The wife of imprisoned former South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol is now also being detained after her arrest on charges of bribery. Kim Keon-hee, the former first lady, is accused of accepting illicit financial gifts and participating in a stock manipulation scheme while her husband was in office. “Just as moonlight shines brightly in […]
Gov. Greg Abbott (R-TX) on Friday gave final approval to legislation that redrew Texas’s political maps, offering Republicans a chance to gain five more House seats ahead of the 2026 elections. The redistricting plans favoring the GOP sparked outrage from state Democrats, who fled the state for weeks earlier this summer to stall the effort […]
(The Center Square) — New York’s share of the nation’s millionaires is declining along with much-needed tax revenue for the state, according to a new report from a fiscal watchdog group. The analysis by the nonpartisan Citizens Budget Commission found that New York’s share of the nation’s millionaires — or tax filing households with more than […]
The United Nations Security Council has voted to pull its peacekeeper force from Lebanon after a 47-year deployment in the Middle Eastern country to secure its southern border shared with Israel. The council extended the country’s peacekeeping mission for the final time on Thursday. The peacekeepers will gradually withdraw from Lebanon until a final departure […]
(The Center Square) – The California Supreme Court rejected an emergency Republican petition to take congressional redistricting off the Nov. 4 ballot. “The petition for writ of mandate and application for stay are denied,” the court said Wednesday, two days after Republicans, including several legislators, filed it. “48 hours later, this case has already been rejected,” […]
Republican Oklahoma state Rep. Ty Burns pleaded guilty to one charge of domestic abuse and two charges of misdemeanor assault, Oklahoma Attorney General Gentner Drummond announced Thursday. The charges stemmed from incidents involving “family members” in November 2024 and April 2025. In a statement, Burns said he would step down from his position as chairman of the […]
(The Center Square) — New York business groups are urging state utility regulators to approve a previously rejected plan to extend a regional natural gas pipeline championed by President Donald Trump as part of broader efforts to expand domestic production of the fossil fuel. The Northeast Supply Enhancement project calls for extending a pipeline that runs from Pennsylvania to New […]
Washington Examiner Chief Political Correspondent Byron York weighed in on the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention shake-up under Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s leadership, saying, “turmoil in the healthcare bureaucracy was pretty much a given.” “If this were only about coronavirus, and the vaccine for coronavirus, I’m not sure the […]
President Donald Trump is rescinding $4.9 billion in foreign aid, a move that further complicates a protracted and partisan government funding fight ahead of a Sept. 30 shutdown deadline set to engulf Congress when it returns next week from summer recess. The White House budget office notified Congress of its intent to use a so-called “pocket” rescission, a legally […]
Wisconsin Supreme Court conservative justice Rebecca Bradley said Friday that she would not seek reelection when her term is up in 2026. “I will not seek reelection to the Wisconsin Supreme Court because I believe the best path for me to rebuild the conservative movement and fight for liberty is not as a minority member […]
