(The Center Square) – Through President Donald Trump’s “Big Beautiful Bill,” $50 billion is being allocated to rural healthcare facilities and initiatives nationwide through a new Rural Healthcare Transformation Program. U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. met with Gov. Greg Abbott and leaders of rural hospitals and healthcare providers in Texas. […]
Pope Leo XIV called for an end to the “pandemic” of weapons Sunday morning as he prayed for the victims of the Annunciation Catholic School shooting in Minneapolis. In his weekly Angelus prayer, Leo, the first American pope, prayed for the two children who were killed and the 18 people who were injured by a […]
President Donald Trump is steamrolling perceived obstructors to his second-term agenda, as evidenced by a string of high-profile firings within his administration and, most recently, the dismissal of Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Director Susan Monarez. The White House has defended Trump’s approach to dissent, contending that not only has the president chosen the best Cabinet […]
Diversity, equity, and inclusion initiatives, particularly at government-funded entities, have been hit with critical federal and legal roadblocks in recent years due to concerns that they violate civil rights laws prohibiting state-sanctioned discrimination. Yet, despite sweeping court decisions and the Trump administration’s best efforts, DEI is far from dead, as schools, organizations, and businesses rebrand […]
Gov. Gavin Newsom (D-CA) is calling out President Donald Trump for sending in thousands of National Guard troops and federal agents to Democrat-led states, including California, while ignoring Republican-led ones with much higher homicide rates. Newsom claims that Trump is exaggerating statistics and the situation in blue states to stoke fear for political gain. The Democratic […]
President Donald Trump will likely get his wish that Federal Reserve nominee Stephen Miran be installed in time for the central bank’s meeting next month to decide whether to cut interest rates. Miran, a Heritage Foundation economist and Harvard alumnus currently serving as a White House economic adviser, is on track to be installed in a Fed board of […]
The Chinese Communist Party is preparing to welcome a rogues gallery of anti-Western world leaders for a military parade next week. Russian President Vladimir Putin and North Korean Supreme Leader Kim Jong Un are among the most high-profile guests expected at the Sept. 3 celebration commemorating the end of the Sino-Japanese War and World War […]
Homeland Security Security Kristi Noem announced on Friday that she will award $110 million to faith-based organizations and nonprofit groups across the country to increase security, following the shooting at a Minneapolis catholic school. FEMA’s Nonprofit Security Grant Program is administering the funds to enhance security measures, including cameras, warning and alert systems, gates and […]
President Donald Trump said he will be issuing an executive order requiring voter ID for “every single vote.” Trump teased the order in a Truth Social post on Saturday night, in which he repeated his call for eliminating voting machines as well as mail-in voting with few exceptions. “Voter I.D. Must Be Part of Every […]
President Donald Trump on Saturday continued his feud with Gov. JB Pritzker (D-IL) over crime in Chicago, warning the Illinois governor that a federal takeover of the city is “coming” if he cannot tackle the problem himself. Trump, pointing to multiple shootings in the Windy City last weekend, trashed Pritzker as “CRAZY” for not wanting […]