(The Center Square) — New York City Mayor Eric Adams’ decision to give debit cards pre-loaded with money to migrants is drawing more asylum seekers to the city, city council members say. Vickie Paladino, a Republican who represents Northeast Queens, said the money being handed out to asylum seekers through the debit cards has become […]
(The Center Square) – “Necessary changes” after the recent shakeup at the Illinois Prisoner Review Board include better domestic violence training, according to Gov. J.B. Pritzker. Others want more oversight. In his first public appearance since 11-year-old Jayden Perkins and 33-year-old Laterria Smith were stabbed by a recent parolee, Pritzker said review board members he […]
(The Center Square) – Emergencies that lead medical professionals to recommend abortion as the best option is being supported no matter a state’s laws by North Carolina Attorney General Josh Stein. The U.S. Supreme Court this month is expected to hear arguments in two consolidated cases involving Idaho hospitals and providing emergency abortion care through […]
A pile of pending decisions in the classified documents case against former President Donald Trump in Florida is set to have an enormous impact on the future of the case and whether a trial featuring the presumptive Republican presidential nominee will occur during critical months of an election year. Trump and special counsel Jack Smith, […]
A public awareness campaign aimed at teaching teenagers about the dangers of buying knockoff items online pivoted from its original intent to blitz the airwaves about the dangers of counterfeit fentanyl, now the top killer of young adults in the country. The United States Patent and Trademark Office and the nongovernmental organization the National Crime […]
Former President Donald Trump will visit two out of three states that delivered him the White House in 2016 on Tuesday as he pivots to the general election with a swing through the Midwest. The former president will appear in Wisconsin for an evening rally, his first in the state this cycle. Earlier in the […]
Wisconsin voters will decide Tuesday on a pair of referendums that could change how elections are conducted for decades to come in one of the country’s most politically competitive states. One would bar state and local governments from using private funds to conduct elections, while the other one mandates that only election officials can carry out […]
Washington, D.C., Mayor Muriel Bowser plans to announce legislation to hold parents accountable if their children are chronically absent from the school system. According to a report by the Office of the State Superintendent of Education, 60% of high school students in Washington were chronically absent from school, and 43% of all grade levels were […]
A judge denied first son Hunter Biden’s motions to dismiss the tax charges against him, clearing the way for his trial in June. Biden had filed eight motions to dismiss the indictment, with some using the reasoning that he was selectively prosecuted and that special counsel David Weiss was unlawfully appointed to his position. Judge […]
Independent presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said President Joe Biden is a greater threat to democracy than former President Donald Trump. In an appearance on CNN’s Erin Burnett OutFront, Kennedy pushed back against claims from Biden and Trump that the election of the other would result in the destruction of democracy. Despite not believing […]
