(Greg Bishop, The Center Square) An Illinois County sheriff says a recent sexual assault of a minor allegedly at the hands of an illegal immigrant reveals the problems with Illinois being a “sanctuary state.”
Kankakee County Sheriff Mike Downey shared recently a 6-year-old girl was sexually assaulted. The suspect was...
(Bethany Blankley, The Center Square) U.S. House Republicans and military veterans are demanding answers from the Pentagon and Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz on his military record after several claims have resurfaced. Walz was picked as Vice President Kamala Harris’ running mate; the two are the presumed Democratic nominees for...
(Spencer Pauley, The Center Square) The Seattle-based real estate company Zillow has named a new chief executive officer as the U.S. housing market continues slowly falling.
Zillow announced Chief Operating Officer Jeremy Wacksman has been promoted to the CEO position on Wednesday.
Wacksman first joined Zillow in 2009 and has been...
(Orphe Divounguy, The Center Square) A higher-than-expected increase in the unemployment rate caused significant panic last week. However, data from the Institute for Supply Management indicated that the services sector expanded in July, while the commerce department data showed initial jobless claims fell.
The stock market also made a modest...
(Bethany Blankley, The Center Square) A rural east Texas district attorney has described how the border crisis is impacting her community after two Chinese illegal immigrants were arrested on money laundering charges.
Their arrest was not the first where “we have encountered Chinese nationals on the highway engaged in illegal...
(Bethany Blankley, The Center Square) – Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz, the presumptive Democratic vice presidential nominee, admits that Texas Gov. Greg Abbott “has a point” on the border crisis.
The Democratic governor has waffled on his views about the border, opposed border wall funding, embraced so-called sanctuary city status, and...
(Tom Gantert, The Center Square) - So far in the fiscal year 2024, the federal government has had to borrow about $5 billion every day.
The Congressional Budget Office said Thursday the federal budget deficit was $1.5 trillion for the first 10 months of fiscal year 2024, which covers October...
(Bethany Blanklay, The Center Square) – A 15-state coalition led by Florida Attorney General Ashley Moody is calling on the U.S. Supreme Court to weigh in on a multi-jurisdictional asylum case.
Moody previously led a 17-state coalition calling on the Ninth Circuit to do the same.
At issue are multiple lawsuits...
(Christen Smith, The Center Square) The chairman of a congressional task force assembled last month to probe former President Donald Trump’s assassination attempt gave a glimpse into its work during an interview with a local radio station Wednesday.
U.S. Rep. Mike Kelly, R-Pa., told The Daily Focus the bipartisan 13-member...
(Sarah Roderick-Fitch, The Center Square) An executive order has been issued to codify Virginia's “election security procedures” implemented by Gov. Glenn Youngkin.
The governor issued Executive Order 35 on Wednesday to “protect legal voters and accurate counts,” which includes “stringent ballot security, complete and thorough counting machine testing,” and “best-in-the-nation...
(Headline USA) When longtime Donald Trump ally Steve Bannon surrendered last month at a federal prison in Connecticut, he asked an unconventional U.S. Senate candidate from Minnesota to stand at his side.
Royce White, seeking the Republican nomination in next week's primary to challenge incumbent U.S. Sen. Amy Klobuchar, D-Minn.,...
(Headline USA) The Minnesota Supreme Court on Wednesday upheld a 2023 state law that restores voting rights for felons once they have completed their prison sentences.
The new law was popular with Democrats in the state, including Gov. Tim Walz, who signed it and who is Vice President Kamala Harris’...