(The Center Square) – The Tennessee Advisory Commission on Intergovernmental Relations delayed a vote Thursday that could have required the Tennessee Department of Education to track the residency of virtual school students. Virtual school students are counted in the county where the school is, not where the student resides, which can skew the state’s funding formula […]
Turning Point USA announced on Thursday that it has unanimously elected Charlie Kirk‘s wife, Erika, as the new CEO and board chair following the conservative activist’s death. The conservative group revealed Kirk told multiple executives that he wanted Erika to take his place if he died. “Charlie prepared all of us for a moment like […]
A 24-year-old man from Hanover, Pennsylvania, has been identified as the suspect accused of shooting five police officers in York County on Wednesday. The Associated Press has identified Matthew Ruth as the suspect. He was also charged on Wednesday with accusations of stalking, trespassing, and loitering and prowling at night, according to state court documents. Those […]
A federal judge blocked the Trump administration on Thursday from immediately sending unaccompanied Guatemalan children from the United States to their home country, dealing the Trump administration a blow in a case that had become marked by confusion. U.S. District Judge Timothy Kelly, an appointee of President Donald Trump, issued a preliminary injunction, superseding a […]
(The Center Square) – A temporary fence surrounding the federal courthouse in downtown Rockford, Illinois is drawing sharp criticism and competing explanations from federal and state officials. Illinois U.S. Rep. Eric Sorensen, D-Rockford, said in a recent social media video that the Trump administration has not been transparent about why fencing went up around the […]
House Democratic leaders on Thursday called for the resignation of Federal Communications Commission Chairman Brendan Carr, who pressured ABC to suspend late-night comedian Jimmy Kimmel over his misleading claim about Charlie Kirk’s suspected killer. House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY), who led the statement, accused Carr of using his “corrupt abuse of power” to bully […]
U.K. Prime Minister Keir Starmer danced around questions regarding his decision to recognize a Palestinian state later this month during a joint press conference with President Donald Trump in Chequers, the prime minister’s country house. “We absolutely agree on the need for peace and a road map because the situation in Gaza is intolerable,” Starmer […]
A group of American victims of Hamas’s Oct. 7, 2023, terrorist attack is suing several Gaza-based terrorist groups who carried it out and the state actors who support them. The Anti-Defamation League and Crowell & Moring filed the federal lawsuit on Thursday in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia on behalf of the more than […]
Washington Examiner Senior Investigative Editor Sarah Bedford said it is “unlikely” that the Senate will stay in Washington, D.C. this week to confirm Mike Waltz as ambassador to the United Nations before the general assembly. Bedford said she thinks there is “a lot of pressure” not to have weekend sessions because Charlie Kirk’s funeral is […]
Washington Examiner Chief Political Correspondent Byron York said Democrats “look stupid” trying to shut down the government following the shooting of conservative activist Charlie Kirk. York said he thinks Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) will shut down the government, despite the recent assassination of Kirk, who was shot and killed last week while speaking […]
