(Kenneth Schrupp, The Center Square) - California legislators nearly unanimously voted to limit “influential” anonymous online free speech by requiring social media companies to “seek to verify” personal information — including government-issued identification — for “influential” accounts.
While supporters say users need help distinguishing between good and bad information, opposition...
(Bethany Blankley, The Center Square) – Texas Department of Public Safety officers working in Gov. Greg Abbott’s border security mission, Operation Lone Star, continue to apprehend human smugglers at the border.
Smugglers are being apprehended multiple ways, by DPS brush teams and by troopers performing traffic stops and vehicle inspections....
(Casey Harper, The Center Square) – President Joe Biden on Thursday defended newly released economic growth numbers that fell way short of economists' expectations.
Federal data shows the U.S. Gross Domestic Product grew at an annual rate of 1.6% in the first three months of this year, down from 3.4%...
(Kenneth Schrupp, The Center Square) - California seized over one million fentanyl pills just last week, more than was seized in all of February, highlighting how much smuggling of drugs and illegal immigrants has shifted to California since Texas strengthened its border.
In September, California Governor Gavin Newsom increased the...
(Headline USA) Just a week after the president of Columbia University claimed to be taking a hard line in addressing anti-Semitism on campus, pro-Hamas students appeared to ratchet up their efforts.
Columbia canceled in-person classes on Monday, and new demonstrations broke out on other U.S. college campuses as tensions continue...
(Headline USA) Work is set to begin Monday on a $12 billion high-speed passenger rail line between Las Vegas and the Los Angeles area, with officials projecting millions of ticket-buyers will be boarding trains by 2028.
Brightline West, whose sister company already operates a fast train between Miami and Orlando in...
(Casey Harper, The Center Square) – The U.S. military’s ongoing embrace of the far-left culture war has drawn increased attention and ire from lawmakers.
Despite Pentagon officials waving off concerns, a steady stream of evidence has shown that the most progressive ideas on race, gender and sexuality have become the...
(Headline USA) The House has approved $95 billion in foreign aid for Ukraine and Israel in a rare weekend session as Democrats and Republicans banded together.
With an overwhelming vote Saturday, the $61 billion in aid for Ukraine passed in a matter of minutes. Many Democrats cheered on the House floor...
(Bethany Blankley, The Center Square) – The U.S. House Committee on Oversight this week began an investigation into the Chinese Communist Party’s “Influence and infiltration campaign,” which House Republicans argue is threatening U.S. military readiness and every aspect of American society.
“If we don’t understand what the CCP is and...
(Headline USA) Barely missing its midnight deadline, the Senate voted early Saturday to reauthorize a U.S. Law that enables Federal espionage after divisions over whether the FBI should be restricted from using the program to search for Americans’ data nearly forced the statute to lapse.
The legislation approved 60-34 with...
(Bethany Blankley, The Center Square) – Attorneys general from 25 states are suing to block a Biden administration emissions rule imposed on vehicle manufacturers.
Led by Kentucky, the 25 states petitioned the U.S. District Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit to block an Environmental Protection Agency rule,...
(Chris Woodward, The Center Square) – A coalition of 15 Republican attorneys general want Bank of America to correct what the law officers are calling “debanking practices.”
In a letter sent this week to Bank of America Chairman and CEO Brian Moynihan, the attorneys general, led by Kansas's Kris Kobach, wrote that...