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(Tom Gantert - The Center Square) The optional standard rate for deductible costs for operating an automobile for business will increase to 65.5 cents per mile in 2023, a 3-cent increase from the current rate, according to the IRS. The new rates begin Jan. 1 and apply to electric and hybrid-electric...

(Cole Lauterbach - The Center Square) The Environmental Protection Agency is finalizing rules for how it will implement a controversial part of the Clean Water Act. The waters of the United States, or WOTUS, definition details that the EPA sets the threshold and exceptions of what waterways fall under federal jurisdiction....

(Josh Hypes - The Center Square) Arizona, Idaho, Indiana, Iowa, Kentucky, Mississippi, Missouri, Nebraska, New Hampshire, New York and North Carolina will cut the individual income tax rate on New Year’s Day, according to the Tax Foundation. Over the past two years, more than 20 states have cut individual income...

(Tom Gantert - The Center Square) The House Ways and Means Committee that is controlled by Democrats released six years of former President Donald Trump's tax returns on Friday. The New York Post reported the returns cover the years 2015 to 2020. The Trumps reported positive income of $24.3 million in...

(Tom Gantert, The Center Square) U.S. Customs and Border Protection has detained products made by three Chinese companies that are believed to have used North Korean forced labor in their supply chains. The Countering America's Adversaries Through Sanctions Act prohibits goods manufactured by North Korean citizens unless there is clear evidence...

(Bill King, RealClear Wire) I fear that the investigations Republicans have promised in the House next year will be little more than another round of toxic partisan gamesmanship. But there is one investigation Congress should undertake, and that is into so-called “gain-of-function” research. Before the pandemic, I suspect that most of...

(Headline USA) As President Joe Biden luxuriated on a posh Caribbean vacation, roads reopened Thursday in storm-besieged Buffalo, N.Y. Meanwhile, authorities continued searching for people who may have died or been stuck and suffering after last week’s blizzard. The driving ban in New York’s second-most-populous city was lifted just after...

(Headline USA) A jury convicted Dayonta McClinton of robbing a CVS pharmacy but acquitted him of murder. A judge gave McClinton an extra 13 years in prison for the killing anyway. In courtrooms across America, defendants get additional prison time for crimes that juries found they didn't commit. The Supreme Court...

(Headline USA) U.S. Rep.-elect George Santos of New York was under investigation by Long Island prosecutors on Wednesday, after revelations surfaced that the now-embattled Republican lied about his heritage, education and professional pedigree as he campaigned for office. The latest revelations about Santos's lies comes as Republicans prepare to retake...

(Headline USA) Southwest Airlines continues to slash about two-thirds of its daily schedule, canceling another 2,350 flights Thursday, though most of the planes that flew arrived on time. Southwest is struggling to recover after being overwhelmed by a winter storm that left hundreds of pilots and flight attendants stranded out...

(Headline USA) The U.S. announced new COVID-19 testing requirements Wednesday for all travelers from China, joining other nations imposing restrictions because of a surge of infections. The increase in cases across China follows the rollback of the nation's strict anti-virus controls. China's “zero COVID” policies had kept the country's infection...

(Adam Andrzejewski - RealClear Wire) The Transportation Security Administration is spending $18.6 million on gender-neutral security screening to “advance civil rights” for those whose genders were incorrectly assumed when they traveled through the nation’s airports. TSA said it hopes to improve the customer experience when it rolls out the “non-binary screening...