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Illinois quick hits: Pritzker to announce quantum park tenants; electricity price spike expected

Pritzker to announce quantum park tenants   Gov. J.B. Pritzker is scheduled to announce the Illinois Quantum and Microelectronics Park’s latest tenant Wednesday afternoon. The governor plans to deliver the news at the 2025 Global Quantum Forum in Chicago. State and local taxpayers are slated to provide hundreds of millions of dollars in tax incentives to […]

Obama team ignored Russian intel on Clinton’s health in 2016, declassified report says

Intelligence officials under former President Barack Obama omitted information indicating Russia had damaging material about Hillary Clinton’s mental and physical health during the 2016 campaign but chose not to release it, as they worked to find support for a narrative that Russia intervened to help elect President Donald Trump, according to newly declassified records. The revelation […]

Milwaukee rep calls attempted break-in ‘deeply unsettling’

(The Center Square)– A Milwaukee state representative wants privacy after police say someone tried to break into her home. The Capitol Police say they are looking for the man captured on a doorbell camera as he was trying to enter state Rep. Priscilla Prado’s home late Monday night. He didn’t get in, but police say he […]

UN court warns lack of climate change policy could violate international law

The United Nations‘s top court issued a nonbinding declaration Wednesday that countries are obligated to take action against climate change. If states fail to take measures to mitigate climate change, the International Court of Justice says they could be in violation of international law.  The opinion was issued after the General Assembly sought the ICJ’s […]

Trump faces continued legal fights over firing independent agency heads

President Donald Trump‘s bids to replace a litany of independent agency heads have prompted legal challenges from the Left, which could end up with the Supreme Court revisiting a 90-year-old precedent related to the president’s firing power. Since Trump returned to the White House in January, the president and his administration have aggressively worked to […]

WATCH LIVE: Karoline Leavitt holds press conference

White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt is holding a press conference scheduled to begin at 1 p.m. TRUMP ANNOUNCES TRADE DEAL WITH JAPAN WORTH $550B, IMPLEMENTING 15% RECIPROCAL TARIFFS The press conference comes after President Donald Trump announced a major $550 billion trade deal with Japan, which he speculated is the “largest Deal ever made.” […]

Biden plan to shoot 450,000 owls at $3,000 each under fire

A bipartisan parliament of House and Senate members today is calling on Congress to kill an expensive plan ordered by former President Joe Biden to shoot 450,000 barred owls bullying the endangered northern spotted owl in Northwest forests. A resolution being introduced today, led by Rep. Troy Nehls (R-TX) in the House and Sen. John Kennedy […]

Major trade association claims to oppose ‘illicit’ Chinese vapes after raking in cash from their manufacturers

Last week, the Vapor Technology Association ran ads stating its opposition to illegally imported Chinese vapes, citing the risk they pose to children, despite its leadership and the organization itself having strong financial ties to the manufacturers of those same devices. The VTA, the primary U.S. trade association representing e-cigarette manufacturers and vendors, began a […]

Syria asks Turkey for help against terrorists

The Syrian government requested help from neighboring Turkey to organize its military and suppress terrorist factions that threaten to rip the nation apart. Officials with the Syrian Ministry of Defense told the Associated Press on Wednesday that the government asked Turkish leaders for help in strengthening its national defense and combating “terrorist organizations” such as […]

Colorado AG sues sheriff’s deputy for role in Utah student immigration arrest

Colorado Attorney General Phil Weiser sued a sheriff’s deputy who shared information with federal immigration officials regarding a 19-year-old Brazilian student whom he had pulled over last month. The lawsuit points to Colorado law that limits the authority of state agencies and employees to cooperate with federal immigration officials. Weiser noted that he is focused […]
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