White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt claimed on Monday that President Donald Trump coined the term “peace through strength,” though its origin in United States politics actually dates back to the 1960s. The Trump administration has been touting the phrase following the U.S.’s strikes against Iranian nuclear sites, where “monumental” damage was carried out. “Nobody […]
White men applying for executive positions have a new hurdle in their way: artificial intelligence. Fresh research promoted by a new AI watchdog has revealed that resume audit filters used by mega-corporations to help identify the best candidates for top jobs have a secret bias that favors black people over white people and women over […]
Former President Bill Clinton endorsed former Gov. Andrew Cuomo for New York City Mayor two days before the primary election. Cuomo is campaigning in his first election that will be determined by ranked choice voting. In New York, only city elections are determined this way, as state elections go to the person with the most […]
(The Center Square) – After vetoing 26 bills the legislature passed during the regular legislative session, Gov. Greg Abbott early Monday called a special legislative session. “Working with the Texas Legislature, we delivered results that will benefit Texans for generations to come,” Abbott said. “Lieutenant Governor Dan Patrick, Speaker Dustin Burrows, and the Texas House […]
(The Center Square) – Transportation energy prices skyrocketed over the weekend in North Carolina, with a gallon of unleaded regular gasoline up 6 cents on average in the past week. In some locations, the rise from Friday to Monday was 17 cents. The state’s $2.92 average remains 30 cents below the national average of $3.22, […]
(The Center Square) – Expanding Wisconsin’s second income tax bracket of 4.4% for all filers will reduce the state’s tax collections by $323 million next fiscal year and $320 million in 2026-27, according to estimates from Wisconsin’s Legislative Fiscal Bureau. The tax reduction is part of a $1.2 billion package of tax cuts approved recently […]
Amazon, Meta, and Reddit all make money running advertisements for corporations that the Defense Department has determined are either controlled by or work closely with the Chinese military, a Washington Examiner review of social media repositories has found. The trio of tech giants sold ads to DJI, Huawei, Hikvision, and Dahua, all of which appear […]
White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt warned Iran against closing the Strait of Hormuz in retaliation against President Donald Trump bombing the nation’s three nuclear sites. “I can assure you the administration is actively and closely monitoring the situation in the Strait of Hormuz and the Iranian regime would be foolish to make that decision,” […]
Russian President Vladimir Putin on Monday condemned U.S. strikes targeting Iran’s nuclear facilities, characterizing the action as “absolutely unprovoked aggression” that has “no basis or justification.” Putin’s comments came during a meeting in Moscow with Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi, who hand-delivered a letter to the Russian president from Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei […]
Trump-aligned political advisers have formed a political action committee in Kentucky to oust Rep. Thomas Massie (R-KY), in President Donald Trump‘s first effort to challenge a Republican incumbent. Massie has often bucked his party by voting against the One Big Beautiful Bill Act last month and more recently sowing doubt that Iran was an “imminent […]
