(Headline USA) President Joe Biden has nominated a Miami litigator and longtime government lawyer to serve as U.S. attorney for the Southern District of Florida, the office currently involved in the Justice Department's investigation of classified records at former President Donald Trump's Mar-a-Lago estate.
Markenzy Lapointe would replace Juan Antonio...
(Headline USA) U.S. intelligence officials predicted two years ago that the Islamic State group would likely regain much of its former strength and global influence, particularly if American and other Western forces reduced their role in countering the extremist movement, according to a newly declassified report.
Analysts said many of...
(Tyler Arnold | The Center Square) Legislation that would ban abortion in most cases passed both chambers of the West Virginia legislature after lawmakers reached a deal on how the rules will be enforced.
After about a month and a half of negotiations, lawmakers agreed abortion would be illegal, except...
(Kevin Bessler, The Center Square) In the wake of more migrants arriving in Illinois on buses from Texas, Gov. J.B. Pritzker has issued another disaster proclamation.
Pritzker also activated 75 members of the Illinois National Guard to assist with the busloads of asylum seekers sent to Chicago by Texas Gov....
(Tom Gantert and Brett Rowland, The Center Square) Communities throughout the U.S. are experimenting with social programs that give a "guaranteed income" to some residents with few or no strings attached. An economics professor says universal income could be a more efficient use of taxpayer dollars as long as...
(Bruce Walker, The Center Square) Wind farms continue to pop up like mushrooms across Michigan’s landscape, and with them, plenty of backlash from energy, economic and environmental public policy experts.
Michigan ranks 15th for total wind generation nationwide, according to a 2021 study released by Commodity.com, which was updated last May.
The...
(Headline USA) President Joe Biden said Thursday that a tentative railway labor agreement has been reached, temporarily averting a strike that could have been devastating to the already foundering U.S. economy before the pivotal midterm elections.
Railroads and union representatives had been in negotiations for 20 hours at the Labor...
(Joshua Paladino, Headline USA) President Joe Biden could face an early October surprise as 60,000 unionized railroad workers, including engineers and conducts, plan to start striking on Sept. 16, American Greatness reported.
The planned strike would cost the American economy $2 billion per day, prevent agricultural products from reaching manufacturing...
(Headline USA) The Justice Department said Wednesday that three Iranian citizens have been charged in the United States with ransomware attacks that targeted power companies, local governments and small businesses and nonprofits, including a domestic violence shelter.
The charges accuse the hacking suspects of targeting hundreds of entities in the...
(Headline USA) Jim Beam plans to ramp up bourbon production at its largest Kentucky distillery to meet growing global demand in a more than $400 million expansion to be powered by renewable energy.
The project will increase capacity by 50% at the Beam plant in Boston, Kentucky, while reducing greenhouse...
(Headline USA) A newly constructed University of Michigan facility that will be home to the most powerful laser in the United States is hosting its first experiment this week as the nation seeks to become competitive again in the realm of high-power laser facilities.
The experiment will be conducted at...
(Headline USA) A federal judge Tuesday unsealed additional portions of an FBI affidavit laying out the basis for a search of former President Donald Trump's Florida home.
The newly unredacted details, released by Judge Bruce Reinhart, appeared to show that, prior to the Aug. 8 raid, agents had obtained a...