(The Center Square) – Two bills have been filed in the Texas legislature that would require additional disclosures for political ads. The bills were filed after the Texas Ethics Commission expanded disclosure requirements for political ads on social media posts. Former House Speaker state Rep. Dade Phelan, R-Beaumont, filed HB 366 to require disclosures on […]
EXCLUSIVE — More than 70 medical schools are under scrutiny from a watchdog group for maintaining diversity, equity, and inclusion offices and race-based selection policies, even after federal demands to eliminate discriminatory practices. A list from medical and civil rights watchdog Do No Harm has identified up to 70 medical schools still engaging in DEI-driven […]
U.S. District Judge James Boasberg has provided the Department of Justice with a one-day extension to answer his questions regarding Saturday’s deportation flights to El Salvador. The judge issued a ruling to block the deportations while the flights were in the air. Boasberg requested answers to his questions about the timing of the deportation flights […]
A police response is underway after a “barricade incident” at the CIA‘s headquarters in Langley, Virginia. The Fairfax County Police Department closed the roads leading to the building, declaring a “barricade incident.” It said that its Special Operations Division is on the scene assisting. Video of the scene showed several armored police cars surrounding the […]
Virginia gubernatorial candidate Dave LaRock argued that Lt. Gov. Winsome Earle-Sears is not the right candidate for the Republican Party’s nomination, claiming that she has “rendered herself unelectable” in the months since announcing her candidacy. LaRock, a former member of Virginia’s House of Delegates, announced his bid for the governor’s mansion at the end of […]
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent laid out multiple factors President Donald Trump is considering in the decision to implement reciprocal tariffs. Trump has pledged for months to implement reciprocal tariffs on other countries in response to import taxes and other trade policies on U.S. goods. The tariffs are set to go into effect on April 2. […]
Gov. Ron DeSantis (R-FL) has called on local governments in the Sunshine State to agree to voluntary audits from the state’s Department of Government Efficiency task force as Florida looks to cut government waste and fraud. DeSantis announced the state’s DOGE efforts last month, including a task force aimed at 70 state boards and commissions […]
Attorney General Pam Bondi made it clear that acts of vandalism against Tesla would be fully prosecuted as domestic terrorism. Her comments followed multiple reports of vandalized Tesla vehicles and dealerships. In one case, a suspect set a Tesla service center in Las Vegas, Nevada, ablaze using Molotov cocktails, damaging five vehicles. Tesla CEO Elon Musk […]
Mayor of Istanbul Ekrem Imamoglu is facing detainment just days ahead of launching his campaign to become the president of Turkey. Imamoglu, the presumptive Republican People’s Party candidate and prominent rival to Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, was among more than 100 politicians, journalists, and other public individuals detained this week in a sweeping series […]
A new campaign ad in Wisconsin’s high-stakes Supreme Court race ties conservative candidate Judge Brad Schimel to Department of Government Efficiency enforcer Elon Musk by claiming the billionaire campaign donor is trying to buy Schimel a seat on the state’s high court. The 30-second ad, airing on YouTube, claims Schimel is corrupt in other areas as […]
