Pope Leo XIV on Tuesday offered an assessment of the abortion dynamic in the United States, marking his first public comments on the matter since becoming the first American-born pope earlier this year. The pope specifically addressed a controversy involving Chicago Cardinal Blase Cupich’s decision to award a lifetime achievement award to Sen. Dick Durbin […]
Hung Cao, the former Virginia Republican Senate nominee who lost to Sen. Tim Kaine (D-VA) last year, was confirmed Wednesday as undersecretary of the Navy despite nominal GOP opposition. The Senate voted mostly along party lines, 52-45, for Cao to serve as the second-ranked civilian position directly under Navy Secretary John Phelan. Kaine joined with […]
Vice President JD Vance took center stage Wednesday at the White House press briefing on the first day of the federal government shutdown, during which he insisted that Democrats were responsible for the impasse on Capitol Hill. White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt announced Vance as her special guest minutes before the briefing started, signaling […]
A Metropolitan Police Department officer was suspended and arrested after allegedly ramming a federal police vehicle and fleeing the scene in Washington, D.C. Officer Montez Clark, 27, was charged with assault on a federal police officer, fleeing from law enforcement, and leaving after colliding, according to a statement from the MPD. The charges stem from […]
A Utah Republican in the state legislature is proposing that a road named after gay rights activist Harvey Milk be changed to honor Charlie Kirk, who was assassinated in the Beehive State last month. Republican Utah state Rep. Trevor Lee recently introduced a bill to rename Harvey Milk Boulevard to Charlie Kirk Boulevard. The street […]
House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) has delayed the swearing-in of the newest elected House Democrat into Congress, a move some Democrats have claimed is due to her support of the petition to release files related to disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein. Representative-elect Adelita Grijalva (D-AZ) won a special election two weeks ago, but has not yet […]
(The Center Square) – Illinois statehouse Republicans are pushing for a measure to give police conducting official business some distance from protesters as immigration enforcement ramps up. Speaking with members of the military at Quantico on Tuesday morning, President Donald Trump talked about how close protesters are getting to U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers, […]
(The Center Square) – Supporters of President Donald Trump’s plan to scale back collective bargaining say union contracts raise taxpayer costs and limit flexibility, while opponents argue it leaves already vulnerable correctional officers at greater risk. Bureau of Prisons Director William Marshall said the agency was ending the agreement because it believed collective bargaining was […]
(The Center Square) – Patrick Zalupski, as expected, has closed the sale and is owner of the Tampa Rays. Moving from the on deck circle into the batter’s box is the issue of a stadium in which to play. Zalupski, CEO of Dream Finders Homes with net worth estimated at $1.4 billion by Forbes, has […]
During a debate at the Virginia Military Institute on Tuesday, two law professors were asked about a charge that has become a frequent refrain among Democrats despite a flurry of strong legal victories for the Trump administration this year: Is the United States in a constitutional crisis under President Donald Trump? The Steamboat Institute’s debate resolution, […]
