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Asylum seekers camped out next to Kent freeway demanding housing

(The Center Square) – It’s been nearly a month since asylum seekers set up camp on property next to SR-167 in Kent, urging city leaders to let them move into a vacant hotel on Central Avenue. “We are here one month now,” said Oscar, who on Tuesday told The Center Square he came from Africa. […]

Parties for Kennedy, West, Terry denied North Carolina ballot access

(The Center Square) – Three political parties respectively supporting longshot presidential candidates Robert F. Kennedy Jr., Cornel West and Randall Terry were denied access to North Carolina’s November ballot Wednesday by the state Board of Elections. The board said it would reconsider in July. We The People, for Kennedy; Justice for All Party, for West; […]

Youngkin issues executive order to improve maternal health

(The Center Square) – An executive order reestablishing a maternal health data task force has been issued by Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin. Executive Order 32, announced Wednesday afternoon, aims to improve prenatal care and is “centered around enhancing the quality of care mothers and infants receive” in the commonwealth. The order reestablishes the Task Force […]

New Jersey lawsuit seeks to keep RFK. Jr. off ballot

(The Center Square) — New Jersey’s ‘sore loser’ law blocks independent presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. from appearing on the November ballot, according to a new lawsuit. The lawsuit, filed in state Superior Court on Tuesday, argues that Kennedy is ineligible to run as an independent because doing so would violate a state law […]

Trump and Biden duke it out with viral ads ahead of debate

Former President Donald Trump and President Joe Biden took shots at each other on the eve of the debate with viral videos. Trump’s social media post, a sketch from Fox News host Jimmy Failla that was originally released in March, advertised a prescription titled “Bidenica.” The video referenced Biden’s various verbal slip-ups in his speeches […]

Two pandas on route to San Diego after farewell ceremony in China

Two giant pandas are on their way from China to the San Diego Zoo, the first pair of pandas to enter the United States in 21 years, according to the zoo’s press release. U.S. officials and leaders of the San Diego Zoo Wildlife Alliance joined Chinese dignitaries and conservation leaders in China’s Sichuan province to […]

Tech privacy bill hits roadblock with committee hearing delay

A hearing to consider a bipartisan tech privacy bill was abruptly canceled at the last minute by House Energy and Commerce Chairwoman Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA), who planned to advance the legislation despite opposition from House GOP leadership. The sudden scheduling change, which occurred minutes before lawmakers on the panel were set to convene, came […]

Supreme Court allows for emergency abortions in Idaho

The Supreme Court on Thursday said it would allow emergency rooms in Idaho to carry out abortion procedures despite the state’s ban. The decision in Moyle v. United States comes just one day after the opinion in the case was inadvertently posted and marks a blow to the six states that have enacted near-total abortion […]

Supreme Court rules to limit powers of SEC

The Supreme Court on Thursday dealt a blow to the powers of the Securities and Exchange Commission in a case that challenged the constitutionality of its enforcement proceedings on 7th Amendment grounds. The 6—3 opinion by Chief Justice John Roberts held that individuals who are facing civil penalties by the SEC can seek to move […]

One party will make up more of the estimated 70 million debate viewers than the other: Poll

Republicans seem more poised than Democrats or independents to tune into the presidential debate, according to a new survey.  Seventy-five percent of Republicans say they are likely to watch the debate, compared to 61% of Democrats and 58% of independents, according to a Syracuse University-Ipsos poll. President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump are […]
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