Taiwan is preparing for the largest recall election in its history as the ruling party aims to oust dozens of opposition lawmakers from Parliament. Supporters of the ruling left-wing Democratic Progressive Party are seeking to recall 31 members of the conservative opposition party, Kuomintang, in the Legislative Yuan. Voters in 24 districts will decide on […]
Sen. Katie Britt (R-AL) and 13 other Senate Republicans urged the Trump administration on Friday to disburse held-up funds for the National Institutes of Health. In a letter to Office of Management and Budget Director Russ Vought, the senators assured him that they shared his “commitment to ensuring NIH funds are used responsibly and not […]
(The Center Square) – Four days after Ohio House Republicans voted to override one of Gov. Mike DeWine’s vetoes regarding property taxes, the Senate has yet to schedule a session to concur. At the same time, policy groups and Democrats continue to push their plans for property owner relief. The Buckeye Institute, a Columbus-based policy group, […]
(The Center Square) – Relocating employees closer to farmers and ranchers than Congress, the U.S. Department of Agriculture has named North Carolina’s capital city one of five hubs in a major reorganizational effort. Raleigh is joined on the list by Kansas City, Indianapolis, Salt Lake City and Fort Collins, Colo. Secretary Brooke Rollins’ instruction said […]
(The Center Square) – Shrimpers are praising the Trump administration’s newly announced tariffs on imports from Indonesia and Vietnam as a long-overdue correction to what it calls “counter-productive trade policies.” “Too many American shrimpers have spent the last two seasons tied up at the dock,” said John Williams, executive director of the Southern Shrimp Alliance. “President […]
(The Center Square) — A California judge ruled that the Los Angeles Unified School District violated state law for failing to share its facilities with charter schools. Los Angeles County Superior Court judge Stephen Goorvitch, at the end of June, ruled that LAUSD broke state law when it denied charter schools access to its campuses. The LAUSD […]
(The Center Square) — The United States signed a memorandum of understanding Thursday with Mexico, launching a permanent solution to end the Tijuana River sewage crisis. Upon arriving in Mexico City on Thursday morning, Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Lee Zeldin met with Mexican officials to discuss what Zeldin called a 100% solution to end the crisis. […]
Three lawyers recently fired by the Department of Justice after working on Jan. 6 cases sued the Trump administration on Thursday over their “unlawful and unconstitutional” terminations. The lawsuit, filed in a District of Columbia federal court, alleges the employees were wrongfully fired because Attorney General Pam Bondi did not give specific reasons for their […]
EXCLUSIVE — As leader of New England Law in Boston, Scott Brown touted diversity, equity, and inclusion as a “core value” and “top priority” of the institution. Now a Republican Senate candidate in New Hampshire, Brown assails DEI as “woke.” In an “unlisted” 2021 YouTube video unearthed by the Washington Examiner, which is not publicly […]
(The Center Square) – Amid allegations of a quid pro quo, the Spokane Ethics Commission voted Wednesday to initiate an independent investigation into Mayor Lisa Brown and the city council. The allegations claim that Brown and five of the seven council members violated the ethics code on June 16 by reversing their vote on a proposed camping […]
