(The Center Square) – As young people face increasing mental health challenges, the University of North Carolina System is ramping up a suicide prevention training program for future principals and teachers. The Mental Health First Aid initiative will train 420 K-12 educators this academic year, the university says. “This it not something they are taught […]
(The Center Square) – Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee said Friday afternoon that he will speak with President Donald Trump about the deployment of National Guard troops to Memphis. The president announced the deployment on the Friday morning edition of Fox News’ Fox and Friends to address the crime problem in the city. Lee said he has […]
(The Center Square) – In addition to expressing profound sorrow for the loss of Turning Point USA founder Charlie Kirk, pastors say they hope his death and life, marked by speaking what they said was the truth in love, will serve as a catalyst to return America “to a people of Godly values” and encourage […]
The United Nations Security Council will meet on Friday in response to an incursion of Russian drones into Polish airspace. Over the night of Tuesday into Wednesday, the largest group of Russian drones to date crossed into Poland’s airspace, causing a scrambling of North Atlantic Treaty Organization aircraft to shoot them down. Poland’s defense minister […]
Rep. Chip Roy (R-TX) led a GOP-signed letter on Thursday asking Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) and other House leaders for permission to form a new select committee tasked with investigating “radical left” groups that promote political violence. The request came after the assassination of Turning Point USA cofounder Charlie Kirk, who was shot once in […]
EXCLUSIVE — Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-SD) has found an off-ramp to simmering White House tensions over a Democratic blockade of President Donald Trump’s nominees. In an interview, Thune called a change in Senate rules, which advanced along party lines Thursday, a middle ground for Republicans after months of procedural delays bottled up well […]
The NATO alliance will bolster its posture on its eastern flank following the incursion of Russian drones into Polish airspace earlier this week. NATO Secretary-General Mark Rutte announced the launch of “Eastern Sentry” on Friday, saying that the effort will include Denmark, France, the United Kingdom, Germany, and other countries providing assets to NATO’s eastern […]
Authorities confirmed on Friday that social media detectives had it wrong when they spread speculation about who assassinated political influencer Charlie Kirk. Gov. Spencer Cox (R-UT) named Tyler Robinson, 22, as the suspect in the fatal shooting Wednesday of Kirk, which sparked instant speculation online about the killer’s identity, particularly from an online forum known […]
A federal judge blocked the Trump administration on Thursday from carrying out a policy that restricts illegal immigrants from being enrolled in the federally funded Head Start preschool program nationwide. Judge Ricardo Martinez of the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Washington blocked a July directive from the Department of Health and Human […]
Gov. Spencer Cox (R-UT) spoke at a press conference with the FBI and local law enforcement officers on Friday, providing updates on the 33-hour manhunt and investigation into the assassination of conservative activist and Turning Point USA Founder Charlie Kirk. Following the announcement that law enforcement has a suspect, 22-year-old Tyler Robinson, in custody for […]
