(Kenneth Schrupp, The Center Square) The federal government has allocated $159 million in FEMA funding to “provide humanitarian services to noncitizen migrants” in California since 2023, according to federal grants reviewed by the Center Square.
California has been a sanctuary state since 2017, and recently enacted a new law allowing...
(Kenneth Schrupp, The Center Square) A California judge ruled the City of Huntington Beach can keep its new rule requiring voters to present identification—for the time being.
“The Court finds that this matter is not ripe for adjudication, as the City’s Charter is permissive and discretionary in character, and...
(Kenneth Schrupp, The Center Square) California Republicans managed to flip a State Assembly seat with a nearly 14-point Democratic registration advantage.
Republican Jeff Gonzalez narrowly beat out Joey Acuña Jr. to fill the seat of Assemblymember Eduardo Garcia, D-Coachella, who opted not to run for re-election in the nearly 60%...
(Alan Wooten, The Center Square) Nearly half of respondents said the troubles of North Carolina Lt. Gov. Mark Robinson did not impact their choices elsewhere on the ballot, and more than half say because of the election America is now headed on the right track.
Robinson ran for governor and...
(Kim Jarrett, The Center Square) Georgia Attorney General Chris Carr said Thursday he will seek the Republican nomination for governor in 2026.
Carr made the announcement on his personal X page, which also included a link to his campaign website.
"As a proven conservative, building on the legacy of Brian Kemp,...
(Brett Rowland, The Center Square) A New York judge on Friday once again delayed the sentencing in President-elect Donald Trump's porn star case as Trump seeks dismissal of the felony convictions.
Judge Juan Merchan granted Trump's defense request to file a motion for dismissal. He also set deadlines for future...
(Headline USA) House Speaker Mike Johnson declared Wednesday that lawmakers and staff will have to use the restroom corresponding with their biological sex, after the first ever transgender representative Democrat Sarah McBride is set to arrive on Capitol Hill.
"All single-sex facilities in the Capitol and House Office Buildings—such as...
(Headline USA) Building the current crop of artificial intelligence chatbots has relied on specialized computer chips pioneered by Nvidia, which dominates market and made itself the poster child of the AI boom.
But the same qualities that make those graphics processor chips, or GPUs, so effective at creating powerful AI...
(Headline USA) The Pentagon will send Ukraine at least $275 million in new weapons, U.S. officials said Tuesday.
The latest tranche of weapons comes as both Ukraine and Russia push to gain an advantage.
In rapid succession this week, President Joe Biden gave Ukraine the authority to fire longer-range missiles deeper...
(Headline USA) Donald Trump headed to Brownsville, Texas, on Tuesday to watch one of Elon Musk’s companies test its Starship rocket, the latest sign of a deepening bond between the president-elect and the world's richest man.
Tuesday's outing was a remarkable display of intimacy between the two, one with implications...
(Headline USA) Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella told customers at a conference in Chicago on Tuesday that the company is teaching a new set of artificial intelligence tools how to "act on our behalf across our work and life.”
AI developers are increasingly pitching the next wave of generative AI chatbots...
(Alan Wooten, The Center Square) Results in an election for the North Carolina Supreme Court that has swung by more than 10,000 votes since all precincts were in on Election Night is the lone statewide recount requested by deadline on Tuesday.
And it comes with two of the state’s 100...