(The Center Square) — Ohio’s elected leaders have earmarked more than $16 million to commemorate the nation’s 250th birthday next year – significantly more than some of the first U.S. states. And they have committed those funds over the course of five years to a commission that is outside of typical state oversight and that […]
(The Center Square) — One of the nation’s largest delivery companies is accused of being a “Grinch” by chiseling its seasonal workers out of holiday pay. In a lawsuit filed Monday in U.S. District Court, New York Attorney General Letitia James alleges that Atlanta-based United Parcel Service “stole” wages from seasonal workers last year, including “Driver […]
A trio of little-known Biden administration immigration programs that let 774,000 illegal immigrants into the United States were plagued with “widespread” fraud that opened the door to human trafficking networks, drug cartels, and even murderers, says a new audit. In a damning review of former President Joe Biden’s immigration policy failures, the Government Accountability Office […]
Vice President JD Vance traveled to Alburtis, Pennsylvania, on Tuesday to continue the Trump administration’s end-of-the-year dash to address voters’ economic concerns. Last week, President Donald Trump regaled a crowd at the Mount Airy Casino in nearby Mount Pocono with a typical rally performance. However, the president responded to his slipping economic polling by blaming […]
British members of Parliament condemned President Donald Trump’s lawsuit against the BBC. This lawsuit centers on the network’s editing of Trump’s speech from Jan. 6, 2021. The president announced that he will sue the BBC for $10 billion, alleging one count of violating Florida’s Deceptive and Unfair Trade Practices Act. The BBC acknowledged editing two […]
President Donald Trump‘s administration touted the economy‘s addition of 64,000 jobs in November and blamed the uptick in unemployment on federal workers. The unemployment rate rose to 4.6%, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, which published the delayed November jobs report on Tuesday after the 43-day government shutdown. This marks the highest unemployment rate in four […]
Michele Tafoya, a former sideline reporter for the NFL, will soon decide whether to run for the Senate in Minnesota, a blue-leaning state that Republicans are freshly contesting amid a sprawling fraud scandal. The National Republican Senatorial Committee has been recruiting Tafoya, who left sports broadcasting in 2022 for a career in politics, to run […]
Federal agency Immigration and Customs Enforcement and Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-MN) are publicly feuding over the congresswoman’s claim that officers pulled over her son in a traffic stop in Minnesota. Acting ICE Director Todd Lyons clarified on Tuesday that his personnel had no record of pulling over Omar’s son following the Omar’s initial statement on […]
The Department of Labor announced on Monday it is sending staff to Minnesota to investigate concerns about fraud in the state’s Unemployment Insurance Program. The department’s decision to authorize an “on-site specialized UI strike team” in Minnesota makes it the latest of several federal agencies deploying agents to investigate reports of widespread fraud in the […]
House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) said Tuesday that there will not be a vote in the House on extending the Obamacare subsidies, which expire at the end of the year. Johnson said during the weekly GOP press conference that many centrist members in swing districts were pushing for a vote on the subsidies, and leadership […]
