WHAT’S HAPPENING TODAY: Good afternoon and happy Monday, readers! As the Trump administration weighs new sanctions on Russia, Energy Secretary Chris Wright has indicated additional measures will be contingent on Europe ending its imports of Russian energy products. Meanwhile, OPEC+ has said it will continue to pump more oil into the global markets next month, […]
Gov. Gavin Newsom‘s (D-CA) slick style, celebrity swagger, and unabashedly liberal politics have given California Republicans a villain to go after over the years. But now, those same traits, plus a very public pushback against President Donald Trump‘s policies, have turned him into a Democratic superstar with a national spotlight and social media megaphone. That has opponents of […]
The conservative advocacy group founded by former Vice President Mike Pence, Advancing American Freedom, urged Republican lawmakers on Capitol Hill to commit to steep budget cuts to return federal spending to pre-pandemic levels. The message, relayed in a Monday letter sent to GOP congressional offices and first seen by the Washington Examiner, comes amid bipartisan […]
(The Center Square) – Tax relief and continued reduction of tax-supported debt are leading praises of the Legislature from an independent nonpartisan taxpayer research institute in Florida. The Taxpayers’ Guide to Florida’s FY2025-26 State Budget, produced by Florida TaxWatch, highlights moves in a $114.8 billion spending plan for education, human services, the environment, transportation and […]
(The Center Square) – The Winston-Salem/Forsyth County school system welcomes help from the state of North Carolina as it works to improves its trouble financial situation, a school system spokeswoman told The Center Square. The school district, the state’s fourth largest and among the nation’s 100 most populous, still owes the state $3.4 million for […]
(The Center Square) – Milwaukee’s new superintendent says the city’s school district will likely need $100 million more. Superintendent Brenda Cassellius said on UpFront over the weekend that Milwaukee schools could be looking at a $100 million “structural imbalance” as soon as next year. “If there is no additional state aid coming in, that would either […]
PARIS (AP) — Legislators toppled France’s government in a confidence vote on Monday, a new crisis for Europe’s second-largest economy that obliges President Emmanuel Macron to search for a fourth prime minister in 12 months. Prime Minister François Bayrou was ousted overwhelmingly in a 364-194 vote against him. Bayrou paid the price for what appeared […]
(The Center Square) – The former director of a northwest Ohio transit authority will spend more than two years in jail after stealing nearly $30,000 in public resources more than five years ago. Shelia Haney, who ran the Allen County Regional Transit Authority in Lima, was sentenced to 30 months in prison for theft of […]
President Donald Trump said he personally delivered his family Bible to be displayed in the Museum of the Bible in Washington, D.C., during a Monday morning speech, during which he vowed to defend Judeo-Christian principles. “The Bible is also an important part of the American story, that’s why I’m delighted to announce that just moments […]
President Donald Trump continued to highlight Chicago’s crime record on Monday as he edges closer to a final decision on whether to authorize a federal takeover of the Illinois metropolis. Similar to his temporary takeover of Washington, D.C., Trump has floated sending military troops into Chicago for weeks to combat crime, while top White House […]
