(The Center Square) – A community organizer, a Boeing engineer, and an aerospace contractor are running for Everett City Council District 4, but one might not even qualify. Niko Battle is a community organizer, small business owner, and lifelong advocate for youth empowerment, public safety, and working families. His platform includes filling the 90 vacancies at the […]
CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida (AP) — SpaceX delivered a fresh crew to the International Space Station on Saturday, making the trip in a quick 15 hours. The four U.S., Russian and Japanese astronauts pulled up in their SpaceX capsule after launching from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center. They will spend at least six months at the orbiting lab, swapping places with colleagues up […]
ROME (AP) — Hundreds of thousands of young Catholics poured into a vast field on Rome’s outskirts Saturday for the weekend highlight of the Vatican’s 2025 Holy Year: an evening vigil, outdoor slumber party and morning Mass celebrated by Pope Leo XIV that marks his first big encounter with the next generation of Catholics. Leo arrived by […]
(The Center Square) – Gov. Gavin Newsom is blaming President Donald Trump’s deployment of the California National Guard for a 57% decrease in the amount of fentanyl seized at the southern border. The number of pounds of fentanyl dropped by that percentage between May and June during seizure operations by the California National Guard’s Counterdrug Task […]
(The Center Square) — President Donald Trump’s executive order on homelessness continues to have people talking. The order is called “Ending Crime and Disorder on America’s Streets.” It aims to do something about the number of homeless and drug-addicted people living on the streets through efforts such as committing them for mental health treatment. Trump said it is […]
(The Center Square) – Texas Gov. Greg Abbott ceremonially signed two bills into law coauthored by freshman state Rep. Caroline Fairly, R-Amarillo, designed to expand protections for children and improve education outcomes in public schools. The laws prohibit personal communication devices in classrooms, including cell phones, smart watches, tablets and other devices, putting “parents in […]
The families of the remaining Oct. 7 hostages being held by Hamas in Gaza organized an emergency protest in Tel Aviv after footage was released of their emaciated family members. On Saturday, Hamas and Palestinian Islamic Jihad released undated videos of Evyatar David and Rom Braslavski, juxtaposed with videos of emaciated Palestinian children. The families […]
From the get-go, liberals, never-Trumpers, and media pollsters have been critical of President Donald Trump’s aggressive economic plans led by tax cuts and tariffs. But Trump, with a sorry-not-sorry attitude, has pressed ahead and this week produced a series of victories. He cut several trade agreements that included tariff money coming into the U.S. Treasury […]
The government of Cambodia will nominate President Donald Trump for the Nobel Peace Prize over his role in bringing about an end to its clashes with Thailand. They are the third government to nominate him this year. Cambodia and Thailand experienced their fiercest clash in over a decade last week in a conflict that killed […]
WASHINGTON, D.C. — B. Taylor, a decorated Navy veteran and award-winning musical artist, spoke exclusively with the Washington Examiner about his patriotic song and music video, “We Are One,” honoring those who have served. “I came up with this, ‘We Are One,’ to kind of unite the country and put our military vets and first […]
