President Donald Trump signed an executive order Thursday afternoon that aims to “save college athletics” by setting new rules concerning payments to college athletes. Rumors circulated earlier this year that Trump was considering tapping former University of Alabama football coach Nick Saban to lead a new commission examining problems arising with the growth of name, […]
Mortgage fraud is increasingly seeping into the political arena, affecting lawmakers and officials on both sides of the aisle, with the latest accusations coming against GOP Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton. Paxton and his wife, Angela, have three Texas homes marked as their primary residence in mortgage documents, the Associated Press reported. This unlawful move […]
The National Republican Senatorial Committee is sending $1.1 million in early maximum donations to every GOP incumbent running for Senate in 2026, including those facing primary challenges. The committee began 2025 with $26 million in debt and unpaid expenses from the last election cycle, but has since paid off its obligations in full. That financial […]
President Donald Trump and Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell sparred in front of the press over the central bank’s construction spending after Powell took Trump on a private tour of the central bank’s headquarters renovations. It is unusual for presidents to visit the Fed’s headquarters, and the moment was made particularly awkward given Trump’s attacks […]
(The Center Square) – Illinois taxpayers could be on the hook for hundreds of millions in food subsidies if the state’s error rate isn’t cleaned up. The Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program error rate measures how often states issue incorrect benefit amounts, either overpaying or underpaying recipients, based on a federal review of eligibility and payment […]
French President Emmanuel Macron said Thursday that France would soon recognize a Palestinian state. The French leader made the announcement via social media, saying the recognition would be formalized in the next two months at a United Nations meeting. “True to its historic commitment to a just and lasting peace in the Middle East, I […]
(The Center Square) – Energy companies being sued by the city of Honolulu over climate change accusations have motioned for summary judgment, stating that Hawaii’s two-year statute of limitations makes the plaintiffs’ case unsubstantial. The City and County of Honolulu “seek to impose liability on a small group of Defendants for what Plaintiffs label the […]
The View’s Joy Behar revealed the talk show will be on hiatus after Friday, making the slipup during Thursday’s episode. Behar and her co-hosts were discussing President Donald Trump’s handling of the Jeffrey Epstein investigation when she made the revelation. “And before we go on hiatus, we only have one more show after this. I’m […]
The Department of Justice on Thursday filed a lawsuit against New York City Mayor Eric Adams over the city’s sanctuary policies that the Trump administration says led to an assault on a federal immigration officer. A suspect in the country illegally with a lengthy criminal record was accused of shooting an off-duty Border Patrol officer […]
(The Center Square) — Maine’s congressional delegation is pushing to create a disaster fund for the nation’s forestry products industry to help offset financial losses from increasingly violent storms and other natural disasters. The bipartisan Loggers Economic Assistance and Relief Act, which is co-sponsored by Republican Sen. Susan Collins and Democratic Rep. Jared Golden, would establish […]
