Lawmakers added a provision to key defense legislation that, if included in the final version, would prevent the Pentagon from reducing the military‘s presence in Europe below a specific threshold. The inclusion of this provision in the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2026, the language of which was released on Sunday, stands in contrast […]
(The Center Square) – Gaining five times more in the last week, Republicans have moved to the cusp of eclipsing Democrats in voter registrations in North Carolina for the first time. Consolation prize as it may be, the change is historic and coincides with another unprecedented benchmark in 15 years of Republican majorities in the […]
(The Center Square) Four years ago, New York state spent more money per resident on Medicaid, the joint-federal-state program for the poor and disabled, than any other. Today, the state spends an additional $700 per resident on Medicaid, a rate of growth that far exceeds that of any other program in its budget, an investigation by The Center Square found. The Empire State spends $4,924 per capita on Medicaid, […]
(The Center Square) – Newlab New Orleans and Japanese power generation company JERA have announced a new partnership aimed at developing next-generation carbon capture technologies for energy-intensive industries in Louisiana and along the Gulf Coast. JERA Ventures is joining a public-private partnership housed at Newlab’s New Orleans innovation hub, which will provide startups with laboratory space […]
Paramount launched a hostile, all-cash bid against Netflix to acquire Warner Bros. Discovery for $30 per share. The Skydance company’s competitive bid comes just days after Netflix announced that it entered a “definitive agreement” with Warner Bros. to purchase it and its HBO Max and HBO studios for $27.75 per share. Netflix won the streaming […]
Former Democratic Texas Rep. Colin Allred announced on Monday that he dropped his Senate bid to run for a seat in the House. Allred was one of the top Democrats running to unseat Sen. John Cornyn (R-TX) in 2026. However, he suspended his campaign amid buzz around Rep. Jasmine Crockett’s (D-TX) possible entry into the […]
President Donald Trump voiced skepticism over Netflix’s blockbuster deal to acquire Warner Bros. Discovery, which was announced last week. “That’s got to go through a process. We’ll see what happens,” Trump told reporters Sunday. “Netflix is a great company. … They have a very big market share. And when they have Warner Bros., that market […]
Metropolitan Police Department chief Pamela Smith will step down from her position, she announced Monday. Smith, who has been the MPD chief since Mayor Muriel Bowser nominated her in July 2023, did not give a specific reason for her decision. She was the first black woman to serve as police chief and the second woman. […]
EXCLUSIVE — Teamsters President Sean O’Brien called President Donald Trump’s pick to run the Department of Labor the “right choice” and offered some praise for Vice President JD Vance. Trump chose former Rep. Lori Chavez-DeRemer (R-OR) as his Labor Secretary, a pick that got some pushback from conservatives because of her record on labor issues. Still, she […]
Democrats are split on how best to counter President Donald Trump’s attempts to rally support for Republican candidates ahead of the midterms, specifically his recent focus on the Medicare fraud scandal carried out by members of the Somali community in Minnesota. Typically, the parties in power suffer significant defeats in midterm elections, which would jeopardize […]
