Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins warned 21 Democrat-led states on Tuesday that she would withhold funding from the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program beginning next week if they do not provide recipient data. Rollins issued the warning during Tuesday’s Cabinet meeting after the 21 states and the District of Columbia refused to hand over data she requested […]
Rep. Ayanna Pressley (D-MA) announced on Monday that she will seek reelection instead of challenging Sen. Ed Markey (D-MA) for his Senate seat. Pressley, a member of the progressive “Squad,” said she wants to stay to spend time with her daughter during her last year of high school and continue representing a district “that has […]
Portland‘s annual tree-lighting ceremony drew thousands to Pioneer Courthouse Square on Friday night, and a wave of criticism online, after city leaders avoided calling the 75-foot Douglas fir a “Christmas tree,” with one speaker using the platform to lead a “Free Palestine” chant. The event, now in its 41st year, was promoted across the city […]
Rep. Anna Paulina Luna (R-FL) filed a discharge petition Tuesday to force a vote on the longtime issue of banning congressional stock trading. Luna has continuously threatened to deploy a discharge petition for months if House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) failed to move on the issue. “Across the country, from every political background, the American […]
Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) and Sen. Cory Booker (D-NJ) wrote a letter on Monday to Fortune 1000 CEOs urging them to champion and contribute to “Trump accounts.” The “Money Accounts for Growth and Advancement” tax-advantaged investment accounts, commonly referred to as “Trump accounts,” provide children born between 2025 and 2028 with one-time, government-funded payments of […]
President Donald Trump wants to make Washington Dulles International Airport great again. The president said at a Cabinet meeting on Tuesday that he wants to “rebuild” the northern Virginia airport commonly used by residents of the District of Columbia, Maryland, and Virginia. “We’re also going to rebuild Dulles Airport because it’s not a good airport,” […]
(The Center Square) – Two families participating in Tennessee’s Education Freedom Scholarship program are intervening in a lawsuit challenging its constitutionality. Five organizations representing 10 plaintiffs filed a lawsuit in Davidson County Chancery Court last month, saying the scholarship program diverts money from public schools and discriminates against students with disabilities. EdChoice Legal Advocates are representing […]
Nine Senate Democrats penned a letter to Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent requesting he nix the proposed “America 250” celebration coins that feature President Donald Trump‘s face. The U.S. Mint announced this summer that it would be “making changes to most of our circulating coins” as part of a collectable celebration of the country’s semiquincentennial in […]
Pop star Sabrina Carpenter criticized the White House for using her song “Juno” in a social media post without her permission. The White House released a video compilation of anti-Immigration and Customs Enforcement protesters on Monday. During a transition in the video, clips of anonymous protesters being arrested in various positions are shown alongside Carpenter’s […]
(The Center Square) – The sanctuary state of New York hasn’t honored roughly 14,000 detainer requests for criminal foreign nationals held in local and state jurisdictions, the Department of Homeland Security said Monday. More than 7,000 current detainer requests are being ignored after nearly 7,000 criminals were released onto the streets statewide this year, DHS said. U.S. […]
