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Seattle assistant police chief placed on paid administrative leave

(The Center Square) – Seattle police Assistant Chief Tyrone Davis has been placed on paid administrative leave as the department sees a surge in internal issues. The Seattle Police Department confirmed the move to The Center Square on Friday and referred further questions to the Seattle Office of Police Accountability. According to a report from The Seattle […]

Illinois legislators file annual spending plan day they scheduled to adjourn

(The Center Square) – Illinois taxpayers are getting a bit more detail on how state legislators plan to spend their money for the coming fiscal year.  Late Friday, a 3,374 page amendment to Senate Bill 251 was filed in the Senate. Despite the measure coming on the day legislators scheduled for adjournment before the Memorial Day holiday […]

Litigation adjustments should help Camp Lejeune veterans: Bill

(The Center Square) – To ensure veterans exposed to contaminated water can access the remedies they are owed, two members of Congress from North Carolina have introduced legislation to remove barriers to assistance. U.S. Reps. Deborah Ross, D-N.C., and Dr. Greg Murphy, R-N.C., have introduced the Camp Lejeune Justice Corrections Act. It is needed, they […]

California Democrats cut proposed penalties for child prostitution buyers

(The Center Square) – The California Senate passed a bill strengthening penalties for child sex trafficking after Democrats added a clause making purchasing sex from 16- and 17-year-olds a misdemeanor and making buying sex from children 15 years or younger a “wobbler” that cannot include prison time. A “wobbler” is a crime that can be punished […]

Head-to-head tie in presidential sampling: Poll

(The Center Square) – President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump are tied when paired head-to-head in the latest sampling from the Marquette Law School Poll. When the question of choice includes Robert Kennedy Jr., Jill Stein and Cornel West, Trump leads Biden 40%-37%. Kennedy is next at 17%, and Stein and West each […]

State expansion of 401(k) to part-timers clears House

(The Center Square) – Part-time workers for the state of North Carolina would be able participate in North Carolina’s 401(k) retirement savings plan under a bill that passed the House of Representatives this week and is now pending in the Senate. The legislation was one of three bills pending in the Legislature related to state […]

Lara Trump starts North Carolina RNC convention by embracing change

Republican National Committee co-chair Lara Trump celebrated key changes to the national Republican party at the North Carolina GOP convention in Greensboro on Friday — including endorsing mail-in voting, despite previous attacks from Donald Trump. The convention began with speeches from Lara Trump, elected to co-chair in March, and her husband, Eric Trump, who touted […]

White House Report Card: Biden sinks to buying votes, regulating spaghetti

This week’s White House Report Card finds President Joe Biden moving further to the left on climate regulation in vowing to ban gas stoves and reaching deeper into the federal treasury to buy votes of deadbeat college students and travelers looking for slightly cheaper gasoline during their summer road trips. Still stuck in a dead […]

Libertarians contend with Trump and RFK commandeering their convention 

Members of the Libertarian Party are divided about leadership’s decision to allow former President Donald Trump and Independent Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to speak at the party’s national convention this weekend. Trump is scheduled to address party members Saturday evening at the Washington Hilton in Washington D.C., while Kennedy spoke on Friday. However, members running […]

WATCH LIVE: Biden delivers commencement speech to West Point

President Joe Biden is delivering a speech at West Point, one of five service academies in the United States, to graduating cadets at around 10:00 a.m ET Saturday. CLICK HERE TO READ MORE FROM THE WASHINGTON EXAMINER Biden, like other presidents in the past, has remained involved with the service academies. He awarded the Commander-in-Chief’s […]
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