Democrats are fighting to preserve their final point of leverage in Iowa’s Senate on Tuesday, as Republicans stand one win away from a supermajority and near-total control of the chamber. Renee Hardman (D-IA) and Lucas Loftin (R-IA) are set to compete in a special election for Iowa Senate District 16, a seat left vacant after […]
A federal judge said Tuesday he expects to decide within “the next day or two” whether Brian Cole Jr., the Virginia man accused of planting pipe bombs outside the Democratic and Republican National Committee headquarters on the eve of Jan. 6, 2021, should be released to home detention as he awaits trial. “I’m going to […]
A federal judge ordered the Trump administration to fund the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau after it argued that it was legally barred from funding the agency. The administration and Office of Management and Budget Director Russell Vought wanted to shutter the CFPB for good and conduct mass firings in February, but the courts had stalled […]
(The Center Square) – In 2025, Coloradans spent upwards of $1 billion on legal marijuana. That generated almost $200 million in tax and fee revenue for the state, according to monthly data published by the Colorado Department of Revenue. By the end of the year, the department anticipates Colorado will surpass $1 billion in tax and […]
A nonprofit organization seeking to halt construction of the planned ballroom at the White House pointed its latest court filing to what it called a “deficient” environmental review conducted by the Trump administration. The National Trust for Historic Preservation filed a lawsuit earlier this month seeking to stop the demolition of the old East Wing […]
After over a decade since Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 mysteriously disappeared mid-flight, the search for the vanished airplane restarted on Tuesday. When Flight 370 went off the radar on its journey from Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, to Beijing, China, in March 2014, 239 passengers and crew members disappeared with the plane. The search effort that ensued […]
(The Center Square) – In Pennsylvania, state officials, including the governor, much of his administration, and the legislature, receive automatic annual cost-of-living adjustments to their salaries. This year, it will bump Gov. Josh Shapiro up to the highest-paid governor in the nation, overtaking New York’s Gov. Kathy Hochul. The new salary increase of 3.3% comes […]
(The Center Square) – Pennsylvania’s swing state status kept the commonwealth in the political spotlight in 2025, drawing repeat visits from the president and vice president as both parties worked to position themselves for the 2026 midterms. However, beyond the familiar red vs. blue battle, alternative parties are gaining momentum, and a growing bloc of […]
(The Center Square) – More than 100,000 Ohioans working for minimum wage can expect a raise on Thursday. The state’s minimum wage, tied to inflation, will go from $10.70 an hour to $11 in the new year, impacting 103,800 people currently paid less than the new figure. Also, the tipped minimum wage will increase to $5.50 […]
(The Center Square) – Another alleged ISIS sympathizer has been charged with an international terrorism offense in Texas, again in the Dallas area, by way of New York City. John Michael Garza, Jr., 21, of Midlothian, Texas, was charged with attempting to provide material support or resources to a designated foreign terrorist organization, the Islamic […]
