(Headline USA) Russian President Vladimir Putin and Chinese President Xi Jinping plan to meet next week in Uzbekistan, a Russian official said Wednesday, announcing a summit that could signal another step in warming ties between two powers that are increasingly facing off against the West.
The meeting at the Shanghai...
(Madison Hirneisen, The Center Square) California Gov. Gavin Newsom signed landmark legislation Monday that will create a state council to set regulations for the fast food industry, a measure supporters say will give industry workers a voice in determining workplace standards.
Newsom’s signature on Assembly Bill 257 allows the creation...
(Headline USA) Liz Truss has been elected as the Conservative Party’s new leader, the party announced Monday, and she will take office Tuesday as Britain’s new prime minister to steer the country through an acute cost-of-living crisis.
The 47-year-old Truss, who is currently foreign secretary, beat former Treasury chief Rishi Sunak...
(Joe Mueller, The Center Square) As the nation pays tribute to the American workers' contributions and achievements on Labor Day, economists with the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis say the labor market and the economy are at a crossroads.
William M. Rodgers III, the vice president and director of the...
(Molly Bruns, Headline USA) In attempts to circumvent pro-life laws in many states, abortion activists are searching for legal methods of delivering abortifacient drugs to women seeking the procedure.
Elizabeth Nash of the Guttmacher Institute, said "We’re going to see these different approaches by organizations as they assess what the...
(Molly Bruns, Headline USA) President Joe Biden posted an image to Twitter, showing what appears to be a text or social media message thanking him for loan forgiveness.
The message read, "Thank you Mr. President. At 51 years old, my husband and I can finally start saving for our first...
(Headline USA) President Joe Biden's student loan forgiveness could be taxed in some states, meaning borrowers who will have their debt forgiven will likely have to pay hefty fees if their debt is forgiven.
That's because some states tax forgiven debt as income, which means borrowers who are still paying...
(Headline USA) Energy problems plagued Ukraine and Europe as much of the Russian-occupied region that's home to a largely crippled nuclear power plant was reported temporarily in blackout Sunday.
Only one of six reactors at the Zaporizhzhia facility was connected to the electricity grid, and Russia's main pipeline carrying natural...
(Scott McClallen, The Center Square) A GoFundMe fundraising site has garnered more than $245,000 in support of a Mich. library for about a year after voters rejected its millage, angry over LGBTQ books.
Patmos Library in Jamestown Township faced closure next year after voters rejected an Aug. 2 library millage...
(Tyler Arnold, The Center Square) A Virginia lawmaker who wanted a court to restrict the sales of two books to minors over accusations of obscenity lost his case, but he may appeal the ruling or move the battle into the state legislature.
Del. Tim Anderson (R-Virginia Beach) filed a lawsuit...
(Bethany Blankley, The Center Square) As Texas Gov. Greg Abbott continues to bus foreign nationals who’ve entered the U.S. illegally to New York City, a new report reveals that the Big Apple is the most dangerous so-called “Sanctuary Community” in America.
According to data compiled by the Immigration Reform Law...
(Tom Joyce, The Center Square) Opioids, including fentanyl, are becoming a bigger problem in Ariz.
Synthetic opioid-related overdoses killed more than 71,000 Americans in 2021 -- about three-quarters of all overdose deaths, according to Common Sense Institute Arizona. And fentanyl continues to plague the state.
Fentanyl causes the majority (57%) of...