The prime minister of Qatar said on Saturday that the Israel-Hamas ceasefire has reached a “critical moment” as both sides prepare for the next phase of President Donald Trump‘s peace plan to end the Gaza war. Qatar is one of the four key mediators responsible for brokering the Gaza peace deal in October. The other […]
(The Center Square) – The Trump administration, seeking to end a congestion pricing program that began in Manhattan this year, has asked a federal judge to issue a ruling on the matter. The U.S. Department of Justice this week wrote to U.S. District Judge Lewis Liman to “respectfully request” the court issue a decision on […]
(The Center Square) – Texas law enforcement officers working through Gov. Greg Abbott’s border security mission, Operation Lone Star, continue to apprehend illegal border crossers, tracking them through brush, rugged terrain, and on barren ranchland. Integral to their efforts are four-legged team members with paws and hooves who graduated from new classes or celebrated a […]
(The Center Square) – An Illinois state legislator from the Metro East says it’s a Christmas miracle that U.S. Steel is reopening a furnace in Granite City. State Rep. Amy Elik (R-Alton) said the impact is going to be beyond just the 400 good-paying jobs coming back to the area after U.S. Steel announced Thursday […]
(The Center Square) – A conservative advocacy group is pressuring Sen. Cynthia Lummis (R-WY) over her handling of a major digital asset bill, arguing that she slowed progress on a measure backed by the White House and a bipartisan group of lawmakers. The Bull Moose Project released a football-themed AI video and statement criticizing Lummis, a Wyoming […]
CAPE TOWN, South Africa (AP) — A mass shooting carried out Saturday by multiple suspects in an unlicensed bar near the South African capital left at least 11 people dead, police said. The victims included three children aged 3, 12 and 16. Another 14 people were wounded and taken to the hospital, according to a […]
(The Center Square) – Thanks to $2.5 million in state funding, southern Los Angeles may get a new Black cultural district, according to one of L.A.’s state senators. Sen. Lola Smallwood-Cuevas (D-Los Angeles) secured the funding earlier this year after the Legislature approved the money for the establishment of the Black cultural district, according to […]
(The Center Square) – A renewed push to double H-1B visas is touted as a talent win, but critics warn it could reshape the tech market by driving down wages and edging out U.S. grads. Rep. Raja Krishnamoorthi (D-IL) reintroduced the HIRE Act to double the H-1B visa cap from 65,000 to 130,000. “To build […]
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — For the first time in a decade, hunters armed with rifles and crossbows are fanning out across Florida’s swamps and flatwoods to legally hunt the Florida black bear, over the vocal opposition of critics. The state-sanctioned hunt began Saturday, after drawing more than 160,000 applications for a far more limited number of hunting permits, […]
Conservative pundit Tim Pool said on Saturday that a gunman in a vehicle opened fire on his guarded property Friday night. No one was injured in the incident. “My immediate thoughts is someone was trying to scare us,” he wrote on X. “But we have a security gate and armed guards and its possible this […]
