The Interior Department is asking national parks to remove any retail items from gift shops that promote diversity, equity, and inclusion. The department sent a memo to National Park Service directors and superintendents ordering a review of retail products in park stores. The memo said retail items are considered “public-facing content” and are therefore subject […]
One week after the Justice Department made its long-sought arrest in the nearly five-year-old Jan. 6 pipe bomb investigation, the case is already facing delays as prosecutors continue to withhold details about the suspect’s alleged motive and whether the bombs were tied to the Capitol riot itself. Lawyers for the DOJ and 30-year-old defendant Brian […]
Sen. John Fetterman (D-PA) has found himself to be an outlier among his Democratic colleagues once again, this time as part of his direct appeal for Israeli President Isaac Herzog to pardon Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. Fetterman told the Washington Examiner on Thursday that his pardon request, made in a recent letter to Herzog that […]
(The Center Square) – Georgia’s first unemployment numbers show the state’s unemployment rate is steady at 3.4% but the number of jobs is declining. September statistics show a net decrease of 3,200 jobs compared to the previous month, according to the Georgia Department of Labor. Most losses were in administrative and support services (4,200), retail trade […]
(The Center Square) – California is spending $278.4 million this year on its “Cash Assistance Program for Immigrants” program that provides state-funded payments largely to qualified elderly and disabled non-citizens who were rejected from the federal Supplemental Security Income program due to their immigration status, state records show. At the same time, the state estimates it faces […]
(The Center Square) – New Jersey residents and businesses relying on propane for heating will find themselves under a state of emergency on Friday. Gov. Phil Murphy announced the declaration on Thursday afternoon, citing a service interruption at a “major” Marcus Hook, Pa., gas refinery and industrial complex. Commercial truck drivers transporting fuel can stay […]
Indiana state senators handed President Donald Trump a massive loss on Thursday by failing to pass a mid-decade redistricting bill that would redraw the state’s congressional lines to give Republicans the advantage in all nine congressional districts. The 19-31 vote followed months of pressure by the White House, House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA), Gov. Mike Braun (R-IN), and […]
A second federal grand jury declined to bring mortgage fraud charges against New York Attorney General Letitia James, according to a statement from her attorney, marking another setback for the Justice Department‘s effort to revive a collapsed prosecution against one of President Donald Trump’s most prominent political adversaries. James’s lawyer, Abbe Lowell, said Thursday that […]
Majority Leader John Thune (R-SD) is closing in on a deal to move the next set of spending bills, with the breakthrough leaving open the possibility the Senate could hold a floor vote before the Christmas recess. Leadership has run a hotline, a message to all Senate offices, to see if there are objections to […]
(The Center Square) – Texas continued its streak in leading the U.S. in job creation in September. The data was not previously available due to the federal government shutdown. The Texas Workforce Commission released new data on Thursday. In September, Texas set three new records: it reported the greatest number of Texans working, the largest labor force […]
