Rep. Ro Khanna (D-CA), who has taken thousands of dollars in donations from pro-Chinese Communist Party businessmen and has been cordial with Beijing-friendly streamer Hasan Piker, now occupies a top role on the congressional committee intended to curb Chinese influence in the United States. Khanna was elevated to ranking member of the House Select Committee […]
A Virginia man accused of planting two pipe bombs near the headquarters of the Republican and Democratic National Committees on the eve of the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol riot pleaded not guilty Friday to federal explosives charges. Brian Cole Jr., 30, entered his plea during an arraignment in U.S. District Court in Washington, D.C., responding […]
(The Center Square) — Maine’s federally recognized tribes will have exclusive rights to develop sports betting in the state under a proposal that outgoing Gov. Janet Mills has allowed to become law without her signature. The legislation, which has been debated for years, will update a decades-old compact with the state’s Wabanaki Nations – the Passamaquoddy, […]
(The Center Square) – Legal sports wagering in North Carolina’s second full fiscal year is on pace for a 22.3% increase to better than $142 million for state coffers. December books closed the first six months with another $14.6 million in tax proceeds, pushing the total thus far to $71,307,052. The average per day is […]
(The Center Square) – A new Arizona bill seeks to force priests and pastors to break their seal of confession if they learn about a case of child abuse. State House Minority Whip Stacey Travers, D-Gilbert, pre-filed House Bill 2039 last month. The new legislative session starts Monday. Under the legislation, priests and pastors would be forced […]
Zohran Mamdani, the newly inaugurated mayor of New York City, is facing criticism from his own side of the aisle for failing to denounce an anti-Israel protest outside a synagogue in Queens late Thursday. Video footage shows masked protesters waving Palestinian flags outside the Jewish house of worship while chanting, “Say it loud, say it […]
(The Center Square) – Seattle Mayor Katie Wilson and other city leaders are condemning the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement following the fatal shooting of 37-year-old Renee Nicole Good during an ICE operation in Minneapolis, Minn., on Wednesday. Wilson urged residents to sign up for the “Washington All ICE Mobilization Alerts,” a system organized by […]
(The Center Square) – Review of North Carolina’s nondomiciled commercial driver’s licenses shows 54% were illegally issued. The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration analysis sets up withholding of $50 million in federal funding by the U.S. Department of Transportation. Neither first-term Democratic Gov. Josh Stein nor state Division of Motor Vehicles Commissioner Paul Tine has […]
As popular uprisings swell across Iran, international eyes are trained on the movements of Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and his regime. Various reports have surfaced in global media that senior Iranian officials are establishing emergency exit options, including applications for French visas and connections to Moscow. Janatan Sayeh, a research analyst at the Foundation […]
Activists in Minneapolis have developed sophisticated networks dedicated to surveilling and obstructing immigration enforcement operations in the Twin Cities, including by following suspected Immigration and Customs Enforcement vehicles, tracking their movements across the city, and quickly mobilizing protesters to the places where ICE officers are attempting to make arrests — or even just trying to […]
