(The Center Square) – Supporters believe former U.S. Rep. Sean Duffy will usher in a new “golden era” of transportation and opponents believing he is an unqualified pick who could undo years of environmental progress. President-elect Donald Trump has chosen Duffy to lead the Transportation Department. He represented the 7th Congressional District of Wisconsin from […]
(The Center Square) – Jurisdiction for six complaints is divided three to the North Carolina State Board of Elections, and three to respective county boards. The state board made the decision at an emergency session on Wednesday. The protests, all by Republicans, involved four different races. The most notable is the state Supreme Court race between […]
(The Center Square) – As the $14.9 billion overseas acquisition of Pittsburgh’s U.S. Steel barrels toward resolution of some kind, the state’s top-ranking Republican says Gov. Josh Shapiro hasn’t been clear about whether he supports it. The public silence is deafening for those who, like Senate President Pro Tempore Kim Ward, want to see Japanese-owned […]
(The Center Square) – Gov. Greg Abbott issued an executive order “to protect Texans from the coordinated harassment and coercion by the People’s Republic of China (PRC) or the Chinese Communist Party (CCP).” The order directs the Texas Department of Public Safety to target and arrest anyone implementing CCP influence operations like “Operation Fox Hunt,” an initiative […]
(The Center Square) – Last week, SEPTA announced a major fare increase after the state’s legislative session ended without approving additional funding for the flagging system. With each side of the state’s divided government blaming the other, SEPTA and its riders are left to make up the deficit. “For the last two years, we have […]
(The Center Square) – A former precinct captain for former Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan testified that he expected to get paid for services he did not render, as long as he continued doing campaign work for Madigan. In testimony Wednesday at the corruption trial of Madigan and codefendant Michael McClain, Ed Moody described how […]
A newly released police report from 2017 alleges that Pete Hegseth, the former Fox News host and nominee for secretary of defense, blocked the woman who accused him of sexual assault from leaving the hotel room and took her phone before the encounter that he denies was anything but consensual. Hegseth, 44, who President-elect Donald […]
Some 37,000 employees of the University of California started a two-day strike on Wednesday, months after rejecting the latest offer. The strike across 10 campuses, five medical centers, and labs came as a result of what the service and patient care workers union alleges is unfair bargaining. The American Federation of State, County, and Municipal […]
The fate of the House Ethics Committee’s report into former Rep. Matt Gaetz is uncertain after Republicans on the committee blocked its release on Wednesday, but two resolutions could allow a path for its release. Reps. Sean Casten (D-IL) and Steve Cohen (D-TN) filed two separate resolutions to try to force the committee to release […]
Washington Examiner Chief Political Correspondent Byron York joins Editor-in-Chief Hugo Gurdon to discuss President-elect Donald Trump‘s newest Cabinet picks, which include people with more executive than bureaucratic experience. Most recently, Trump tapped Liberty Energy CEO Chris Wright, Gov. Doug Burgum (R-ND), and former New York Rep. Lee Zeldin to join his energy team, as well […]
