Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) on Wednesday appeared to harden her line against the White House, signaling the widening gulf between President Donald Trump and leading political figures who claim to embody the Make America Great Again movement he started. The Georgia lawmaker rebuked the president’s decision to allow 600,000 students from China to study […]
(The Center Square) – For the fifth consecutive year, New York is dead last among 50 states in competitive taxes as judged by the Tax Foundation’s analysis. Policymakers, taxpayers, and business leaders can gauge tax systems state-to-state in many ways, including through the 2026 State Tax Competitiveness Index. It compares more than 150 variables in […]
China agreed to halt the production of fentanyl precursor chemicals and to place seven of its chemical subsidiaries under new controls, FBI Director Kash Patel announced Wednesday, following a previously unreported trip to Beijing that he said was aimed at curbing the global supply of the deadly synthetic opioid. Patel said his meetings in China last week, […]
FBI Director Kash Patel’s girlfriend, Alexis Wilkins, is suing an online commentator for $5 million over a social media post he made in September that she claims is falsely tying her to Mossad. Wilkins, a country musician who has been in a relationship with Patel since January 2023, filed a lawsuit on Oct. 28 against […]
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) dodged questions on whether Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) should step aside as party leader but acknowledged that the calls for her to challenge him for his seat in the Senate are real. Ocasio-Cortez said on Wednesday the blame is not just on Schumer but on the seven Senate Democrats […]
(The Center Square) – A letter from a Chicago alderman to President Donald Trump could lead to a conversation with Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker over immigration. Alderman Raymond Lopez wrote to the president and proposed that noncitizens with clean criminal records in the country for more than 10 years pay a $2,500 fee to gain […]
Rep. Adelita Grijalva (D-AZ) has become the decisive 218th signatory of a discharge petition forcing a vote on a full release of the Jeffrey Epstein files, moments after being sworn in by House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA). Grijalva has been in congressional limbo since Sept. 24, when she won her House seat in a special […]
Washington Examiner senior columnist Salena Zito predicted that New York City Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani will not accomplish “half” of what he’s promised his supporters. “[Mamdani] is not going to get half of what he said he’s going to get,” Zito said on the Charlie Kirk Show Tuesday. “Free child care for all between six weeks […]
(The Center Square) – Georgia’s high school graduation rates rose 1.5 percentage points to 87.2%, according to the results of the 2025 College and Career Ready Performance Index released Wednesday. The index also shows improvements in content mastery, which includes scores in English Language Arts, mathematics, science, and social studies, among elementary, middle, and high school […]
Today, Louisville Mayor Craig Greenberg, alongside other Kentucky officials, named the 14 victims of the United Parcel Service plane crash outside of Muhammad Ali International Airport on Nov. 4. “Our city feels the full weight of this unimaginable tragedy,” Greenberg said at the press conference. “Behind every one of these names is a circle of […]
