(The Center Square) – Sports wagering revenue in North Carolina for the first complete fiscal year is 55.5% higher than the fiscal note on the bill proposal and 94% above what the governor budgeted, according to financials released Tuesday. Approved and signed into law two summers ago by second-term Democratic Gov. Roy Cooper, sports wagering […]
Rep. Paul Gosar (R-AZ), along with 10 other Republican lawmakers, sent a letter to National Institutes of Health Director Jay Bhattacharya urging him to end experiments on dogs and cats at the agency. The lawmakers called on Bhattacharya to “immediately terminate funding for barbaric dog and cat experiments approved by Dr. Anthony Fauci and his […]
The Supreme Court on Tuesday handed President Donald Trump a victory by backing his plans to cut the federal workforce, a move that could lead to hundreds of thousands of firings for federal employees. The justices overturned a lower court order that temporarily stalled the cuts, which have been led by the Department of Government […]
(The Center Square) — A Maine Republican lawmaker who was censured for a social media post about transgender athlete is agreeing to drop a lawsuit against the state Legislature after her voting and speaking rights were restored. In a letter to the First Circuit Court of Appeals, lawyers for state Rep. Laurel Libby said the Auburn […]
Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem will announce Tuesday afternoon that airline passengers no longer have to remove their shoes while going through security checks run by the Transportation Security Administration. TSA WILL ALLOW AIR TRAVELERS TO KEEP THEIR SHOES ON THROUGH SECURITY The rule change “will make screening easier for passengers, improve traveler satisfaction, […]
A new study shows that most Canadians view the United States as a “top threat,” highlighting the increasingly strained relationship between the two countries. It has been on the rocks since President Donald Trump won re-election. A majority of respondents in Canada said the U.S. is simultaneously their nation’s greatest threat (59%) and greatest ally (55%), according to a […]
Tesla CEO Elon Musk, a former adviser to President Donald Trump who is now engaged in a feud with the White House, accused top MAGA ally Steve Bannon on Tuesday of being connected to the notorious convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. Bannon, an ideological hard-liner on matters such as immigration, has for years attacked Musk, […]
Dr. Kevin O’Connor, who was former President Joe Biden‘s physician, is a key figure in the House Oversight Committee‘s investigation into White House aides’ alleged cover-up of Biden’s health. O’Connor was scheduled to appear for a deposition on Wednesday before the committee to answer questions about Biden’s health in office. The deposition was part of […]
Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson continued to buck Immigration and Customs Enforcement in a pledge not to cooperate with them on Tuesday. Johnson held a press conference Tuesday, during which he responded to the MacArthur Park raid in Los Angeles. A caravan of armored vehicles, National Guard troops, Border Patrol officers, and ICE agents arrived at […]
Rep. Eric Swalwell (D-CA) said without staffing cuts to the National Weather Service, Texans would have received an “earlier, better warning” of the flood. Swalwell echoed Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-CA) in blaming the NWS layoffs in February for the slow response time to the floods, which killed at least 104 people as of […]
