(The Center Square) – White House dismissal notwithstanding, mysterious drones are the talk of the nation. And North Carolina has entered the chat. “We are actively communicating with federal and local agencies about residents’ reports of drones spotted in eastern North Carolina and are working to find answers,” said U.S. Rep. Don Davis, D-N.C. The […]
(The Center Square) – Nineteen electors unanimously cast votes on Tuesday for President-elect Donald Trump and his running mate, U.S. Sen. J.D. Vance of Ohio. The group is the 60th electoral college in state history to assemble, with 1,645 electors having come before them, according to Gov. Josh Shapiro. “For nearly two and half centuries, […]
(The Center Square) – When Gov. Jay Inslee took office in 2013 after stating in the 2012 election race that new taxes weren’t “the right direction,” the state Legislature approved a $38.4 billion budget for the biennium. With less than a month before stepping down from office, Inslee is proposing a $78.8 billion operating budget that comes with […]
Gas prices rose again on Wednesday, with the national average cost for a gallon of regular gas increasing to $3.034 per gallon, according to AAA. This was a slight increase from Tuesday’s price of $3.03 per gallon and one cent more than what the cost of regular gas was on Monday. The price of gas […]
President-elect Donald Trump is seeking to tame the press during his second term with the help of the courts and taxpayer-funded prosecutors. Invigorated by winning the popular vote in November and putting most of his criminal legal challenges behind him, Trump is ramping up his litigious media strategy by suggesting Justice Department attorneys should act […]
The U.S. Air Force is making changes to waiver policies to increase recruitment. The waiver adjustments will focus on several health issues, which should result in a greater number of applicants being accepted into the military branch. Applicants with asthma, food allergies, and various degrees of hearing loss will now be granted waivers to join […]
Kash Patel is President-elect Donald Trump’s nominee to be the next director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, but to other members of his club hockey team, he’s just another one of the guys. Patel, a lawyer and former high-ranking intelligence official in the first Trump administration, has spent more than a decade as a […]
President-elect Donald Trump nominated former Republican Senate candidate Herschel Walker to be the U.S. ambassador to the Bahamas during his second term in the White House. Trump made the announcement Tuesday evening in a post to Truth Social, saying that “Herschel has spent decades serving as an Ambassador to our Nation’s youth, our men and […]
Wisconsin authorities offered limited insight into the motivation behind Natalie Rupnow’s murderous rampage at Abundant Life Christian School. Rupnow shot and killed a teacher and fellow student Monday at the Wisconsin school. The 15-year-old shooter injured six others before fatally shooting herself. Two of those injured remain in critical condition. Noting that there are “always signs […]
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez’s (D-NY) loss to a senior colleague for a plum committee leadership position has progressives fuming, highlighting the deepening divide between factions of the Democratic Party. After assuming office nearly six years ago, the 35-year-old New Yorker recently mounted a bid to become the top Democrat on the influential House Oversight Committee. As […]
