(Headline USA) Senate Democrats planned to forge ahead with a likely doomed vote on their sprawling elections and voting bill next week, even as it faces bipartisan opposition, including universal condemnation from Republicans in the evenly-split chamber.
Democrats have made the HR/S1 elections overhaul a major focus, claiming they seek...
The Biden administration’s suspension of new oil and gas leases on federal land and water was blocked Tuesday by a federal judge in Louisiana.
U.S. District Judge Terry Doughty's ruling came in a lawsuit filed in March by Louisiana’s Republican attorney general, Jeff Landry and officials in 12 other states....
A Virginia school board member told graduating high school students that they should prepare their “jihad” and get ready to enter a capitalist world full of racism and white supremacy.
Fairfax County School Board member Abrar Omeish gave the keynote address at the graduation for students at Justice High School...
Arizona Attorney General Mark Brnovich on Monday defended his state's election audit while pushing back against politically motivated meddling by US Attorney General Merrick Garland, the Washington Examiner reported.
Brnovich reminded Garland about the 10th Amendment, which gives states authority within their own borders.
"We stand ready to defend federalism and...
A newly elected Latino Republican mayor in Texas responded to recent trends that show Hispanic voters leaning more Republican by saying they are “opening their eyes” after years of supporting Democratic candidates.
“Well, during the past election, it’s amazing what happened here in South Texas,” said Javier Villalobos, who is...
A media operation notorious for promoting fake news caved under pressure when the Babylon Bee threatened it with a defamation lawsuit.
The New York Times had claimed that the conservative, pro-Christian humor site “frequently trafficked in misinformation under the guise of satire.”
The Bee relies upon a similar format to that of...
Georgia announced this week it is investigating whether Fulton County properly monitored absentee ballots returned in drop boxes during the 2020 election.
Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger, who has repeatedly denied that vote fraud affected Georgia’s election, said the investigation is necessary because Fulton County’s elections leadership “failed the voters...
In the wake of several false alarms during which the Biden intelligence community flagged potential right-wing extremism only to have nothing result, the FBI again torqued up hysteria over its favorite boogeyman, QAnon, for a special report requested by Senate Democrats.
The unclassified report shockingly revealed that the FBI's past...
(Tim Gruver, The Center Square) A denied permit for an art exhibition commemorating the occupation of Seattle's Capitol Hill neighborhood last summer could mean a court battle between the city and two legal giants.
On Thursday, the American Civil Liberties Union of Washington and the Public Defender Association wrote to the...
(Bethany Blankley, The Center Square) The Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT), the regulatory agency that manages Texas’s power grid, said tight grid conditions are expected this week due to high number of forced generation outages, and urged Texans to conserve energy.
The announcement came one month after it published its...
(Robert Davis, The Center Square) Texas welcomed new residents of all ages and incomes in the years leading up to the COVID-19 pandemic, according to recent Internal Revenue Service data.
The data was collected for tax years 2018 and 2019, meaning it represents the tax filings from 2017 and 2018.
The data reflects migratory...
One key reading of the misery index for U.S. consumers is continuing to rise, according to data released by the Bureau of Labor Statistics.
The "misery index" is calculated by adding unemployment to inflation.
Wholesale prices (PPI), driven by rising food costs, increased 0.8% in May and by a unprecedented amount...