(The Center Square) – Video gambling is a huge cash cow for the state of Illinois and Democratic lawmakers want a bigger slice of the pie for Chicago. A late addition to the $53.1 billion state budget that Gov. J.B. Pritzker is considering would raise the tax on the industry to 35%. The Pritzker administration […]
(The Center Square) — With Virginia’s primaries only two weeks away, Donald Trump’s verdict could serve as an added boost to 7th-District Democratic favorite Eugene Vindman. Vindman and his brother worked for the National Security Council and blew the whistle on Trump for his phone call asking Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskky to investigate President Joe […]
(The Center Square) – President Joe Biden’s proclamation limiting the number of asylum seekers each day at the southern border sparked a range of reactions from politicians and groups in Arizona. Biden said the United States will not allow people to claim asylum if the average daily number of those seeking asylum passes 2,500 average […]
(The Center Square) – Clearance of a North Carolina teen’s academic record for saying “illegal aliens” in a classroom setting is sought in a preliminary injunction filed Tuesday. Christian McGhee, a 16-year-old at Central Davidson High in Lexington, and his parents Leah and Chad McGhee, sued the Davidson County School District Board of Education. The […]
The Arizona Republican Party and the Arizona Free Enterprise Club filed a lawsuit against Arizona Secretary of State Adrian Fontes. Both organizations have accused Fontes of violating numerous issues related to the National Voter Registration Act, according to a social media post on X. The lawsuit concerns alleged discrepancies in the state’s voter registration system […]
President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump are locked in a fight for seven swing states that appear to be in control of who will be the next president. But outside the Rust Belt and Sun Belt contests that have dominated everyone’s attention, Republicans and Democrats are both putting states no one expects to […]
Former President Donald Trump has urged the Supreme Court to intervene in his hush money case in New York despite legal experts suggesting the likelihood of this happening soon, or at all, remaining low at this point. Trump, the leading Republican candidate for president, made his long-shot call for Supreme Court intervention in a post […]
Silence is speaking volumes regarding President Joe Biden’s fundraising numbers after former President Donald Trump‘s conviction in his New York hush money trial. Biden had outraised Trump before his predecessor started making up ground in April, post-primary. But despite Trump’s legal costs, Biden’s cash on hand advantage could be gone. Trump’s conviction has “greatly motivated” […]
Primary contests in five states and Washington, D.C., showed incumbent lawmakers continue to have staying power. Council members from the nation’s capital to elected officials in Iowa, Montana, and New Jersey defeated challengers and easily won their primaries. President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump easily won primaries Tuesday night, but both 2024 candidates continue to face […]
Senate Republicans won’t be reviving a fight over the Pentagon’s abortion policy as the chamber negotiates this year’s annual defense bill. Next week, the Armed Services Committee will approve the National Defense Authorization Act, which sets the priorities of the U.S. military, without the drama that accompanied last year’s legislation. Sen. Tommy Tuberville (R-AL), a […]
