A coalition of Democratic-led states and immigrant rights groups is urging the Supreme Court to preserve birthright citizenship and uphold a nationwide block on a Trump administration order denying citizenship to the U.S.-born children of undocumented immigrants and temporary visitors. In a series of response filings Friday, respondents from 24 states asked the justices to […]
EXCLUSIVE — The Department of Housing and Urban Development is ramping up its enforcement and implementation of President Donald Trump‘s executive order blocking illegal immigrants from receiving federal assistance, including public housing and HUD grant programs. HUD Secretary Scott Turner will send a letter outlining the changes, obtained by the Washington Examiner Friday afternoon, to every […]
CNN political commentator Scott Jennings suggested President Donald Trump is “betting his presidency” on his sweeping “Liberation Day” tariffs but would not say if Trump was making a good bet. “He firmly believes it, and he firmly believes in making this bet,” Jennings said on Thursday. “I mean, he’s betting his presidency on this issue, […]
President Donald Trump‘s sweeping tariffs, announced Wednesday, have received strong support from the U.S. shrimp industry, which sees them as an opportunity for survival. After peaking in the 1990s, the U.S. shrimp industry has faced a precipitous decline over the past 15 years. Cheaper imports of farmed shrimp, facing no import duties, have undercut U.S. […]
The Department of Homeland Security’s immigration agency put on notice more than half a million immigrants who were paroled into the United States during the Biden administration to leave the country or face deportation, the agency told the Washington Examiner. Between last Friday, March 28, and Monday, March 31, DHS agency U.S. Citizenship and Immigration […]
(The Center Square) — Reported crime in New Orleans has fluctuated since the start of the year, with overall arrests rising and falling over the past three months. As of April 4, there were 680 arrests over the past 30 days, according to city data. The dashboard reports arrests as “rolling arrests,” meaning it continuously […]
(The Center Square) – Even as a natural gas haven, Pennsylvania ranks only 32nd in energy affordability in the Energy Affordability 2025 report from the American Legislative Exchange Council. The report says the average retail price is 11.86 cents per kilowatt-hour. Total retail sales in megawatt-hours are 145 million. Natural gas (55%), nuclear (32%), coal […]
(The Center Square) – The Ohio Jewish Caucus denounced the state’s Republican junior U.S. senator on Friday for using a Nazi reference aimed at Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer. Several media outlets reported Sen. Bernie Moreno, R-Ohio, called the New York Democrat “Fuhrer,” a title that means leader but is most associated with Adolf Hitler […]
(The Center Square) – Opponents say Senate Bill 2217 will be detrimental to rural Illinoisans by dissolving townships that have population sizes less than 5,000. Illinois state Sen. Suzy Glowiak Hilton, D-Western Springs, has introduced Senate Bill 2217 to dissolve townships that have population sizes less than 5,000. Jan Weber, Phoenix Township clerk in Henry […]
(The Center Square) – As President Donald Trump cuts funding and Gov. Bob Ferguson juggles a $16 billion shortfall, Washington State University is bracing for up to 10% reductions across several departments. The WSU Executive Leadership Team laid out the situation on Thursday in a message to the community. According to WSU Insider, the university’s […]
