(The Center Square) – Tens of thousands of Illinois farmers are facing challenging conditions, with elevated fire risks due to the recent drought. The Illinois Department of Agriculture and the Office of the Illinois State Fire Marshal issued a statement this week urging farmers and agricultural workers to prioritize safety during this year’s harvest. Illinois […]
(The Center Square) – Wisconsin was graded with a “B” with a $1,100 financial surplus per resident in Truth in Accounting’s new State of the State report. The Wisconsin numbers ranked the state 23rd out of 50 states while 25 states had negative obligations related to pensions and promised health care benefits to government workers. […]
President Donald Trump criticized former FBI Director James Comey as a “bad,” “sick” person as his Justice Department considers indicting him before they are prevented from doing so because of the statute of limitations. Despite Trump repeatedly putting pressure on the likes of Attorney General Pam Bondi to indict his political opponents and Erik Siebert, […]
President Donald Trump‘s unexpected pivot on the Russia-Ukraine War seems to have created headaches for the Kremlin, which has been insisting both that the president is wrong and also still a partner in peace. Following Trump’s dramatic declaration on Tuesday that he believes Ukraine is positioned to “fight and WIN all of Ukraine back in […]
President Donald Trump implored Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan to cease purchasing oil from Russia as he pushes for a swift end to the battle between Ukraine and Russia. “I’d like to have him stop buying any oil from Russia while Russia continues this rampage against Ukraine,” Trump said on Thursday as the two leaders spoke […]
Pro-Palestinian protesters disrupted former Vice President Kamala Harris’s book event on Wednesday night, forcing her to confront the war in Gaza at the first stop of her book tour. Harris’s memoir, 107 Days, was released on Wednesday and details her sprint to the White House after former President Joe Biden dropped out of the 2024 […]
A new poll shows New Jersey’s gubernatorial candidates, Democratic Rep. Mikie Sherrill and Republican Jack Ciattarelli, locked in a dead heat with less than two months to the election. The survey from Emerson College, its first of the governor’s race, released Thursday, found both Sherrill and Ciattarelli polling at 43%. It found Sherrill leading with […]
Starbucks is moving to shutter 1% of its stores and lay off nearly 1,000 employees as part of a $1 billion restructuring plan to make its business more profitable. After posting sales declines for six consecutive quarters, the coffee chain is making cuts to prioritize long-term growth. CEO Brian Niccol announced the news in a […]
In another first, the Trump administration is expected to win the “operational control” of the U.S. border as soon as next year, fulfilling a campaign promise to seal the border from illegal crossings. A technical term for border security spelled out in the Secure Fence Act of 2006, no administration since has achieved the goal. […]
President Donald Trump is meeting with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan at the White House Thursday. The visit will be Erdogan’s first trip to the White House since 2019. During Trump’s first term, the U.S. kicked Turkey out of its flagship F-35 fighter jet program after the country purchased an air defense system from Russia. Trump […]
