Sen. Tom Cotton (R-AR) argued Iran’s interference in the 2024 presidential election is due to its desire to remove former President Donald Trump from the race. Cotton, a frequent critic of the Biden-Harris administration, explained that Iran “clearly” favors Vice President Kamala Harris because the country will be able to “walk all over” her in […]
VIENNA (AP) — Austria’s far-right Freedom Party was headed for its first win in a national parliamentary election on Sunday, finishing ahead of the governing conservatives after tapping into voters’ anxieties about immigration, inflation, Ukraine and other concerns, a projection showed. But its chances of governing were unclear. A projection for ORF public television, based […]
SACRAMENTO, California (AP) — Gov. Gavin Newsom vetoed a bill Saturday that would have required new cars to beep at drivers if they exceed the speed limit. California would have become the first to require such systems for all new cars, trucks and buses sold in the state starting in 2030. The bill, aimed at […]
ROCKY MOUNT, North Carolina (AP) — As Laurie Buckhout made her way around Nash County GOP headquarters in Rocky Mount, she seemed to be in high spirits. The Republican congressional candidate bounced around the crowded room, hugging and laughing with volunteers set to canvass local neighborhoods that afternoon. But a scandal emerging in North Carolina […]
(The Center Square) – After 158 U.S. House Democrats voted against deporting sex offenders, including child rapists, and one U.S. Senate Democrat blocked a bill to strengthen protections for unaccompanied minors, a Texas group is again calling on state leaders to act. “Despite the extraordinary efforts of [U.S.] Sen. Chuck Grassley, R-IA, and others, Congress […]
(The Center Square) – Asheville and other parts of western North Carolina were cut off from the world on Saturday, with no roads open into or out of the most populous city in the region and electricity and cell towers limited or inoperable. Fatalities from the storm Helene in the South were more than five […]
(The Center Square) – Requiring students to make a DEI statement to qualify for a course is “inappropriate” and could cross the line of compelled speech, according to a Brookings expert. Stanford University is requiring those applying to enroll in the school’s Global Entrepreneurial Marketing course offered by the Department of Management Science and Engineering […]
(The Center Square) – With the state’s unemployment rate already now at 5.3%, Republican state Sen. Craig Wilcox is warning that the number of people he feels are being hurt by policy decisions in Springfield only figures to multiply. New U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics data shows Illinois’ unemployment rate crept up to 5.3% in […]
(The Center Square) – Illinois state Rep. La Shawn Ford is pushing for a different kind of conversation when it comes to making Chicago residents feel safe in their own neighborhoods. Even with overall reported violent crimes across the city down in several key areas, a new Harris Poll finds that almost two out of […]
(The Center Square) – States and local governments continue to spend the $350 billion given out by the federal government during the COVID-19 pandemic. A Congressional watchdog report found that states have obligated 84% ($163.7 billion) and spent 60% ($117.3 billion) of the Coronavirus State and Local Fiscal Recovery Funds as of March 31, the […]
