President Donald Trump is swiftly moving forward with a keystone campaign promise from his first term: to build the border wall. Within six months of returning to the White House, Trump has been able to acquire nearly $5 billion in congressional funding to finish the border wall he first set out to construct in 2017 but did not complete before […]
A growing number of House Republicans, frustrated over a monthlong shutdown recess, are traveling back to Washington, D.C., despite Speaker Mike Johnson’s (R-LA) decision to keep his conference at home. GOP leadership announced on Friday that the House would be gone another week as the shutdown begins to flirt with record territory. The decision is […]
Sen. Jim Justice (R-WV) is now facing a federal tax lien over millions of dollars in unpaid taxes, a new report revealed. Politico reported on Saturday that the IRS filed the lien against Justice after the freshman senator, along with his wife Cathy, have failed to pay $8 million in taxes. According to one IRS […]
Vice President JD Vance assured a gathering of U.S. Marines that they will get paid, even as future checks are imperiled due to the government shutdown. President Donald Trump previously shifted $8 billion from unused research and development funding at the Pentagon in order to cover paychecks for over 1 million active-duty troops and thousands […]
NEW YORK — Thousands of people descended on Manhattan for what was one of the largest “No Kings” rallies that took place across the country on Saturday in protest of the Trump administration. The “No Kings” movement argues President Donald Trump is wielding “absolute” power across the country, gutting healthcare, sending Immigration and Customs Enforcement […]
The U.S. State Department warned of an “imminent” attack by Hamas on Palestinian civilians in Gaza, in what the agency said would be a “grave” violation of the ceasefire between the terrorist group and Israel that began just over a week ago. In a statement on Saturday evening, the agency said it informed nations involved […]
A Cameroonian ship caught fire and was abandoned in waters just south of Yemen, where the Houthi rebels are known to attack ships. Conflicting reports from the United Kingdom and European Union officials indicated the ship may have been struck by a projectile or could have caught on fire by accident. The U.K. Maritime Trade […]
(The Center Square) – A national electronics retailer asked the U.S. Supreme Court on Friday to quell the uncertainty around tariffs for businesses that must import products. Crutchfield, a Virginia-based company, asked for relief in a candid plea to the nation’s highest court. The retailer, which started as a car stereo catalog in the 1970s, said […]
Democrats in the House and Senate on Saturday afternoon took to social media to show their support for the thousands of “No Kings” protests across the country demonstrating against the leadership of President Donald Trump. More than 2,500 protests were coordinated for Saturday across major cities as well as suburbs and small towns in blue […]
(The Center Square) – With the election less than three weeks away, progressives and conservatives in Spokane are raising concerns about campaign funding as donations roll in and voters cast their ballots. A bus full of volunteers will head to the city this weekend to campaign for progressive candidates on behalf of a Seattle-based nonprofit. Spokane City Councilmember Zack […]
