(The Center Square) — Unemployment remained unchanged in Colorado in May, staying at 4.8%. The number of unemployed individuals decreased by just 100 to 158,700 from April to May, according to a report from the Colorado Department of Labor and Employment. This was the third consecutive month that unemployment in the state had stalled, pausing a consistent upward trend […]
House lawmakers left an all-member briefing about President Donald Trump‘s decision to strike three Iranian nuclear sites divided along party lines, with Republicans praising the “spectacular” move and Democrats finding the intelligence officials’ presentation “unhelpful.” Intelligence officials, including Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth and CIA Director John Ratcliffe, briefed lawmakers Friday morning on the operation. The […]
A federal judge in Georgia cited free speech violations as she blocked a law on Thursday that requires parental and age verification on all social media accounts. The measure that passed in 2024 was set to take effect next week and would require children younger than 16 to receive a parent’s permission while creating accounts. […]
The Supreme Court on Friday announced it would rehear arguments over a Louisiana congressional map that added a second majority-black district, leaving the fate of one of the most closely-watched redistricting battles undecided until the next term. The unsigned decision to schedule additional arguments was only dissented from by Justice Clarence Thomas, who argued the high court has “an […]
EXCLUSIVE — Democrats are trying to undercut President Donald Trump’s economic record six months into his second administration, criticizing him for what they call “soaring prices,” “rising unemployment,” and “plummeting approval.” “Working families can’t afford to live in Trump’s America,” Democratic National Committee communications director Rosemary Boeglin told the Washington Examiner. Boeglin contended that “as […]
Lawyers for Kilmar Abrego Garcia, the Salvadoran man at the center of a high-profile deportation and human smuggling case, are asking a federal judge to keep their client in jail after the Trump administration revealed in court it intends to deport the defendant to a third country if he is released from custody. Abrego Garcia’s […]
The Supreme Court on Friday upheld a Texas law requiring age verification for accessing online pornography, giving the green light to similar laws in more than a dozen states. The high court ruled 6-3 in favor of the law, rejecting the adult entertainment industry’s argument that the law infringes on privacy rights. Justice Clarence Thomas […]
President Donald Trump is holding a press briefing from the White House at 11:30 a.m. Administration officials have been targeting the press over coverage of last week’s strikes on Iran’s nuclear facilities. At a briefing yesterday morning, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth reprimanded members of the press corps. Trump will also be reacting to the final […]
The White House is nearing a deal on the state and local tax deduction, one of the last remaining holdups over President Donald Trump’s megabill, though the Senate has not yet agreed to the “tentative” House compromise. Republican members of the SALT Caucus have been offered a deal to raise the deduction’s cap to $40,000 […]
The Supreme Court sided on Friday with a group of Maryland parents who argued that a school board’s policy preventing them from opting their children out of LGBT curriculum infringed on their religious freedom rights. The 6-3 ruling from the high court marked the latest win for religious liberty advocates handed down by the justices […]