UPDATE 5/28/21 2:30 EDT: Idaho Gov. Brad Little, a moderate, on Friday issued an executive order repealing a 24-hour-old mask-mandate prohibition put in place while he was out of the state by the lieutenant governor, describing her actions as a tyrannical abuse of power and an “irresponsible, self-serving political stunt.”
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A co-founder of Black Lives Matter announced this week she is resigning from her position as the executive director of the organization amid a controversy over multi-million dollar properties she reportedly purchased.
Patrisse Cullors, who has come under intense scrutiny in recent weeks for her allegedly improper handling of the organization’s...
(Headline USA) Americans increased their spending by 0.5% in April, a slowdown after a big gain in March that had been powered by the distribution of billions of dollars in individual stimulus checks.
Friday's report also showed that inflation by a measure preferred by the Federal Reserve surged by a bigger-than-expected...
(Headline USA) President Joe Biden proposed a $6 trillion budget for next year on Friday that fails to slow spiking government debt, instead seeking tax hikes on corporations --- which ultimately hit consumers --- and on the "wealthy," to pay for ambitious infrastructure and safety-net programs.
Biden has already announced major plans...
(John Haughey, The Center Square) Two lobbying associations that partner with Twitter and Google are challenging the legality of Florida’s new social media law.
The Computer & Communications Industry Association (CCIA) and NetChoice filed a federal lawsuit Thursday claiming Senate Bill 7072, signed into law Monday by Gov. Ron DeSantis, is...
(Scott McClallen, The Center Square) Months after Gov. Gretchen Whitmer flew on a secret trip to Florida, Michiganders are starting to find answers.
Whitmer's campaign committee will pay for her March Florida flight to visit her father after she initially attempted to use a nonprofit to charter the flight through a...
(Headline USA) Emerging from two years of relative silence, former House Speaker Paul Ryan has joined the fight against Donald Trump, urging fellow conservatives to reject the former president's divisive politics and those Republican leaders who emulate him.
Ryan made his remarks during a Thursday evening address at the Ronald Reagan...
(Headline USA) California is giving away the country's largest pot of vaccine prize money — $116.5 million — in an attempt to get millions more inoculated before the most populous state fully reopens next month.
Gov. Gavin Newsom on Thursday announced the prizes, which include $1.5 million each for 10 Californians,...
Rep. Matt Gaetz, R-Fla., hinted at a possible presidential bid in a text message to the New York Post on Wednesday under the condition that former president Donald Trump decided to take a pass.
Gaetz, who turned 39 earlier this month was a staunch Trump supporter and ally during his...
A top Republican state lawmaker in Wisconsin plans to hire three retired police officers and an attorney to investigate vote fraud in the 2020 presidential election.
Wisconsin Assembly Speaker Robin Vos announced on Wednesday he would give the investigation a broad mandate that will allow the officers to pursue credible...
After publishing an op-ed written by a former female high school athlete, USA Today stealth-edited the piece and apologized for describing transgender athletes as biological males.
Chelsea Mitchell, the Connecticut student who wrote the op-ed, blasted her state’s "devastating" policy forcing her to compete against transgender students, which cost her...
President Joe Biden has undermined America's natural gas production and transportation, but he lifted sanctions on Russia's state-owned Nord Stream 2, which his own energy secretary said will transport the "dirtiest form of natural gas on Earth" to Germany.
At a hearing on Thursday, Rep. Mike Waltz, R-Fla., questioned Energy...