(Thérèse Boudreaux, The Center Square) Women’s sports advocates suffered a loss Monday night when all Democratic senators present voted against a bill that would ban males who identify as transgender from competing against women in sports.
Republicans were unable to garner the seven Democratic votes needed to advance the Protection...
(Ken Silva, Headline USA) On Friday, President Donald Trump became the center of international criticism after he kicked Ukraine’s Volodymyr Zelenskyy out of the White House—telling him to come back when he’s ready for peace.
But Trump’s gambit appears to have worked. On Tuesday, Zelenskyy announced that he’s ready for an...
(Thérèse Boudreaux, The Center Square) The U.S. Senate confirmed President Donald Trump’s pick for Secretary of Education, even as the department’s future existence remains uncertain.
Lawmakers voted 51-45 to approve Linda McMahon, who led the Small Business Administration in Trump’s first term and is a long-time advocate of school choice.
McMahon's...
(Ken Silva, Headline USA) A consortium of investors led by the controversial firm BlackRock has reportedly agreed to buy a majority stake in Panama Canal ports for $23 billion.
“The deal would bring the key ports under American corporate ownership, from Hong Kong-based CK Hutchison … BlackRock has briefed the...
(Maire Clayton, Headline USA) The largest call-center operator, Teleperformance SE, is using artificial intelligence to help reduce the accents of English speaking Indian workers, according to Bloomberg.
Teleperformance aims to use the technology in real time as well as using background noise cancellation. The new technology is dubbed accent translation.
The...
(Maire Clayton, Headline USA) Minnesota Representative Alicia "Liish" Kozlowski tried to claim it is "state-sanctioned genocide" if biological males are not allowed to compete against females.
The statement was made during an over two hour debate Monday where the Minnesota House ultimately decided to vote against the “Preserving Girls’ Sports...
(Ken Silva, Headline USA) The Justice Department disclosed in a Monday court filing that Ryan Routh is no longer considering an “insanity defense” against the allegations that he attempted to assassinate Donald Trump last September on his Florida golf course.
The DOJ first disclosed Routh’s potential insanity defense last December, and...
(Luis Cornelio, Headline USA) The federal government, now led by President Donald Trump, may finally compensate the grieving family of Ashli Babbitt—a veteran and MAGA activist who was fatally shot inside the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021.
Judicial Watch, a conservative non-profit, sued the federal government for $30 million in...
(Headline USA) An Illinois man pleaded guilty Monday to killing seven people and injuring dozens more when he opened fire on a 2022 Independence Day parade in a Chicago suburb, a stunning development moments before opening statements in his trial on murder and attempted murder charges.
Appearing in a Lake...
(Dave DeCamp, Antiwar.com) President Trump has paused all military aid to Ukraine, Bloomberg reported on Monday, citing a senior Pentagon official.
The pause applies to all US military equipment bound for Ukraine that’s not currently in the country, including weapons that are in transit on aircraft and ships or waiting in...
(Luis Cornelio, Headline USA) It’s no surprise that the Democratic Party attracts some of the worst figures in America—but their newest ally pushes the boundaries even further.
Casey Anthony, the mother who was acquitted in the death of her 2-year-old daughter Caylee, has reintroduced herself as a so-called legal advocate for women...
(Dave DeCamp, Antiwar.com) President Trump on Monday slammed Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy for saying the end of the Ukraine war is “very, very far away” as the two leaders remain at odds after their argument in the Oval Office.
“This is the worst statement that could have been made by Zelenskyy,...