(The Center Square) – A Chinese national illegally living in the U.S. has been arrested for allegedly shipping weapons and ammunition to North Korea. Shenghua Wen, 41, entered the country on a student visa. Instead of returning to China according to the terms of the visa, he remained in the country illegally after it expired. […]
(The Center Square) – Biopharmaceutical company Amgen, Inc. on Thursday announced a $1 billion manufacturing expansion in Holly Springs, which it says will create 370 jobs. The company has been approved for a state Job Development Investment grant of up to $4.8 million over 12 years. It will also be eligible for $1.6 million in […]
(The Center Square) – Memphis Mayor Paul Young cited costs on Thursday saying he would not enter into a consent decree with the Department of Justice over allegations of use of excessive force and discrimination against Black people. The Justice Department released its investigation, which began in July 2023, this week. “Our exhaustive investigation found that […]
SpaceX CEO Elon Musk was revealed Thursday as the person behind the RBG PAC, which invoked the name of the liberal female Supreme Court justice to salve President-elect Donald Trump’s image on abortion access. Named after the late Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, the RBG PAC launched in late October, just weeks before the 2024 elections. […]
A federal appeals court upheld a law on Friday mandating that ByteDance, the Chinese parent company of the social media platform TikTok, divest its operations in the United States by Jan. 19 or face a nationwide ban of the app. The 92-page ruling, delivered by Judges Sri Srinivasan, Neomi Rao, and Douglas Ginsburg, marks a […]
Incoming first lady Melania Trump opened up about how her son, Barron Trump, is adapting to life as a college student as his father, President-elect Donald Trump, prepares to return to the White House. During her first post-election interview, Melania Trump conceded that her son, who is a freshman at New York University, will never […]
The incoming chairwoman of the new House DOGE subcommittee wants the U.S. Capitol Police officer who shot and killed Jan. 6 protester Ashli Babbitt charged with murder. “Yes, 100%,” said Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA). WHAT TRUMP HAS PROMISED TO DO ON DAY 1 IN THE OVAL OFFICE “I would hope that our new incoming […]
Hard-line conservative opposition to House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) is weakening, clearing his path to keeping the lower chamber’s most powerful position. Reps. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) and Thomas Massie (R-KY) have signaled they may vote for Johnson to remain the speaker ahead of the lower chamber’s leadership elections next month. MEET THE NEW CONGRESS: […]
EXCLUSIVE — Six Republican senators sent a letter to the National Institutes of Health Thursday night demanding the agency provide Congress with information related to a controversial taxpayer-funded study on transgender children. The study, which was funded through a $5.7 million NIH grant disbursed in 2015, paid scientists to administer puberty blockers to two cohorts […]
Outgoing Democratic National Committee Chairman Jaime Harrison pushed back on some critics who believe the Democratic Party should abandon “identity politics” after losses in the 2024 election. In a speech to Democratic donors in Arizona, Harrison defended his party’s commitment to fusing race and politics. He said that people of color need to see Democrats […]
