(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 […]
Sen. Tammy Duckworth (D-IL) said Sunday that the U.S. strike on a Venezuelan boat sets “a precedent” that endangers Americans. Trump announced the deaths of 11 Tren de Aragua cartel members on Tuesday, saying they were killed by a U.S. military strike. Lawmakers have expressed division over the strike, which Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro described […]
(The Center Square) – After an Illinois congressman reportedly broke the law with late disclosures of stock trades, another member of the state’s delegation is urging colleagues to prohibit stock trading by members of Congress. OpenSecrets revealed on August 26 that Illinois U.S. Rep. Jonathan Jackson, D-Chicago, was weeks late in disclosing 31 stock trades […]
(The Center Square) – Nearly $16 million taxpayer dollars are set aside for zero-emission buses and charging stations across the country in one of Congress’ proposed annual government funding bills. The House’s proposed Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act for fiscal year 2026 is just one of the 12 annual appropriations bills providing […]
Russian drone and missile strikes on Kyiv hit a Ukrainian government building on Sunday in what Ukrainian officials are calling the largest attack since the war began in 2022. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said Russia launched over 800 drones, nine missiles, and four ballistic missiles across Ukraine as part of the Sunday attack. A Ukrainian […]
(The Center Square) – Wisconsin’s Democratic U.S. senator is once again pushing to make sure everyone in the state can watch the Packers. Sen. Tammy Baldwin is back with the Go Pack Go Act. Baldwin has for years pushed for everyone who lives in Wisconsin to get Packers games during the season. “Regardless of where you […]
(The Center Square) – A little known federal tax credit that existed since Ronald Reagan was president has a long way toward creating more affordable housing in North Carolina, the state director told The Center Square. The Low-Income Housing Tax Credit will help developers build $1.47 billion in affordable apartments in North Carolina this year […]
Gov. Wes Moore (D-MD) confirmed on Sunday that he will not run for president in 2028. Moore insisted he plans on “serving a full term” as governor of Maryland on MSNBC News’s Meet the Press on Sunday. “I’m excited about reelection. I’m excited about what I’m going to be able to do for the people […]
Late computer programming Italian teenager Carlo Acutis became the first millennial saint on Sunday. Pope Leo XIV held Acutis’s canonization Mass on Sunday, making Acutis his first canonization during his pontificate. Acutis drew a fanbase of 80,000 to the Vatican. “Sometimes we portray [saints] as great figures, forgetting that for them it all began when, […]
