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Violent crime dropped compared to 2023 in major cities: Report

The Major Cities Chiefs Association released a report last week showing violent crime in most major cities has dropped overall year to year, even as crime remains a top concern. The report, compiling crime statistics from the police departments of 69 major counties and cities from Jan. 1 through June 30, showed a roughly 6% […]

Wake up with the Washington Examiner: Populist demands could rattle tax plans, and Harris shakes up Wisconsin

Back by populist demand — tax hikes?  President Joe Biden made it a point to come into the White House and, like Donald Trump before him, systematically dismantle the legacy of the man who was leaving office. That promise has been a mixed bag — Biden has kept most of Trump’s tariffs on China in place, […]

Reporter’s Notebook: Shake-up in the race causes change in the electoral map

Washington Examiner Congressional Reporter Samantha-Jo Roth joins Magazine Executive Editor Jim Antle to discuss the change in the electoral map from the shake-up in the race; from the shake-up in the race, it does seem like it shrunk the map of contested states; a group of anti-Trump Republicans in Arizona are invoking a previous Republican […]

Gas prices: Week begins with more decreases at the pumps

Monday begins with another decrease at the pumps for consumers. The average price for a gallon of regular gas dropped to $3.443 on Monday. This was slightly cheaper than Sunday’s prices, which came in at $3.445 per gallon. It was the second straight week that began with a decrease in gas prices. Gas prices remain […]

‘Time is money’: White House targets chatbots, hold times, and other corporate hassles

The White House has announced a new multi-agency initiative aimed at curbing the use of corporate practices that aggravate customers by wasting their time, such as long hold times to cancel subscriptions and the overuse of automated chatbots. The administrationwide effort, dubbed “time is money,” comes as part of President Joe Biden’s broader crackdown on […]

Democrats eye boost from Harris as Wisconsin Senate battle solidifies

The battle for a coveted Wisconsin Senate seat is set to kick into high gear this week when Tuesday’s primaries solidify the race between Sen. Tammy Baldwin (D-WI) and Republican Eric Hovde. The battleground state is rated by nonpartisan election forecasters as “lean Democratic” for the Senate but a “toss-up” for the presidential election, putting […]

Arizona primary shows signs GOP voters warming to early voting

Republicans have been pushing during the 2024 election to get their voters to use early and mail-in voting, after years of urging against the methods, and it appears their efforts may be turning the tide. Former President Donald Trump led the chorus of skeptics in the GOP regarding early and mail-in ballots in the 2020 […]

Pentagon chief orders submarine to the Middle East, tells aircraft carrier to hasten its transit

WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin has ordered a guided missile submarine to the Middle East and is telling the USS Abraham Lincoln aircraft carrier strike group to sail more quickly to the area, the Defense Department said Sunday. The moves come as the U.S. and other allies push for Israel and Hamas […]

Zelensky says Russia set fire to nuclear plant in southern Ukraine to ‘blackmail’ the world

A nuclear power plant in Russia-controlled southern Ukraine was seen on fire and clouded in smoke on Sunday, and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky accused Russia of setting the blaze to “blackmail” his country and the world. “We have recorded from Nikopol that the Russian occupiers have started a fire on the territory of the Zaporizhzhia […]

Ilhan Omar braces for primary rematch after watching two ‘Squad’ allies fall

Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-MN) is two days away from learning whether she has won the Democratic primary for Minnesota’s 5th Congressional District, essentially ensuring her path to reelection. Her challenger, a familiar foe in former Minneapolis Councilman Don Samuels, believes he can unseat the sitting Democrat, arguing while campaigning on Sunday that she has been […]
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