(By Kenneth Schrupp, The Center Square) California legislators have been told to expect a deficit of $10 billion or more even if revenues do not fall due to higher than anticipated spending, reports Politico.
Critics note that the $10 billion figure matches estimated costs of the state’s expansion of eligibility...
(Headline USA) U.S. Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene said Friday she won't challenge Democratic Sen. Jon Ossoff of Georgia in next year's midterms, delivering relief for some Republicans who worry she’s too divisive to win.
In a lengthy post on the social media platform X, Greene disputed GOP donors and consultants who fear she would...
(Headline USA) Google will pay $1.4 billion to Texas to settle claims the company collected users' data without permission, the state’s attorney general announced Friday.
Attorney General Ken Paxton described the settlement as sending a message to tech companies that he will not allow them to make money off of “selling...
(Headline USA) More than 100 people have been taken into custody by federal immigration officials in a joint operation with the Tennessee Highway Patrol.
The operation with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement is a reminder of how local and state law enforcement jurisdictions are critical to President Donald Trump’s plans for...
(Spencer Pauley, The Center Square) The Seattle Police Department is reevaluating how to patrol a nude beach in the city following complaints by area residents of frequent masturbation at Denny Blaine Park.
Last month, a community group, Denny Blaine for All, sued the city over what it claims is ongoing...
(Luis Cornelio, Headline USA) The Justice Department has issued an arrest warrant for the woman caught on video appearing to spit on former U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia Ed Martin.
The woman, who has not yet been publicly identified by law enforcement, was seen launching into a verbal tirade...
(Luis Cornelio, Headline USA) Joe Biden’s reputation rehab tour may soon include a massive payday.
The disgraced former president is reportedly eyeing a multi-million-dollar book deal alongside his wife, former First Lady Jill Biden.
Biden, fresh off defending his scandal-plagued legacy on the leftist show The View, is already drafting a...
(Luis Cornelio, Headline USA) Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer has found herself on the receiving end of criticism from an uncommon critic: her lieutenant governor.
Her crime? Not faking her own kidnapping, but meeting with President Donald Trump.
Garlin Gilchrist, the first in line to succeed Whitmer, expressed concerns that she has seemingly sinned by...
(Brett Rowland, The Center Square) The Pentagon moved ahead with plans Thursday to begin the voluntary separation process for about 1,000 service members diagnosed with gender dysphoria after a Supreme Court ruling earlier this week.
The U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday allowed President Donald Trump's administration to ban transgender military...
(Headline USA) Newark Mayor Ras Baraka was arrested Friday at for allegedly breaking into a federal immigration detention center as an apparent act of protest.
Alina Habba, interim U.S. attorney for New Jersey, said on the social platform X that Baraka committed trespass and ignored warnings from Homeland Security personnel to...
(Ken Silva, Headline USA) An illegal immigrant born in Saudi Arabia was arrested last month for sending threats to the Justice Department. According to court records, the migrant told agents she sent the threats “because they tried to set her up to take blame for the New Orleans attack.”
The...
(Dave DeCamp, Antiwar.com) President Trump on Thursday called for a 30-day “unconditional” ceasefire in Ukraine and threatened sanctions if it is not “respected.”
Trump made the call in a post on Truth Social shortly after holding a call with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky. “Talks with Russia/Ukraine continue. The US calls...