(The Center Square) – A Republican state lawmaker and a Democratic Chicago alderman agree that sanctuary policies are the reason federal agencies have ramped up their presence in Illinois. State Rep. C.D. Davidsmeyer (R-Murrayville) said he is introducing House Bill 1317 to repeal the law that prohibits local law enforcement from working with federal authorities to detain […]
Hamas has a matter of days to decide whether it will agree to President Donald Trump‘s latest effort to end the war in Gaza, a plan that has some support from several Arab nations that want to see the conflict end permanently. Trump revealed the content of his 20-point peace plan on Monday alongside Israeli […]
(The Center Square) − Louisiana spends less per student than most of the country, yet its fourth graders are outperforming peers in nearly every other state. New data from the Urban Institute ranks Louisiana second in the nation for reading when adjusted for race and income, despite per-pupil spending of just $13,800 – thousands of dollars […]
(The Center Square) – Two voters lacked standing and, additionally, failed to show how Blacks were weakened by maps for the North Carolina Senate, a federal judge has ruled. “Plaintiffs ignore the progress that North Carolina has made over the past 60 years and seek to use Section 2 to sort voters by race in […]
Democratic Minnesota state Rep. Kaela Berg is running to replace Rep. Angie Craig (D) in the state’s Second Congressional District. The flight attendant, union leader, and mother from Burnsville announced her candidacy on Wednesday, with two union endorsements already under her belt. The United Steelworkers, the Association of Flight Attendants, and Emily’s List have each […]
New York City Mayor Eric Adams ended his reelection bid last Sunday, narrowing the city’s mayoral race down to three candidates. Socialist Zohran Mamdani has been favored for months to win, while former Gov. Andrew Cuomo has tried to gain support after his primary loss to Mamdani. On the GOP side, Curtis Sliwa’s campaign hasn’t […]
President Donald Trump said on Wednesday that soybean farmers will get a financial break amid the United States’s tariff battles, adding that the U.S. will use “a small portion” of the revenue brought in by tariffs. China has slowed its purchase of U.S. soybeans following the tariffs Trump announced earlier this year, prompting China to […]
Ohio lawmakers missed their first deadline to redistrict their congressional maps mid-decade. Ohio lawmakers needed to pass a map with at least 60% support in each chamber and at least 50% support from Democrats by Sept. 30. This deadline was not met, as Democrats who would lose seats have not been on board with the […]
Whoopi Goldberg told Democratic New York City mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani that she would pay his proposed taxes on the rich “if everybody pays” on The View on Wednesday. Goldberg took issue with Mamdani’s campaign platform of taxing all those who earn more than $1 million annually at a flat 2% rate. “Well, so one […]
The Justice Department’s indictment of former FBI Director James Comey last week marked the start of what President Donald Trump and his allies say will be a broader reckoning for figures who, in their view, abused government power to target him during and after his first term. Just days before the charges were filed, Trump […]
