(The Center Square) – Conservatives on the Spokane City Council hope that the third time’s the charm as they plan to reintroduce a popular camping ban this month that the state’s highest court struck down. Nearly 75% of voters approved Proposition 1 in 2023 to outlaw camping within 1,000 feet of a school, park, or daycare. The […]
(The Center Square) – Republican congressional candidates are more likely to win competitive districts if they support the war on Alzheimer’s, according to a new poll in California, Arizona, Colorado, Washington, Alaska, and other states. GOP pollsters Tony Fabrizio and Bob Ward conducted the poll for Plymouth Union Public Research. The survey looked at competitive races in U.S. […]
Gov. Glenn Youngkin (R-VA) denounced Virginia Democratic Attorney General nominee Jay Jones in a social media post Friday after a report revealed Jones wished death on a former state official. Jones has since apologized, but not before numerous Republican and Democratic Virginia officials called for him to do so. Some have said he should drop […]
(The Center Square) – A coalition of conservative and free-market groups is urging federal regulators to approve the proposed merger between Union Pacific and Norfolk Southern, saying the deal will strengthen the U.S. economy and advance President Donald Trump’s “America First” industrial agenda. In a letter to the Surface Transportation Board on Friday, over a […]
A federal appeals court has ruled against the Trump administration and its effort to end birthright citizenship in some cases, handing another legal defeat to President Donald Trump. A three-judge panel of the U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Boston upheld a district court injunction on Friday that blocked the administration from enforcing the president’s […]
As the Senate prepares to pick up the fight over government funding next week, Republican lawmakers are looking to pick up five more Democratic votes in favor of their bill to end the dayslong shutdown. The upper chamber failed to pass four proposals from both parties this week, as Democrats refuse to budge on preserving […]
A man drove his car in front of Los Angeles City Hall and barricaded himself inside on Friday afternoon. The car appeared to have signs pleading with President Donald Trump for help. “Don’t want to hurt nobody” and “I need ur help D Trump US vet,” the signs read. City Hall was evacuated, and the […]
President Donald Trump announced Friday that the penalty for anyone caught burning an American flag going forward will be one year in prison. The move comes after Trump signed an executive order earlier this year ordering those burning the flag to be prosecuted. “To ICE, Border Patrol, Law Enforcement, and all U.S. Military: As per […]
President Donald Trump, in less than a week, appears to have scored a big victory with his Israel-Gaza peace plan now that both sides have agreed to many of the details spelled out on Monday. Add to that better-than-usual White House and GOP spin on the latest government shutdown, and the week was a winner […]
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