Square) Two politicians representing almost the entirety of Washington east of the Cascades in Congress want to stop a particular group of foreign nationals from owning, controlling, or profiting from American agricultural land. U.S. Reps. Cathy McMorris Rodgers, R-Spokane, and Dan Newhouse, R-Sunnyside, have introduced the “Prohibition...

CORRECTION: An earlier version of this article mistakenly named Tim Walz as Wisconsin governor. Walz, also a Democrat, is governor of Minnesota. (Headline USA) A conservative candidate in a pivotal race for Wisconsin Supreme Court is using video images of an SUV that drove through a Christmas parade in suburban...

(Headline USA) In another sign that the Marxist-sympathizing Biden administration is deliberately slouching toward Gomorrah, President Joe Biden and other top elected officials snubbed the longtime Christian organizers of the National Prayer Breakfast in favor of a new Swamp-based foundation dedicated solely to putting on the annual event. The breakfast...

(Brett Rowland, The Center Square) Two Republican Congressmen have filed legislation that would limit the pay of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion employees at the Department of Defense to that of front-line soldiers. U.S. Sen. Tom Cotton, R-Ark., introduced legislation Wednesday that would cap the amount of compensation for Diversity, Equity and...

(Philip Wegmann, RealClear Wire) A year ago, Boris Johnson made people jittery by reporting that Vladimir Putin threatened to fire a missile at him in the run-up to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. He apparently is no longer worried. Johnson is no longer prime minister of the U.K., and this week...

(The Center Square) – Republican Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey and 19 other attorneys general are warning Walgreens and CVS pharmacies that any plans to mail abortion-inducing pills is illegal and unsafe. “As the principal legal and law enforcement officers of our 20 states, we offer you these thoughts on...

(Tom Gantert, The Center Square) Government officials across the country are looking at gun violence state of emergencies as a way to address crime within their cities. In Philadelphia, candidates for mayor held a debate Jan. 19 focused solely on gun violence. "On my very first day, I am enacting a state...

(Bethany Blankley, The Center Square) – Republican lawmakers in Wyoming are advancing legislation that would appropriate more than $5 million toward border security efforts in Texas, Arizona and Florida. SF0166, “Border wall and sanctuary city transport,” was filed by Republican state Sen. Larry Hicks, with Sens. Dave Kinskey, John Kolb and...