(Bethany Blankley, The Center Square) The Center to Advance Security in America has sued the Department of Homeland Security to compel bureaucrats to release records related to Secret Service staff possibly colluding with Democratic members of Congress to strip then presidential candidate Donald Trump of his Secret Service detail.
In...
(Kenneth Schrupp, The Center Square) California Gov. Gavin Newsom ordered state employees to return to the office four days a week by July 1, 2025, noting that state offices’ custodial, janitorial, and maintenance staff — and much of the public — are already working in person every day.
The governor...
(Headline USA) Thirty officers at a Southern California juvenile detention facility have been charged for their role in facilitating so-called "gladiator fights" between youth in their care, the state's attorney general said Monday.
A grand jury indictment alleges the officers at Los Padrinos Juvenile Hall in Los Angeles County allowed and...
(Thérèse Boudreaux, The Center Square) Women’s sports advocates suffered a loss Monday night when all Democratic senators present voted against a bill that would ban males who identify as transgender from competing against women in sports.
Republicans were unable to garner the seven Democratic votes needed to advance the Protection...
(Thérèse Boudreaux, The Center Square) The U.S. Senate confirmed President Donald Trump’s pick for Secretary of Education, even as the department’s future existence remains uncertain.
Lawmakers voted 51-45 to approve Linda McMahon, who led the Small Business Administration in Trump’s first term and is a long-time advocate of school choice.
McMahon's...
(Headline USA) The U.S. Treasury Department announced it will not enforce a constitutionally dubious law started under Biden's administration that would require companies to submit their private ownership information to a central database.
In a Sunday evening announcement, Treasury said in a news release that it will not impose penalties...
(Headline USA) President Donald Trump signed on Saturday an executive order designating English as the official language of the United States.
The order allows government agencies and organizations that receive federal funding to choose whether to continue to offer documents and services in language other than English.
It rescinds a mandate...
(Headline USA) President Donald Trump is taking a step toward granting the U.S. mining industry's biggest wishes by singling out one metal as a focus of his domestic minerals policy: copper.
An executive order Trump signed Tuesday calls for boosting the domestic copper industry by investigating the national security implications of...
(Headline USA) The Social Security Administration is preparing to lay off at least 7,000 people from its workforce of 60,000, according to a person familiar with the agency's plans who is not authorized to speak publicly. The workforce reduction, according to a second person who also spoke on the condition...
(Headline USA) President Donald Trump plans to impose tariffs on Canada and Mexico starting Tuesday, in addition to doubling the 10% universal tariff charged on imports from China.
In a Truth Social post Thursday, Trump said illicit drugs such as fentanyl are being smuggled into the United States at "unacceptable levels"...
(Thérèse Boudreaux, The Center Square) Legislation repealing Biden-era fees on methane emissions has passed the U.S. House, paving the way for a boon to the natural gas industry.
The Waste Emissions Charge, which Republicans say is the equivalent of a natural gas tax, was authorized by the 2022 Inflation Reduction...
(Headline USA) U.S. Agency for International Development workers, some in tears, carted away belongings from a final visit to their now-closed headquarters Thursday as the Trump administration's rapid-fire dismantling of the congressionally authorized agency moved into its final stages.
Notices are going out to terminate over 90% of USAID's contracts...