(Brett Rowland, The Center Square) – Federal prosecutors have charged six people with staging armed robberies to help purported victims get U.S. immigration visas reserved for crime victims.
Prosecutors said Parth Nayi, a 26-year-old from Woodridge, Illinois, and Kewon Young, a 31-year-old from Mansfield, Ohio, allegedly organized the scheme from July...
(Casey Harper, The Center Square) Lawmakers will grill Joe Biden’s Energy Secretary at a newly announced oversight hearing scheduled for Thursday.
Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm is expected to face lawmakers for questions amid elevated gas prices, a depleted strategic petroleum reserve, and ongoing criticism of Biden’s energy policies.
According to AAA,...
(Corey Walker, The Center Square) – Virginia Republican U.S. Rep. Bob Good is filing the Protecting Our Police Act on Thursday in honor of National Police Week, which is May 12-18.
The bill would help empower police by blocking the Biden administration from administering any restrictions on the Section 1033...
(National Legal and Policy Center) Following the viral online ad it released about Oreo and its troubling partnership with LGBT advocacy group PFLAG, a leading conservative-oriented corporate watchdog, the National Legal and Policy Center has published a follow-up video to promote a shareholder proposal it will present on May 22 at the annual meeting of Mondelez International,...
(Headline USA) A group protesting the war in Gaza and demanding that the University of Chicago divest from companies doing business with Israel took over a building on the school’s campus.
Members of the group surrounded the Institute of Politics building around 5 p.m. Friday while others made their way inside,...
(Brett Rowland, The Center Square) – Overlap and duplication cost taxpayers billions, according to a new report from a Congressional watchdog.
The U.S. Government Accountability Office's annual report identified opportunities to save billions of dollars by reducing overlap, duplication and fragmentation across the federal government.
The report outlines 112 measures that...
(Bethany Blankley, The Center Square) – After a year-long investigation into a smuggling operation at the border, an Operation Lone Star Task Force led by Goliad County Sheriff Roy Boyd took down several operatives allegedly involved in human smuggling.
The Center Square on Friday accompanied Boyd on an undercover operation...
(Headline USA) President Donald Trump is expected to address thousands of members of the National Rifle Association in Texas a day after campaigning in Minnesota.
Trump has pledged to continue to defend the Second Amendment and has called himself “the best friend gun owners have ever had in the White...
(Bethany Blankley, The Center Square) Houston’s new Democratic mayor, John Whitmire, is continuing to reverse the actions of his woke predecessor, from prioritizing fighting crime to ensuring no new taxes or fees are included in his first proposed budget.
Whitmire proposed a $6.7 billion budget Tuesday that includes no new taxes...
(Casey Harper, The Center Square) A congressional committee on Wednesday examined the Department of Justice’s treatment of former President Donald Trump under the Biden administration.
Trump faces a myriad of legal troubles at the state and federal level, but the federal prosecution of Trump has been under special scrutiny since...
(Headline USA) Republican voters advanced strong U.S. Senate contenders in Maryland and West Virginia on Tuesday, giving the GOP a big boost in its push to claim control of Congress's upper chamber.
Former Gov. Larry Hogan claimed the Republican nomination in what will be a marquee race in Maryland against...
(Bethany Blankley, The Center Square) The majority of U.S. banks are targeting clients based on their political and religious beliefs, a new report found.
Banks are doing so partially in response to Biden administration directives, a House Judiciary Committee investigation found through the efforts of its Select Subcommittee on the...