(The Center Square) – Chicago Public Schools officials are asking for more money from Illinois taxpayers, but a state lawmaker from Chicago says the state does not owe CPS. The Illinois House Executive Committee held a subject matter hearing Thursday to address CPS finances. State Rep. Curtis Tarver, D-Chicago, said the Chicago mayor was wrong […]
More than 100 criminal cases in Boston, including with serious charges such as domestic violence, have been thrown out due to a monthslong shortage of public defenders on strike over low wages. The dismissals, in addition to a mass release of inmates facing trial, precipitate from a compounding crisis of overworked and underpaid defense attorneys, […]
(The Center Square) — Californians are urging Gov. Gavin Newsom to acknowledge the Trump administration’s executive order on homelessness, believing it will help mitigate a state crisis. The order presents a law-and-order approach to homelessness that closely resembles Newsom’s approach. However, it upends “housing first” and “harm reduction” — two standard policies used in California. The order directs the […]
(The Center Square) – New York City Mayor Eric Adams has vetoed a bill approved by the City Council that sought to block a multi-million dollar casino project in the Bronx neighborhood, citing the need for jobs and investment. The City Council voted 29-9 earlier this month against gaming giant Bally’s request to rezone parkland […]
Utah Lt. Gov. Deidre Henderson declined to fully comply with the Justice Department’s request for certain information related to the state’s voter rolls, arguing that she sees no legal justification for handing over “the personal identifying information of 2.1 million Utah voters.” In July, DOJ officials sent Henderson a letter containing an expansive list of […]
Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney voiced disappointment in President Donald Trump’s 35% tariff announcement, but sounded optimistic over exceptions through the U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement. Trump announced 35% tariffs on some Canadian goods, justifying the move as being due to the continued flow of fentanyl across the Canada-U.S. border. In a statement posted on X, Carney pushed […]
Ghislaine Maxwell has been moved from the federal prison in Florida where she was serving her 20-year sentence to a facility in Texas. It is unclear why the Jeffrey Epstein associate was moved. The decision came after she spoke with Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche last week. “We can confirm, Ghislaine Maxwell is in the […]
Fox News late-night host Greg Gutfeld delivered a scathing — and comedic — response to Rep. Eric Swalwell’s (D-CA) bench press challenge, with the wager that the loser resigns from his job. Swalwell issued the challenge earlier this week after Gutfeld mocked the California Democrat’s social media gym videos, in which the congressman complained about […]
The White House is downplaying this month’s jobs report, contending that the uncertainty the economy was grappling with over President Donald Trump‘s tariffs and whether Congress would pass the One Big Beautiful Bill Act is over. In response to the Bureau of Labor Statistics reporting that only 73,000 were added to the economy in July […]
The Smithsonian’s National Museum of American History removed references to President Donald Trump in an exhibit about impeachments last month, after undergoing an internal review for “political or partisan influence.” In September 2021, the museum added a temporary label including content about Trump’s impeachments to a display that had not been otherwise updated since 2008. […]
