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 […]
President Donald Trump said Friday that he would extend the deadline for TikTok to find a U.S. buyer for 75 days. On his first day in office, Trump signed an executive order pushing the January deadline for TikTok to divest to April 5. The president had tapped Vice President JD Vance to lead the administration’s […]
“Squad” Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) leads in a new poll against Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) by double digits for a 2028 New York Senate matchup. A poll reported by Politico on Friday shows 55% of likely Democratic voters lean toward supporting the progressive rising star, whereas just 36% lean toward the longtime Senate […]
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, not President Donald Trump, will attend the Friday dignified transfer of the four U.S. soldiers who died in Lithuania last week during a training exercise. Trump traveled to South Florida Thursday afternoon to attend the LIV golf tournament, which will take place this weekend at Trump National Doral. BODY OF FINAL […]
