SYNDICATION

(Robert Davis and Casey Harper, The Center Square) States that ended pandemic unemployment aid saw "a substantial rise" in employment, according to a recent working paper from the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis. The study, which used data from 46 states and Washington, D.C., found that "in the three months...

(The Center Square) The U.S. Department of Justice raid of former President Donald Trump’s Mar-A-Lago property in Palm Beach, Fla., sparked a wave of controversy and pushback from lawmakers, some of whom suggested a congressional investigation if Republicans retake the House or Senate in November. “The FBI raid was unprecedented...

(Headline USA) Democrats are looking to pull another fast one, only this time at the expense of fellow climate alarmists, with a bogus promise of tax credits for electric vehicles. A tax credit of up to $7,500 could be used to defray the cost of an electric vehicle under the terribly-misnamed...

(Richie Malouf, The Center Square) Generic drug manufacturers oppose Democrats’ bill allowing Medicare to negotiate drug prices. The Senate passed its new spending bill on Sunday, which permits Medicare to negotiate what it pays for drugs. “For seniors who’ve faced the indignity of rationing medications or skipping them altogether, the Inflation...

(Andrew Hensel, The Center Square) Gov. J.B. Pritzker is defending the SAFE-T Act despite criticisms from law enforcement statewide that it will make Illinois less safe. The Safety, Accountability, Fairness and Equity-Today Act, or SAFE-T Act, abolishes cash bail beginning in January 2023, overhauls police training, and includes other measures. Pritzker...

(Steve Bittenbender, The Center Square) The so-called Inflation Reduction Act passed the U.S. Senate on Sunday, and while the vote led to Democrats celebrating, their comments focused on other aspects of the $740 billion spending bill. Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., said the bill lowers costs for Americans, but...

(The Center Square) Senate Democrats’ recently passed $740 billion federal spending bill has taken criticism on many fronts, but critics are raising the alarm that a major increase in IRS auditing to fund the bill will hit small businesses hard. To help pay for the wide-ranging tax-and-spend legislation, which address...

(Tom Gantert, Elyse Apel and Brett Rowland, The Center Square) An assistant chief of the fire department for the city of San Francisco made $458,223 in 2021, thanks in part to $193,883 in overtime as he led a group of 11 employees of the police and fire departments who...

(Headline USA) The driver suspected of causing a fiery Los Angeles crash that killed five people, including a pregnant woman, was charged Monday with murder---a rarity in a city whose woke, George Soros-funded prosecutor has largely avoided pursuing capital punishment, even for the most violent of crimes. Nicole Lorraine Linton...

(Headline USA) The Department of Homeland Security said Monday that it ended a Trump-era policy requiring asylum-seekers to wait in Mexico for hearings in U.S. immigration court, hours after a judge lifted an order in effect since December that it be reinstated. The timing had been in doubt since the...

(Headline USA) Rep. Ilhan Omar, one of the biggest radicals of the extreme left, is facing a challenge from the center in her congressional primary in Minnesota on Tuesday. Another key race is unfolding in western Wisconsin, where Democratic Rep. Ron Kind's retirement after 26 years in office opens up...

(Headline USA) The Biden administration said Monday it was shipping its biggest yet direct delivery of weapons to Ukraine as that country says it is preparing for a potentially decisive counteroffensive in the south against Russia, sending $1 billion in rockets, ammunition and other material to Ukraine from Defense...