The Secret Service announced that it will conduct a “routine active threat exercise” at the White House on Friday evening. The exercise will last approximately five hours and take place between 8 p.m. and 1 a.m. The Secret Service said those near the White House may hear simulated gunfire and see more law enforcement in […]
Rep. Anna Paulina Luna (R-FL) has pledged to introduce a discharge petition for a bill to ban members of Congress from trading stocks, an effort to force a vote on the House floor for the longtime issue. Dozens of bills have been introduced to ban congressional stock trading, which remains popular among the public, but […]
Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. indicated on Friday that he will not run for president again in 2028, stressing his loyalty to President Donald Trump and his work tackling the chronic disease epidemic. Kennedy dismissed any speculation he would run for president again as a “flat-out lie” and an attempt to […]
The Pentagon clarified on Thursday that Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth supports women’s right to vote, after he reposted a video of a pastor saying the opposite. “Of course, the secretary thinks that women should have the right to vote. That’s a stupid question,” Pentagon press secretary Kingsley Wilson told reporters during Thursday’s briefing. Hegseth reposted […]
Louisiana Attorney General Liz Murrill is suing the popular online gaming platform Roblox, accusing it of being “overrun with harmful content and child predators.” Murrill filed a lawsuit claiming Roblox did not inform parents about the platform’s risk, failed to protect children, and facilitated the distribution of child sexual abuse material. “Due to Roblox’s lack […]
(The Center Square) — After spending almost nine months overseas, the USS Carl Vinson and Carrier Strike Group One returned to Naval Base San Diego on Thursday afternoon, with friends, families and newly born babies waiting to greet them home. Carrier Strike Group One, a U.S. Navy team consisting of ships, aircraft and more than 7,000 sailors, […]
ANCHORAGE, Alaska – Russian President Vladimir Putin has been pressed twice by reporters during his high-stakes summit with President Donald Trump in Alaska on whether he would commit to stopping the killing of civilians. “President Putin, will you stop killing civilians?” a reporter asked Putin on Friday after Trump and Putin shook hands on the […]
(The Center Square) – Louisiana’s parishes are flush with opioid-settlement cash, but a lot of questions remain about how those funds are being used and how they should be used. One answer is apparently to invest the funds using Louisiana’s state-affiliated asset management pool. “This investment pool was created as a voluntary option for parishes […]
(The Center Square) — The superintendent of the nation’s fifth-biggest school district said U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agreed not to conduct raids or arrests in schools in Las Vegas or the county surrounding it. The move comes in direct defiance of President Donald Trump, who rolled back immigration enforcement protection earlier this year for specialfspaces like churches and […]
(The Center Square) – Gov. J.B. Pritzker’s law banning utility shutoffs during extreme heat and cold is sparking concerns over rising electric bills across Illinois. Signed a few years ago, the law prohibits utility companies from disconnecting residential electric and gas service when temperatures reach 90°F or above, or drop to freezing and below, aiming […]
