(Headline USA) With the end of their two-year fight against inflation in sight, Federal Reserve officials were likely Wednesday to set the stage for the first cut to their key interest rate in four years---a major shift in policy that could eventually lower borrowing costs for U.S. consumers and...
(Headline USA) Vice President Kamala Harris is set to launch a battleground tour next week with her yet-to-be-named running mate, with stops in seven swing states stretching from Pennsylvania to Nevada, her campaign said Tuesday.
With precious little time to spare, the campaign's announcement may have given some indication as...
(Bethany Blankley, The Center Square) One year after Texas installed marine barriers in the Rio Grande River near Eagle Pass, Texas, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit ruled Texas has the legal right to do so.
It also reversed a district court’s preliminary injunction and remanded the case...
(Headline USA) The U.S. will send $1.7 billion in military aid to Ukraine, officials announced on Monday, including an array of munitions for air defense systems, artillery, mortars and anti-tank and anti-ship missiles.
The package includes $1.5 billion in funding for long-term contracts through the Ukraine Security Assistance Initiative, and $200...
(Casey Harper, The Center Square) Vice President Kamala Harris’ kickstart to her presidential campaign last week immediately faced a flurry of references to her most controversial stances and statements, not the least of which was her support of the “defund the police” movement in 2020.
“Defund the police” took off...
(Casey Harper, The Center Square) The U.S. national debt as of Monday officially topped $35 trillion, a grim milestone for the U.S. government and the economy as the national debt continues to soar each year.
The national debt has nearly tripled in the last 20 years.
“If this sounds familiar, we...
(Headline USA) A video that uses an artificial intelligence voice-cloning tool to mimic the voice of Vice President Kamala Harris to talk about her failed policies and personality flaws outraged leftists, who, per usual, decried it as a "threat to democracy" ahead of the 2024 election.
The video gained attention after tech billionaire Elon...
(Headline USA) U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken said the United States has ‘serious concerns’ about the announced result of Venezuela’s hotly contested presidential election that authorities say was won by incumbent Nicolas Maduro.
Speaking in Tokyo on Monday shortly after the announcement was made, Blinken said the U.S. was concerned that...
(Headline USA) Osama Siblani’s phone won’t stop ringing.
Just days after President Joe Biden withdrew his bid for reelection and endorsed Vice President Kamala Harris for the Democratic presidential nomination, top officials from both major political parties have been asking the publisher of the Dearborn-based Arab American News if Harris can regain the...
(Glenn Minnis, The Center Square) With the city of Chicago already spending as much as $1.5 million a day for migrant housing and thousands of new illegals expected in the weeks ahead, local activist Tio Hardiman is renewing his call for the city to reverse its sanctuary city status.
For...
(Headline USA) As the presidential campaign enters a critical final 100 day stretch, Republican nominee Donald Trump and his running mate, JD Vance, rallied supporters on Saturday in a state that hasn’t backed a GOP candidate for the White House since 1972.
The rally in St. Cloud, Minnesota, is a...
(Alan Wooten, The Center Square) – Oddsmakers try to make money for the house, not necessarily forecast winners. Who the public thinks, however, is reflected when the odds adjust.
Friday morning, Arizona U.S. Sen. Mark Kelly had climbed to the top of five books as the betting choice for being...