Rep. Carlos Gimenez (R-FL) said on Saturday that he is monitoring unverified reports the Maduro regime is preparing to sabotage “key” Venezuelan infrastructure in order to blame either the United States or the opposition in the country. Gimenez, who serves on multiple House Homeland Security and Armed Services subcommittees, said such attacks could target bridges, […]
President Donald Trump issued a second pardon to a Jan. 6 rioter to erase his unrelated gun charges. Dan Wilson was among the few prosecuted for their participation in the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol riot who remained incarcerated due to an unrelated federal firearm charge. The president issued a new “full and unconditional pardon” to […]
(The Center Square) – Google on Friday announced its largest investment in any state in the country: $40 billion in Texas to build AI infrastructure, including data centers. Alphabet and Google CEO Sundar Pichai joined Gov. Greg Abbott in Midlothian on Friday to make the announcement. U.S. Deputy Secretary of Energy James Danly, Google Global […]
(The Center Square) – President Donald Trump signed a House-passed short-term spending bill late Wednesday, ending the shutdown and keeping the government open through January, notably without the Affordable Care Act tax credit extensions Democrats had sought to include in the deal. House Democrats plan to push for a vote on a three-year extension of […]
A 51-year-old California man was charged over an attack on acting U.S. Attorney Alina Habba’s office in New Jersey. The FBI had put out a $25,000 bounty on Keith Lisa before his apprehension and charging on Saturday. In a post on X, Attorney General Pam Bondi thanked the FBI, U.S. Marshals Service, and Homeland Security […]
(The Center Square) – The Illinois Gaming Board has reported a 15% drop in September sports betting, after the state imposed a new tax on wagers. Sports Betting Alliance of Illinois spokesperson Maura Possley said five million fewer bets were placed in Illinois this September compared to September 2024. “It shows that bets plunged in […]
(The Center Square) – Quietly tucked inside Republicans’ funding deal to end the government shutdown is a provision wiping the congressional Pay-As-You-Go (PAYGO) scorecard, effectively forgiving nearly $3.4 trillion in deficits. When Republicans passed their budget reconciliation bill in July, which included a permanent extension of the 2017 tax cuts, they broke precedent by operating under the […]
GOMA, Congo (AP) — Congo and Rwanda -backed rebel group M23 on Saturday signed a framework agreement for a peace deal, the latest step in the so far unsuccessful efforts to end the decades-long conflict in eastern Congo. Earlier this year, M23 seized Goma and Bukavu, two key cities in eastern Congo, in a major escalation of the conflict. Backed […]
(The Center Square) – A new report by the University of California, San Diego found freshmen are nowhere near ready for college math and writing classes. The problem isn’t isolated to new students at the southernmost University of California campus, either. The report by the university’s Academic Senate Working Group on Admissions shows that this is a […]
DAMASCUS, Syria (AP) — Representatives of Syria’s civil society held rare open discussions Saturday in Damascus in the presence of officials from the European Union and the transitional government. They touched on sensitive topics including sectarian tensions, ethnic divisions and people killed by different sides. The EU-organized meetings known as “The Day of Dialogue” are the first to be […]
