Gov. Wes Moore (D-MD) is headlining another dinner, this time at a prominent Detroit NAACP soiree, despite his insistence that he isn’t running for president in 2028. The Washington Examiner confirmed his scheduled presence at the dinner, which will take place on June 29. He is going to be a keynote speaker at the dinner […]
Senate Republicans released dueling proposals to fund border security in President Donald Trump‘s “big, beautiful bill,” underscoring rare divisions over an issue that broadly unites the party. In legislative text circulated by the Senate Budget Committee on Thursday night, Chairman Lindsey Graham (R-SC) earmarked tens of billions for border priorities, including wall construction and interior […]
Richard Grenell, President Donald Trump’s envoy for special missions, signaled he would consider jumping into California’s gubernatorial race if former Vice President Kamala Harris decided to run. California’s race is more than a year away, but Harris is reportedly taking time this summer to determine whether she wants to make a bid to replace Gov. […]
(The Center Square) – Wisconsin’s top education official said Friday that the Joint Finance Committee’s budget changes fails Wisconsin students, educators and public schools. The committee voted late Thursday evening to approve a $229 million investment in special education targeting mental health and sparsity aid, which is additional state funding provided to small, rural school […]
A federal appeals court on Friday denied President Donald Trump‘s bid to rehear his appeal of a jury’s verdict that he was liable for sexually assaulting E. Jean Carroll and defaming her. A divided full bench of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 2nd Circuit denied Trump’s appeal, upholding the $5 million judgment against him. The […]
(The Center Square) – Former Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan’s fate is in the hands of a federal judge. Madigan’s sentencing on 10 counts of corruption is scheduled Friday afternoon, June 13, at the Everett McKinley Dirksen U.S. Courthouse in Chicago, with Judge John Robert “Jack” Blakey presiding. Darryl A. Goldberg, a criminal defense lawyer […]
(The Center Square) – With a deadline looming to finish Florida’s overdue budget for a potential Monday vote, leaders in the House of Representatives are guaranteeing a compromise while Senate leaders are a bit more cautious. Rep. Lawrence McClure, R-Dover, said “you betcha” when asked by reporters at a media availability on Thursday night if a […]
(The Center Square) – St. Paul’s Evangelical Lutheran School won an appeal to receive $30,000 in scholarships through Wisconsin’s Special Needs Scholarship Program. The Wisconsin Department of Instruction initially denied the school’s request for the school choice funding for three students but the scholarships were awarded after the Wisconsin Institute for Law & Liberty filed […]
State and local authorities in Florida warned that any violence from protesters will be met with deadly force as the country prepares for a wave of anti-Trump “No Kings” protests over the weekend. On Thursday, Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier and Brevard County Sheriff Wayne Ivey held a press conference alongside other officials in Titusville, […]
Israel launched a series of strikes against Iran directed at disabling its nuclear program and ballistic missile capabilities and decapitating its military leadership, marking the greatest military exchange between the two countries. In the early hours of June 13, around 3:30 a.m. local time, explosions were heard across Tehran. The surprise attack hit Iranian missile […]
