TEL AVIV, Israel – President Donald Trump’s willingness to sit down with any world leader, even dictators, has allies, such as Israel, on edge. Trump’s untraditional approach to diplomacy has been criticized for rewarding bad behavior from the likes of Russian President Vladimir Putin, with the pair meeting last summer in Alaska, to North Korean […]
Few names have accrued as much infamy among Washington, D.C., conservatives as Arabella Advisors. The consulting firm, which, until recently, ran a sprawling network of liberal nonprofit organizations, has acquired a similar status to the likes of megadonors George Soros and Bill Gates in certain right-wing circles. Among other things, conservatives accused the consultancy of […]
The Supreme Court and lower federal courts had many clashes in 2025, highlighting tensions between federal judges and the courts above them. In an eventful year in the courts, the record number of stays the Supreme Court granted on its emergency docket fueled clashes between the high court and lower courts in hotly contested legal […]
Gov. Tim Walz (D-MN), whose administration is accused of allowing Somali fraudsters to target Minnesota’s child care subsidies program, received nearly $10,000 in campaign contributions from supporters connected to Somali-operated day care centers. The Democratic donors involved in Somali day cares and home health services have written considerable checks to Walz’s gubernatorial campaign, according to […]
The revelation of widespread fraud committed by members of Minnesota’s Somali community is a political gift for President Donald Trump, allowing him to elevate Gov. Tim Walz (D-MN) as a sorely needed foil for Republicans ahead of the midterm elections. But veteran campaign operatives for both parties expect that Walz’s status as a Democratic boogeyman […]
The Chinese Communist Party can’t stop talking about how a “multipolar world” is on the horizon. References to “multipolarity” and its inescapable reality in the immediate future can be found peppered everywhere from documents at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to the speeches of paramount leader Xi Jinping. A “multipolar” world is one with many […]
An appeals court has ruled that the Trump administration must return control of the California National Guard to the state after the administration federalized and deployed troops. President Donald Trump announced earlier Wednesday that he would withdraw the National Guard from Los Angeles, Portland, and Chicago. Gov. Gavin Newsom (D-CA) said Trump has “admitted defeat.” […]
China’s efforts to reunify with Taiwan are “unstoppable,” Chinese leader Xi Jinping said in a New Year’s address on Wednesday. The Chinese military recently conducted major military exercises near Taiwan, which China claims as part of its territory; China hasn’t ruled out military intervention to complete the reunification. Xi addressed the Chinese people in a […]
(The Center Square) – 2025 started in California with devastating wildfires, continued with immigration raids and riots protesting them, and ended with congressional redistricting. It was a year of cliffhangers in Arizona, which almost saw its first state government shutdown, and a year of uncertainty in Nevada, where casinos saw a decline. Here’s a look at […]
(The Center Square) – One of the nearly 300 new laws that took effect in Illinois on New Year’s Day is a ban on compact fluorescent light bulbs. State Rep. Nicholas Smith (D-Chicago) introduced House Bill 2363 in February 2023. Gov. JB Pritzker signed the measure in August 2024. The law prohibits the sale and […]
