President Donald Trump and his MAGA agenda are not shy when it comes to bending conservative norms. In his second term, states’ rights, once a rallying cry for conservatives, are under pressure. Trump has strong-armed private companies and universities, and is testing the approach to free speech, while showing flexible foreign policy when it comes […]
President Donald Trump’s efforts to foster artificial intelligence growth could exacerbate negative labor market trends. Trump embraced AI on the 2024 campaign trail, leading Elon Musk and other technocrats to steadily pump millions into his reelection effort. Since entering office in January, Trump has announced a number of AI-focused initiatives, including the Stargate Project, a private […]
President Donald Trump revealed he will decide whether to pursue a crime crackdown in Chicago in the “next day or two,” pointing to the successes of his efforts to tackle crime in Washington, D.C. Trump gave the new timeline while talking to reporters just outside Washington on Sunday night, saying he could solve the crime […]
President Donald Trump is remaining confident that a peace deal between Russia and Ukraine in its over four-year war is reachable, as progress in the negotiations has stalled. Trump addressed the state of the peace talks on Sunday night, stressing to reporters that “We’re going to get it done.” “The Russia-Ukraine situation — we’re going […]
GoFundMe confirmed Sunday it removed all fundraisers for Decarlos Brown Jr., a suspect in a homicide case in North Carolina. The Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department identified Brown, 34, as the suspect in the murder of 23-year-old Iryna Zarutska. Zarutska was living in Charlotte after fleeing the war in Ukraine, and sustained multiple knife wounds while traveling […]
President Donald Trump made clear that any federal law enforcement operation in Chicago will be to tackle crime, rebutting Democrats’ concerns about an earlier threat the president made to unleash the Department of War on the city. Trump berated a reporter outside the White House on Sunday who asked if he was “ready to go […]
(The Center Square) – California Attorney General Rob Bonta is investigating OpenAI after parents blamed the company for their teenage son’s suicide in a lawsuit. Bonta’s office said the attorney general is looking into the San Francisco artificial intelligence company’s financial and governance restructuring. In addition, Bonta and Delaware Attorney General Kathleen Jennings met with OpenAI’s […]
(The Center Square) – Colorado Gov. Jared Polis is calling for the Trump administration to end restrictions it has put on Victims of Crime Act grants. The funding in jeopardy, which has already been appropriated by Congress, totals more than a billion dollars. “Coloradans know that politicizing support for crime victims is wrong,” Polis said. “The […]
(The Center Square) – Not a single Michigan city made a recent list of fastest-growing metropolitan areas. From 2019 to 2024, cities in Florida, South Carolina and Utah saw the largest population increase by percentage. This is according to a recent report from the Mackinac Center for Public Policy, which analyzed data from the U.S. Bureau […]
Gov. Kathy Hochul (D-NY) avoided answering when she would endorse New York City Democratic mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani on Sunday, saying “outside influence” shouldn’t influence the race. Mamdani is campaigning to lead the Big Apple with the backing of multiple politicians, boasting the endorsements of Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY), Sens. Bernie Sanders (I-VT), and Elizabeth […]
