(Bethany Blankley, The Center Square) House Republicans and Democrats sparred Wednesday over press freedom in a hearing held to investigate “ideological bias” and “viewpoint discrimination” of a taxpayer-funded media outlet, National Public Radio.
The House Energy & Commerce Committee’s Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee held the hearing in response to allegations...
(Bethany Blankley, The Center Square) A coalition of 23 attorneys general led by Utah and South Carolina have called on Congress to permanently defund a United Nations agency after learning of its ties to the terrorist organization Hamas.
“The United States must stop funding antisemitic education efforts run by the...
(Kenneth Schrupp, The Center Square) California Gov. Gavin Newsom stuck to his guns after claiming record-high tourism spending from atop the Golden Gate Bridge---despite the fact that the report he cited noted in the adjoining sentence that real spending was down 14% since 2019 after accounting for inflation.
“Last year,...
(Brett Rowland, The Center Square) TikTok filed a lawsuit Tuesday challenging the constitutionality of a new law that requires a sale or ban of the popular app, setting up a legal battle over free speech and national security.
Last month, Congress passed and President Joe Biden enacted a law that...
(Alan Wooten, The Center Square) North Carolina parents withdrew their teen from school and sued a school district it says unfairly issued a suspension and “injected race” into a question of clarification from an English teacher about the vocabulary word alien.
The Davidson County School District Board of Education is...
(Casey Harper, The Center Square) Newly released polling data spelled bad news for President Joe Biden this election year.
Gallup released new polling data which showed independent voters trust former President Donald Trump more than Biden when it comes to the economy.
About 34% of independents said they trusted Biden to...
(Headline USA) Columbia University canceled its large university-wide commencement ceremony Monday following weeks of pro-Hamas riots that have roiled its campus and others across the U.S.
However, university officials said students would still be able to celebrate at a series of smaller, school-based ceremonies this week and next.
The decision comes...
(Casey Harper, The Center Square) – House lawmakers are pressing the National Institutes of Health for answers on whether the agency has continued funding research in Russia.
House Energy and Commerce Committee Chair Cathy McMorris Rodgers is leading the effort along with subcommittee chairs Rep. Brett Guthrie, R-Ky., and Rep....
(Tom Gantert, The Center Square) A high-ranking official with the New York Police Department said protesters had weapons including knives and hammers as well as pamphlets with "Death to America!" written on them.
Michael Kemper, a NYPD's chief of transit, posted photos Friday of what police confiscated from the protesters.
“For...
(Casey Harper, The Center Square) The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs pledged to protect veterans and address any problems identified by federal watchdogs after an Inspector General report raised concerns about the physicians employed by the VA.
Press Secretary Terrence Hayes responded to an inquiry from The Center Square about...
(Headline USA) A 79-year-old Missouri man is accused of killing a woman in her suburban Chicago home — a crime that happened nearly six decades ago.
James Barbier was arrested Monday at his St. Louis County home and charged with first-degree murder in the November 1966 death of 18-year-old Karen...
(Bethany Blankley, The Center Square) – U.S. House committees are investigating “ideological bias” of National Public Radio (NPR), a nonprofit news organization established by Congress and partially funded by taxpayers.
NPR has come under fire after its former editor Uri Berliner said it had "lost America's trust" and criticized NPR’s Chief Executive Officer,...