President Joe Biden gave former Planned Parenthood President Cecile Richards the Presidential Medal of Freedom on Wednesday, citing her work to “advance women’s reproductive rights.” Richards was the 20th person this year to receive the honors, following former climate envoy John Kerry, former Vice President Al Gore, Olympic gold medalist Katie Ledecky, and Reps. Nancy […]
Rep. Byron Donalds (R-FL) dismissed criticism that President-elect Donald Trump has yet to nominate a black person for his Cabinet, contending that the next president is focused on who will best implement “his agenda.” MSNBC panelist Al Sharpton recently criticized Trump’s Cabinet for its lack of black nominees, stating this point “needs to be raised.” When asked about […]
Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy, President-elect Donald Trump’s picks to lead the new Department of Government Efficiency, are launching a podcast to talk about the agency’s work. “We want to bring the public along with us, to lift the curtain, to take us behind the scenes of what actually that waste, fraud, and abuse in […]
More than two weeks after Election Day, the race between Rep. Michelle Steel (R-CA) and Democratic challenger Derek Tran remains too close to call as California continues to count its ballots. The race for California’s 45th District, which comprises parts of Los Angeles and Orange counties, has remained the closest in the country for several […]
Henry Gunther was killed at 10:59 a.m. on Nov. 11, 1918, the last fatality of World War I. The former bank clerk from Baltimore was charging a German machine-gun emplacement in eastern France, possibly because he wanted to redeem himself after being reduced in rank from sergeant to private. There had been heavy fighting throughout […]
(The Center Square) – Supporters believe former U.S. Rep. Sean Duffy will usher in a new “golden era” of transportation and opponents believing he is an unqualified pick who could undo years of environmental progress. President-elect Donald Trump has chosen Duffy to lead the Transportation Department. He represented the 7th Congressional District of Wisconsin from […]
(The Center Square) – Jurisdiction for six complaints is divided three to the North Carolina State Board of Elections, and three to respective county boards. The state board made the decision at an emergency session on Wednesday. The protests, all by Republicans, involved four different races. The most notable is the state Supreme Court race between […]
(The Center Square) – As the $14.9 billion overseas acquisition of Pittsburgh’s U.S. Steel barrels toward resolution of some kind, the state’s top-ranking Republican says Gov. Josh Shapiro hasn’t been clear about whether he supports it. The public silence is deafening for those who, like Senate President Pro Tempore Kim Ward, want to see Japanese-owned […]
(The Center Square) – Gov. Greg Abbott issued an executive order “to protect Texans from the coordinated harassment and coercion by the People’s Republic of China (PRC) or the Chinese Communist Party (CCP).” The order directs the Texas Department of Public Safety to target and arrest anyone implementing CCP influence operations like “Operation Fox Hunt,” an initiative […]
(The Center Square) – Last week, SEPTA announced a major fare increase after the state’s legislative session ended without approving additional funding for the flagging system. With each side of the state’s divided government blaming the other, SEPTA and its riders are left to make up the deficit. “For the last two years, we have […]
