A new California parental guardianship bill is under attack from parents’ rights groups. On Monday, there will be a California Senate Appropriations Committee hearing on Assembly Bill 495, which was written to address short-term guardianship for children whose parents are detained by immigration authorities. AB 495, which broadens the scope of who can serve as […]
Actor Chris Pratt said Sunday he didn’t like the idea of being “so mired in hatred” for any president, saying this mindset makes people “allergic” to anything good accomplished by the leader’s administration. The Guardians of the Galaxy actor spoke with late-night host Bill Maher about how different people are in person compared to the […]
(The Center Square) – Illinois state Rep. Kam Buckner, D-Chicago, studies Chicago’s somewhat mixed-bag crime trend data with little question about what he feels needs to come next in the ongoing fight for peace and greater public safety. New data shows over the last year even as homicides were at a 10-year low, arrests in […]
The driver of an 18-wheeler truck, who police said caused a fatal crash in St. Lucie County, Florida, last week, has been identified as an illegal immigrant. The truck driver, Harjinder Singh, was named by the Florida Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles as the truck operator in the Aug. 12 collision that killed three people. “During […]
MSNBC announced on Monday that it would change its name to MS Now later this year. The name stands for My Source News Opinion World. This rebrand is part of a move by MSNBC parent company Comcast that began last November to spin off cable television networks. Comcast also owns CNBC, NBC Sports, Telemundo, and […]
Texas state Democrats are returning to the state capital on Monday for the start of the House’s special session on redistricting, ending a two-week strike to protest Republicans‘ plans to increase the number of GOP congressional seats in the state’s delegation. The state House is set to reconvene at noon Central time to begin the […]
President Donald Trump appeared to back Israel’s expected renewed operations in Gaza against Hamas on Monday morning. Trump has been one of the few international leaders to continue to back Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, while several of Israel’s other allies have called on him to do more to end the war and have announced […]
The National Republican Senatorial Committee is pushing donors to rally behind Sen. John Cornyn (R-TX), arguing in an internal memo that Attorney General Ken Paxton is losing his polling advantage in Texas’s high-stakes Senate primary. The Aug. 15 memo, obtained by the Washington Examiner and reported by Politico, declared that Cornyn “will win Texas” and […]
President Donald Trump said Monday that while Washington, D.C., is “getting better” each day following the federalization of the local police force and deploying the National Guard, the district’s “fake” crime statistics remain a problem. “D.C. gave Fake Crime numbers in order to create a false illusion of safety,” Trump posted Monday on Truth Social. […]
(The Center Square) – Erin, once a Category 5 hurricane over the weekend that more than doubled wind speed to nearly 160 mph, on Monday morning remained on a path to miss landfall of the United States though not without forcing evacuations in North Carolina. At 8 a.m., the Category 4 hurricane was just east […]
