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(Bethany Blankley, The Center Square) Approaching the 25-year anniversary of the 9/11 terrorist attacks, an entire generation of young Americans are alive who were born after Sept. 11, 2001, and they’ve only ever known the U.S. to be at war. After the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks, President George W. Bush...

(Kyle Anzalone, Antiwar.com) President Donald Trump posted an image on Truth Social Saturday showing the Strait of Hormuz as “new US territory.” It is the second time he posted the graphic this month. The Strait of Hormuz has become a major issue in efforts to end the Middle East war. Before...

(Headline USA) TikTok has reached a $400 million settlement with the U.S. Department of Justice, ending a 2024 lawsuit alleging the company violated federal children's privacy laws. The DOJ said Friday that TikTok will pay $300 million immediately and another $100 million after an order vacates an earlier consent decree against...

(Morgan Sweeney, The Center Square) Democrats continue to favor former Vice President Kamala Harris over 12 other candidates if the 2028 Democratic presidential primary were held today, according to The Center Square Voters' Voice Poll. The Center Square has conducted four 2028 presidential primary polls since October, and Harris has...

(Headline USA) A quintuple murder suspect was found dead inside a vehicle in Enumclaw, Washington, on Sunday, a day after the bodies of five people were discovered on a rural property outside Portland, Oregon, authorities said. Investigators believe the suspect, 36-year-old Benjamin Charles Parker, killed himself, the Washington County Sheriff’s Office...

(Headline USA) The fast-growing Hawk Fire spread from the Sierra foothills toward the center of Reno early Sunday, growing to more than 10,500 acres. Nearly 14,000 homes were ordered evacuated, and the “GO NOW” zone reached the edge of the University of Nevada campus. Washoe County, Nevada emergency officials opened...

(Headline USA) The United States and Canada, historic allies along an undefended border, fell deeper into a trade war Saturday marked by angry recriminations and new tariffs that are expected to raise prices for products in both countries. Each side blamed the other for the collapse of negotiations in Washington...

(Headline USA) A lip-licking alligator, a smiling moose and a hat-wearing bear are among the many cartoon animals to have found themselves in the crosshairs of Buc-ee’s, the popular Texas convenience store chain that has a penchant for protecting its buck-toothed beaver. But now Buc-ee's has set off a Buckeye...

(Andrew Rice, The Center Square) The vast majority of Americans want hospitals and healthcare providers to publicly disclose prices before patients receive care, according to a new poll. The Center Square Voters Voice Poll, conducted by Noble Predictive Insights, found 88% of American voters said it was at least "somewhat...

(Luis Cornelio, Headline USA) Soon-to-be former Rep. Nancy Pelosi accused one of the two candidates seeking to replace her in Congress of launching a misogynistic attack against her preferred successor. But Pelosi’s accusations quickly backfired, with critics calling them “absurd.” Specifically, Pelosi targeted California state Sen. Scott Wiener after he launched...

(Headline USA) A federal judge in New York has vacated a Trump administration policy that suspended the processing of visas from 75 countries, including Afghanistan, Iran, Russia and Somalia, whose nationals the Trump administration deemed likely to require public assistance in the United States. U.S. District Judge Jeannette Vargas, an...

(Headline USA) Conspiracy theorist Alex Jones is still under orders to pay more than $1 billion over his false claims surrounding the 2012 Sandy Hook Elementary School massacre despite a Texas court reducing some of the money awarded to families. For the bombastic Infowars founder, the ruling that saves him...