(The Center Square) – Richmond officials have released a new report detailing how the city is preparing for possible funding delays caused by the ongoing federal government shutdown. The city’s October report, Resilient Richmond, outlines how a prolonged shutdown could temporarily delay millions in federal reimbursements across key departments. Officials say they are tracking reimbursement […]
(The Center Square) – While Democratic members of Illinois’ congressional delegation call out President Donald Trump’s immigration enforcement efforts, an Illinois Republican candidate for the U.S. House is pointing to the immigration policies of Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker. At a press conference in Chicago Friday, Illinois Democrats discussed the findings of a shadow hearing on […]
The Democratic National Committee is jump-starting a fight over which states vote first in the 2028 presidential calendar, approving a process Monday expected to invite controversy after the party’s primary shake-up in 2024. The DNC’s Rules and Bylaws Committee, which sets the nominating schedule, approved new guidelines that give states until Jan. 16, 2026, to […]
(The Center Square) The number of businesses owned by racial minorities and women that are certified by Illinois plummeted in the past year, partly due to a new computer system the state bought for as much as $750,000 and was designed to help boost the number, an investigation by The Center Square found. In an […]
Washington Examiner Senior Writer Joe Concha claimed Kamala Harris is “one of the worst candidates to ever seek any office in our lifetime.” Harris defended former President Joe Biden to the BBC in an interview that aired Sunday. The former vice president claimed, “There is a very serious difference between the capacity to be president […]
Washington Examiner Chief Political Correspondent Byron York said the two gubernatorial elections next week will give the Democratic Party a chance to show it’s not “dead,” but could also continue its “lost in the wilderness” narrative if it loses. New Jersey and Virginia will both elect new governors on Nov. 4. In New Jersey, Republican […]
The largest union representing federal workers is calling on Congress to end the shutdown “today,” siding with Republicans in their demand that lawmakers pass a “clean,” short-term funding bill. Everett Kelley, president of the American Federation of Government Employees, released a statement on Monday arguing that both parties have “made their point” and it’s time […]
A conservative transparency group filed a lawsuit Monday, accusing the FBI of systematically violating federal law by blocking access to public records, a problem the group says has persisted for years across administrations despite President Donald Trump’s pledge to lead the “most transparent” government in history. The Oversight Project, a nonprofit group formerly affiliated with […]
Chinese officials are playing nice with their U.S. counterparts ahead of the two nations’ trade talks in South Korea, but Beijing remains confident that its influence will continue to cut into American hegemony. Secretary of State Marco Rubio spoke with his Chinese counterpart, Foreign Minister Wang Yi, on Monday ahead of the “high-level interactions” between […]
President Donald Trump is urging California residents not to vote early or use mail-in ballots in the Nov. 4 election on Proposition 50, a statewide redistricting effort that could have national consequences over which party controls the U.S. House. His comments contradict the message state Republican leaders have been sending. Trump, returning to the favorite […]
