President Joe Biden and his wife honored their late son, Beau Biden, on Thursday, just days before the president’s other son, Hunter Biden, is scheduled to stand for the first of his two criminal trials. Thursday marked the ninth anniversary of Beau Biden’s death from brain cancer, believed to be linked to his exposure to […]
NEW YORK — Jurors in former President Donald Trump‘s New York hush money trial will resume deliberations on a verdict for a second day, one day after they were given instructions on how to approach their pivotal decision. Trump was seated inside the courtroom by 9:30 a.m. Thursday, sitting between defense attorneys Todd Blanche and […]
Former President Donald Trump believes that his sustained popularity among Republicans and lead over President Joe Biden in many polls are the result of people eager for a return to low inflation, controlled borders, and general world peace. In a chatty interview with top conservative talker Mark Levin on Wednesday night, Trump said, “People remember […]
Former President Donald Trump snubbed his three Supreme Court appointees after praising Justices Samuel Alito and Clarence Thomas. In an interview on the Dan Bongino Show, Trump praised Alito and Thomas after Alito’s recent refusal to recuse himself in Jan. 6-related cases. While refraining from openly bashing his own three Supreme Court picks, Trump was […]
(The Center Square) – Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker is heralding a budget that Republicans say was crammed down taxpayers throats in the dead of night. After the Senate approved the state budget package late in the evening Sunday, the House took the measure up in the early morning hours Wednesday. The measure spends $53.1 billion […]
With former President Donald Trump staring down a possible felony conviction this week, his ability to vote for himself in November could be stripped away. An estimated 4.4 million people, or 2% of the electorate, were unable to vote in the 2022 elections because of felony convictions on their records, according to the Sentencing Project. […]
(The Center Square) – Police Chief Adrian Diaz is stepping down from his role as head of the Seattle Police Department amid an increasing number of issues within the department. Seattle Mayor Bruce Harrell announced the move on Wednesday, stating that Diaz “will be stepping aside to work on special assignments.” Former King County Sheriff […]
(The Center Square) – The Horse Heaven Clean Energy Center generating wind and solar energy south of the Tri-Cities in southeastern Washington was expected to begin construction in 2021. Three years later, the project is still in the planning phase, with Gov. Jay Inslee most recently sending the proposed site certification agreement back to the Energy Facility Site Evaluation Council for reconsideration. […]
(The Center Square) – Strengthening competition for specialty crops and improved access to safe drinking water in rural communities are among the North Carolina benefits reaped by the Farm Bill moving on from the Committee on Agriculture in the U.S. House of Representatives. Other key impacts are the investments in the farm safety net, incentives […]
(The Center Square) – The Chicago Bears will have to wait on public assistance for a new stadium project. The Illinois legislature, which ended spring session early Wednesday, won’t act on anything regarding a new Bears stadium until this fall at the earliest, if at all. The Bears unveiled the project in April with a $4.7 […]
