(The Center Square) – California is spending $278.4 million this year on its “Cash Assistance Program for Immigrants” program that provides state-funded payments largely to qualified elderly and disabled non-citizens who were rejected from the federal Supplemental Security Income program due to their immigration status, state records show. At the same time, the state estimates it faces […]
(The Center Square) – New Jersey residents and businesses relying on propane for heating will find themselves under a state of emergency on Friday. Gov. Phil Murphy announced the declaration on Thursday afternoon, citing a service interruption at a “major” Marcus Hook, Pa., gas refinery and industrial complex. Commercial truck drivers transporting fuel can stay […]
Indiana state senators handed President Donald Trump a massive loss on Thursday by failing to pass a mid-decade redistricting bill that would redraw the state’s congressional lines to give Republicans the advantage in all nine congressional districts. The 19-31 vote followed months of pressure by the White House, House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA), Gov. Mike Braun (R-IN), and […]
A second federal grand jury declined to bring mortgage fraud charges against New York Attorney General Letitia James, according to a statement from her attorney, marking another setback for the Justice Department‘s effort to revive a collapsed prosecution against one of President Donald Trump’s most prominent political adversaries. James’s lawyer, Abbe Lowell, said Thursday that […]
Majority Leader John Thune (R-SD) is closing in on a deal to move the next set of spending bills, with the breakthrough leaving open the possibility the Senate could hold a floor vote before the Christmas recess. Leadership has run a hotline, a message to all Senate offices, to see if there are objections to […]
(The Center Square) – Texas continued its streak in leading the U.S. in job creation in September. The data was not previously available due to the federal government shutdown. The Texas Workforce Commission released new data on Thursday. In September, Texas set three new records: it reported the greatest number of Texans working, the largest labor force […]
(The Center Square) – Rep. Abe Hamadeh (R-AZ) introduced a bill that would add a dual citizenship question to the U.S. Census. The census is conducted every 10 years and helps to reshape congressional districts across the country. The Arizona congressman told The Center Square that the Make Allegiances Clear Again Act, which he introduced […]
OpenAI launched its most advanced ChatGPT model on Thursday, marketing it as its best model for professional assistance. The announcement of the GPT‑5.2 model comes just over a week after the company issued a “code red” to improve its ChatGPT user experience as chatbot competition increases in the artificial intelligence sector. OpenAI CEO Sam Altman […]
White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt said Thursday that the United States intends to “seize” the crude oil carried onboard the Skipper, an oil tanker captured in international waters off Venezuela’s coast on Wednesday. President Donald Trump announced the seizure of the tanker on Wednesday afternoon at the top of his meeting with tech executives […]
(The Center Square) — Business groups want New York Gov. Kathy Hochul to block plans by the state Thruway Authority to add a new surcharge on tolls processed through commercial accounts. In a letter to Hochul, the coalition of trucking and freight companies said the 1% surcharge, set to take effect in January, is a […]
