(The Center Square) – New York City Mayor Eric Adams has vetoed a bill approved by the City Council that sought to block a multi-million dollar casino project in the Bronx neighborhood, citing the need for jobs and investment. The City Council voted 29-9 earlier this month against gaming giant Bally’s request to rezone parkland […]
Utah Lt. Gov. Deidre Henderson declined to fully comply with the Justice Department’s request for certain information related to the state’s voter rolls, arguing that she sees no legal justification for handing over “the personal identifying information of 2.1 million Utah voters.” In July, DOJ officials sent Henderson a letter containing an expansive list of […]
Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney voiced disappointment in President Donald Trump’s 35% tariff announcement, but sounded optimistic over exceptions through the U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement. Trump announced 35% tariffs on some Canadian goods, justifying the move as being due to the continued flow of fentanyl across the Canada-U.S. border. In a statement posted on X, Carney pushed […]
Ghislaine Maxwell has been moved from the federal prison in Florida where she was serving her 20-year sentence to a facility in Texas. It is unclear why the Jeffrey Epstein associate was moved. The decision came after she spoke with Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche last week. “We can confirm, Ghislaine Maxwell is in the […]
Fox News late-night host Greg Gutfeld delivered a scathing — and comedic — response to Rep. Eric Swalwell’s (D-CA) bench press challenge, with the wager that the loser resigns from his job. Swalwell issued the challenge earlier this week after Gutfeld mocked the California Democrat’s social media gym videos, in which the congressman complained about […]
The White House is downplaying this month’s jobs report, contending that the uncertainty the economy was grappling with over President Donald Trump‘s tariffs and whether Congress would pass the One Big Beautiful Bill Act is over. In response to the Bureau of Labor Statistics reporting that only 73,000 were added to the economy in July […]
The Smithsonian’s National Museum of American History removed references to President Donald Trump in an exhibit about impeachments last month, after undergoing an internal review for “political or partisan influence.” In September 2021, the museum added a temporary label including content about Trump’s impeachments to a display that had not been otherwise updated since 2008. […]
(The Center Square) – Wisconsin’s steady increase of apprenticeships in the state over the past 10-plus years has grown to 77% higher than 2013, according to a new report. The total comes as many industries are seeing labor shortages and those are expected to expand in coming years as the state’s population shrinks. Wisconsin had […]
Former South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol is refusing to cooperate with investigators by taking off his clothes and refusing to move. Special counsel investigators, fulfilling an arrest warrant on allegations of influence-peddling by Yoon, attempted to coax the former leader into voluntary questioning on Friday. “Without wearing his prison uniform, the suspect lay down on […]
(The Center Square) – New Jersey may soon follow California’s lead in a reinterpretation of its ABC test that would force as many as 1.7 million independent contractors to lose their self-employed status while increasing the amount of workers that can be “unionized.” Director of Independent Women’s Center for Economic Opportunity Patrice Onwuka told The […]
