Rep. Jasmine Crockett (D-TX) suggested in a podcast appearance that law enforcement’s purpose is to solve, not prevent, crime. Police departments, including Crockett’s local Dallas Police Department, often devote resources to crime prevention. The DPD’s mission statement says it provides “preventive” services and “strives to reduce crime.” Crockett emphasized law enforcement’s role in solving crime […]
Department of Justice Assistant Attorney General for Civil Rights Harmeet Dhillon warned jurisdictions considering reparations packages that approving them would violate the law. Dhillon told Newsmax on Monday that a reparations package being considered by Buncombe County, North Carolina, would violate federal law if approved. The $2.9 million package was scheduled for a vote on […]
Chief Justice John Roberts granted a temporary pause on Tuesday to a lower court order requiring the Trump administration to spend billions in foreign aid. The administrative stay was granted a day after the Trump administration filed the request to the Supreme Court’s emergency docket seeking a stay of the order by U.S. District Judge […]
(The Center Square) – Public safety aspects, and the safety and security budgets of the Charlotte Area Transit System are under review by the state auditor in North Carolina. First-term Republican Auditor Dave Boliek said Tuesday “recent lawlessness and violence” prompted his office to act. The Aug. 22 murder of Iryna Zarutska fueled the concerns […]
President Donald Trump said a Princeton student held captive by the Iraqi militant group Kataib Hezbollah was released after “months of torture.” Elizabeth Tsurkov, 38, a Russian Israeli researcher, was conducting research in Baghdad when she was abducted at a cafe on March 21, 2023. After months of no updates on her whereabouts, Trump announced […]
(The Center Square) – One of suburban Milwaukee’s Republican congressmen says the federal government must provide oversight to Milwaukee’s bus system. Congressman Bryan Steil last week wrote to the nation’s transportation secretary, asking for federal oversight after reports showed that a full third of people riding Milwaukee County buses are not paying fares. “We need far […]
Gov. Wes Moore (D-MD) formally launched his 2026 reelection campaign Tuesday, seeking a second term in Annapolis while fueling speculation that his rising national profile could position him for a White House run in 2028. “It’s time to make it official: I’m running for re-election,” Moore wrote in a social media post accompanied by a […]
(The Center Square) – Florida is No. 1 in educational freedom for the fourth year in a row, a report from the Heritage Foundation said Tuesday. The annual scorecard – in existence just four years – ranks the states across five categories. A No. 1 national ranking was achieved in education choice, transparency, teacher freedom […]
A veteran Colorado Republican, state Sen. Barbara Kirkmeyer, is entering the 2026 gubernatorial race. Kirkmeyer is a state senator for Brighton, Colorado, and is known for being a centrist. Before taking office in 2021, she served for two decades as the Weld County commissioner and in former Colorado Gov. Bill Owens’s administration. The 66-year-old ran […]
Two new Democrats who are expected to be sworn into Congress this month will be able to finalize the push to force a vote for a full release of the criminal files related to the late sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. As Rep. Thomas Massie’s (R-KY) discharge petition is merely two signatures short of forcing House […]
