(The Center Square) − The Louisiana Department of Health covered $103 million in ineligible Medicaid costs according to a newly-released audit report. An audit by the Louisiana Legislative Auditor follows a 2023 report that identified $112 million covered for ineligible individuals by the state’s Medicaid program. In 2023, the Louisiana Legislative Auditor instructed the state health […]
The European Union said it is preparing “countermeasures” against the U.S. following President Donald Trump’s unexpected announcement that he would increase his tariffs on steel. EU Commission President Ursula von der Leyen and Trump last week agreed to “rapidly” begin on a trade deal. European Commission spokesperson Olof Gill told a press conference in Brussels, […]
(The Center Square) – Only 21,559 voter registrations separate Republicans from catching Democrats, the weekly update from the North Carolina State Board of Elections says. The final day of May listed 7,522,857 registrations split 37.8% unaffiliated, 30.7% Democrats and 30.4% Republicans. The trend is a continuing a turn of two decades for Democrats, punctuated by […]
Rep. Riley Moore (R-WV) explained the difference between the Big Beautiful Bill Act and the recent cuts made by the Department of Government Efficiency. The House of Representatives passed the Trump administration’s reconciliation legislation two weeks ago. However, the bill has come under scrutiny from Republican senators for its $400 billion tax cuts. Moore appeared Monday on Fox […]
The battle over President Donald Trump’s domestic agenda kicked into high gear this week as advocacy and political groups launched multiple campaigns to sway GOP senators to support the “big, beautiful bill.” Americans for Prosperity launched a new $4 million ad buy on Monday to persuade Republican lawmakers in the upper chamber to pass the […]
The right-wing Law and Justice party’s faith in Karol Nawrocki, a conservative historian and former boxer with little political experience, proved well-placed in this week’s Polish presidential elections. The party’s reputation was in tatters after fumbling years of power to Prime Minister Donald Tusk’s centrist coalition in late 2023. As President Andrzej Duda, a Law and […]
The Washington Examiner’s Joe Concha pushed for “true accountability” from those involved in the cover-up of former President Joe Biden’s cognitive decline, including the former first lady Jill Biden‘s role. The recently released book, Original Sin: President Biden’s Decline, Its Cover-Up, and His Disastrous Choice to Run Again by Jake Tapper and Alex Thompson, cites […]
The Supreme Court will hear a case questioning whether Republicans can challenge an Illinois law allowing mail-in ballots that arrive after Election Day to be counted. The high court on Monday granted a petition brought by Rep. Mike Bost (R-IL) and two GOP presidential elector nominees from Illinois who are attempting to block a state […]
Sen. John Fetterman (D-PA) offered no apologies Monday for missing dozens of Senate votes earlier this year amid mounting reports of lingering mental health troubles affecting his core responsibilities as a Congress member. Fetterman, speaking at an event with Sen. Dave McCormick (R-PA) in Boston, defended his absences for votes that he described as a […]
(The Center Square) – More than 58,000 businesses received a new corporate franchise tax break, according to a list from the Tennessee Department of Revenue. The information released Saturday by the department does not say how much of a break each business received. The department’s list also shows 15,868 received a tax break of more than […]
