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(Andrew Rice, The Center Square) Lawmakers probed birth tourism schemes that have emerged throughout the country Tuesday as part of broader investigations into the efforts of foreign mothers seeking United States citizenship for their children. The U.S. House Oversight Committee’s Task Force on Defending Constitutional Rights and Exposing Institutional Abuses...

(Headline USA) Jurors in the Lindsay Clancy trial ended a fourth day of deliberations without a verdict Tuesday after earlier saying they couldn’t agree whether the Massachusetts mother is criminally responsible for killing her three young children. Not long after arriving at the courthouse, the jury sent Judge William Sullivan a...

(Ken Silva, Headline USA) A man from Butler, Pennsylvania—where President Donald Trump was shot at in July 2024—has been sentenced to four years in prison Tuesday for threatening to kill Trump, the Justice Department announced Tuesday. Shawn Monper, 33, was sentenced after pleading guilty in April to two counts of...

(Headline USA) Army Secretary Dan Driscoll is stepping down after 18 months on the job, the White House said Monday, in the latest departure of a top military leader during the Trump administration. No reason was given for the departure of Driscoll, who is a friend of Vice President JD Vance,...

(Headline USA) The online prediction market platform Kalshi said Monday that it has permanently banned former U.S. Rep. George Santos for his bets on whether he'd attend the State of the Union address and has fined and temporarily banned North Carolina congressional candidate Laurie Buckhout for bets she now calls...

(Elyse Apel, The Center Square) The Minnesota Supreme Court has ruled against GOP candidate Mike Lindell’s request for a full recount of the Aug. 11 gubernatorial primary. The court stated it was without merit to do a full recount, instead siding with the state-approved partial recount plan. “Lindell argues that he...

(Mike Maharrey, Money Metals News Service) How long will the gold bull market last? Forever. That’s the view of Ned Davis Research Chief Alternative Strategist John LaForge. Granted, he didn’t say “forever,” but that’s the implication of his comments on Kitco News. “I think prices peak when we learn how to deal with the debt...

(Headline USA) Apple's new CEO John Ternus takes the helm of the iconic tech giant on Tuesday, ending Tim Cook's 15-year tenure during which the company's value skyrocket to $4.6 trillion thanks to the iPhone's enormous popularity. The transition to a new CEO comes at a pivotal time for Apple. Artificial...

(Headline USA) A Utah judge will decide Tuesday if there's enough evidence to put the man accused of killing Charlie Kirk on trial for aggravated murder, which would make him eligible for the death penalty. The hearing in state court comes after prosecutors in July spent five days presenting what they...

(Luis Cornelio, Headline USA) A federal grand jury investigating former FBI Director James Comey has subpoenaed his longtime confidant Daniel Richman, the same individual who acknowledged that Comey asked him to leak information to the media, several news outlets reported. The subpoena, reported by Fox News on Monday, is part of...

(Jim Talamonti, The Center Square) Trump administration officials say they have ordered the emergency removal of 110 commercial driver’s license schools associated with more than 5,000 drivers who failed English language proficiency tests. They have also shutdown of 150 additional schools that claim to be certified but have unlicensed instructors...

(Headline USA) Thieves made off with tens of thousands of cans of Pabst beer in two separate heists from a Southern California warehouse on the same day, police said. Pabst Blue Ribbon has turned the thefts — valued by police at $70,000 — into a light-hearted social media promotion. But police...