More than 200 former congressional staffers had their Social Security numbers leaked in the JFK files that were declassified this week. A Jan. 23 executive order by President Donald Trump ordered all records related to the JFK assassination to be released. On Tuesday, the Trump administration released 1,059 records spanning 31,400 pages. The administration also called […]
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth announced Thursday that his department cut $580 million in “wasteful spending.” The Department of Government Efficiency is currently auditing federal departments, and lawmakers on both sides of the aisle seem to agree that defense spending is a problem, given that the Pentagon has failed six consecutive audits. “So today, I’m signing a memo directing […]
President Donald Trump has issued an avalanche of executive actions since returning to the White House, but not all of the actions have held up to initial judicial scrutiny. While Trump has been successful with several of his actions, others have been struck down by federal courts. The Trump administration still has avenues to appeal […]
(The Center Square) – Legislation has been introduced into the U.S. House of Representatives to ensure Coast Guard members receive the same 20-year retirement benefits as other branches of the military. Reps. Jen Kiggans, R-Va., and Jill Tokuda, D-Hawaii, introduced the Coast Guard Separation Parity Act, a bipartisan bill aimed at establishing “equal protections” for […]
Rep. Clay Higgins (R-LA) has opted not to mount a primary challenge against Sen. Bill Cassidy (R-LA) next year in what is already a crowded Republican field to take down an incumbent who once voted to convict President Donald Trump in an impeachment trial. “Current engagement in the House being incredibly significant, it may be […]
(The Center Square) – The U.S. Department of Agriculture recently slashed over $1 billion in federal funding for schools and food banks. Pritzker addressed concerns Wednesday about how Illinois will handle food insecurity in light of these cuts. “We don’t have what right now looks like about $11 billion that we will lose to the […]
(The Center Square) – Wisconsin collected more than $1 billion in general purpose taxes in February, up 8% from the $942 million collected in 2024. That made overall collections for the fiscal year $12.9 billion, up 5.7% from last fiscal year. Wisconsin saw a 3.8% in sales and use taxes in February, collecting $560 million […]
(The Center Square) – The end to nearly $500,000 in taxpayer daily subsidies for two coal-fired power plants, one in Indiana, has taken a major step forward. Despite objections from a Washington, D.C.-based conservative energy group, the Ohio Senate unanimously passed Senate Bill 2, a Republican priority for overhauling the state’s energy policy. “This is […]
(The Center Square) – The U.S. Department of Justice charged a Nevada father and son Wednesday for allegedly harboring illegal immigrants in the Reno area. Carlos Recinos-Valdez, 43, and his son Kevin Recinos-Ruano, 20, allegedly sheltered foreign nationals for personal financial gain for almost four years, from July 2021 to March 2025, according to the […]
Rep. Jasmine Crockett (D-TX) was among several speakers on a live stream to urge opposition to Tesla, revealing she wants Elon Musk “taken down” for her birthday later this month. The livestream, conducted on Wednesday night, was held by a movement called Tesla Takedown, which is planning a day of protest against the electric vehicle […]
