(The Center Square) – Ten percent of the top 100 high schools in the country are in Texas, according to a U.S. News 2025-2026 Best High Schools Rankings. The rankings assessed nearly 18,000 public high schools in all 50 states and the District of Columbia. Rankings are based on six factors based on state assessments performance and […]
Former Secretary of State Antony Blinken said the U.S. Army Delta Force’s operation to capture former Venezuelan dictator Nicolas Maduro “was brilliant.” Blinken appeared on CNBC’s Squawk Box on Monday to respond to the detention of Maduro and his wife, Cilia Flores, on Jan. 3. “As I said, as a military operation, as an intelligence […]
(The Center Square) — Maine is making another push to expand its film tax credit program to lure more productions to the state, but fiscal watchdogs warn the move would be a taxpayer-funded giveaway to big Hollywood movie studios. A proposal under consideration by the Legislature’s Committee on Taxation on Tuesday would dramatically expand the tax credit program […]
Former FBI Deputy Director Dan Bongino will return to conservative broadcasting next month with a new two-hour daily show, reentering the media spotlight as he faces growing hostility from parts of the right over his role in the Trump administration and the Jeffrey Epstein controversy. Bongino announced Monday that The Dan Bongino Show will relaunch on Feb. […]
White House National Economic Council director Kevin Hassett has defended the Justice Department’s criminal investigation into outgoing Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell. Hassett reiterated Monday that he respected the independence of the Fed, but he contended that the public also deserved greater transparency regarding the agency. STOCK MARKET FALTERS IN RESPONSE TO DOJ CRIMINAL INQUIRY […]
The Justice Department has charged a Venezuelan illegal immigrant and suspected Tren de Aragua gang member who was shot by a Border Patrol agent last week in Portland, Oregon. A criminal complaint obtained by the Washington Examiner revealed that Luis Nino-Moncada, 33, was charged in the U.S. District Court for the District of Oregon on […]
The Smithsonian‘s National Portrait Gallery removed a reference this week to President Donald Trump‘s two impeachments during his first term from a plaque commemorating his presidency. Until recently, the portrait label, the original text for which is still available online, provided a detailed summary of Trump’s first term, including his Supreme Court nominations and his […]
Louisiana Attorney General Liz Murrill will be a key witness for the GOP during a highly anticipated Senate hearing on mail-order abortion drugs, for which anti-abortion advocates have sought tighter regulations in recent years. A spokesperson for Sen. Bill Cassidy (R-LA), chairman of the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee, confirmed for the Washington […]
Sen. John Cornyn (R-TX) broke his fundraising record in Q4 as the Texas Senate primary heats up in the final months before the GOP face-off on March 3. Cornyn hit $7 million in the final quarter of 2025, bringing his cash on hand to $15 million in the final month and a half before the […]
The leader of Cuba is calling expatriates who fled to the United States “victims” of American migration policy as the country shuns dialogue with the White House. Cuban President Miguel Diaz-Canel announced on Monday that there are “no conversations with the U.S. government, except for technical contacts in the migration field,” despite threats from President […]
