Friday, July 11, 2025

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Protest Encampment Disbanded at University of Pennsylvania

(Christen Smith, The Center Square) – Leadership at the University of Pennsylvania disbanded a pro-Palestinian encampment on Friday, less than 24 hours after Gov. Josh Shapiro again demanded action. The demonstrators first gathered on the campus’s College Green on April 25 in opposition to Israel’s attacks on the Gaza Strip...

Apple’s New iPad Ad Strikes a Nerve Online w/ Soul-Crushing Symbolism

(Headline USA) A newly released ad promoting Apple's new iPad Pro has struck quite a nerve online. The ad, which was released by the tech giant Tuesday, shows a hydraulic press crushing just about every creative instrument artists and consumers have used over the years—from a piano and record player,...

Pentagon Plans to Spend Nearly $2 Trillion on Stealth Fighter w/ Reliability Issues

(Brett Rowland, The Center Square) The cost of the Pentagon's most expensive weapon system is projected to increase by more than 40% despite plans to use the stealth fighter less, in part because of reliability issues. The U.S. Department of Defense's F-35 Lightning II is the most advanced and costly...

Abbott Tells Texas Schools to Disregard Biden’s Gender-Bending Title IX Rewrite

(Bethany Blankley, The Center Square) Gov. Greg Abbott on Wednesday directed the Texas public university systems and community colleges to not comply with a new rule change implemented by the Biden administration related to Title IX. "Last week, I instructed the Texas Education Agency to ignore President Biden's illegal dictate...

Kemp Signs New Laws Strengthening Ga.’s Election Integrity Reforms

(T.A. DeFeo, The Center Square) Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp signed an election reform measure that supporters hoped would close many of the loopholes exploited during the notorious 2020 race, even as evidence from a state hearing confirmed that foul play likely delivered the results of that race to Democrat...

Ga. Appeals Court to Review McAfee’s Ruling Allowing Fani Willis to Stay on Trump Trial

(Brett Rowland, The Center Square) A Georgia appeals court on Wednesday agreed to review a judge's ruling that allowed Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis to stay on former President Donald Trump's election case. In a two-sentence order, the Georgia Court of Appeals agreed to take the case on Wednesday. In...

Fla. Judge: Setting Trial Date in Classified Docs Case Would Be ‘Imprudent’

(Brett Rowland, The Center Square) Judge Aileen Cannon said it would be "imprudent" to set another trial date in former President Donald Trump's classified documents case until a number of pre-trial issues could be settled. Cannon had previously set the trial to begin May 20, but that date became untenable. On...

NPR Bias Under Fire in House Hearing; Dems Insist It’s ‘Objective’

(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...

23 State AGs Call on Congress to Defund UN Agency w/ Ties to Hamas Terrorism

(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...

Newsom Uses Fake Data to Claim Tourism Boom Despite Lockdowns

(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,...

TikTok Files Lawsuit Challenging Constitutionality of Recent ‘Ban’ Bill

(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...

Family of N.C. Teen Suspended for Correctly Using ‘Alien’ Sues School Board

(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...
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