(The Center Square) – Former Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan wants to screen the social media accounts of potential jurors after extensive pretrial publicity for one of the state’s most high-profile corruption cases since Gov. Rod Blagojevich. Madigan’s defense team traced the publicity issue back to former Gov. Bruce Rauner, a wealthy Republican who fought […]
(The Center Square) — The first appeal of a decision made by the Pennsylvania Opioid Trust has been completed — and Somerset County lost. In a 5-1 vote in the trust’s dispute resolution committee, trust members went against the county, ruling that $30,000 on an outdoor recreation program for young people didn’t qualify as an […]
Vice President Kamala Harris’s campaign celebrated “the largest haul of the 2024 cycle” with $361 million received in donations last month. The Democratic nominee’s record-setting sum for August nearly tripled former President Donald Trump’s numbers and included 1.3 million first-time donors. “75% of those donors didn’t donate last cycle,” a senior adviser to the Harris […]
‘Blue wall’ reinforcement None of the seven primary battlegrounds have tipped so far in one direction that either Vice President Kamala Harris or former President Donald Trump can afford to take their foot off the gas. Both candidates are scrapping for every inch of ground for a map that was shaken up by President Joe […]
EXCLUSIVE — A conservative nonprofit organization will launch an ad campaign thanking Republican governors across the country for efforts to crack on diversity, equity, and inclusion in their states. The project, titled “Opportunity for All: Dismantling DEI,” seeks to call attention to DEI policies being implemented by state legislatures, particularly in higher education institutions. The […]
Early voting is poised to get underway in several states this month. The Washington Examiner will take a closer look at the swing states, including voting rules you need to know and key differences from prior elections. Part four of Battleground Ballots will focus on what has changed in Michigan, a key battleground state that has been key to […]
A top spokesman for Vice President Kamala Harris’s presidential campaign laid bare her strategy for dealing with her and President Joe Biden’s record: Just win, baby. “We don’t have time to sit around and think about why, over the last few years, certain things may have happened or may not have happened,” Ian Sams, who […]
Gas prices continued to fall on Friday as the national average for a gallon of regular gas decreased to $3.296, according to AAA. This is the lowest average price for a gallon of regular gas since this past winter when gas averaged $3.212 per gallon. Friday’s price is over five cents per gallon, less expensive […]
Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) is locked in a fierce battle for reelection this year, but he doesn’t necessarily consider that his biggest challenge. “In the 12 years I’ve been in the Senate, I have consistently led the fight to secure our border,” he told the Washington Examiner. “It is today I believe in an existential […]
If ever a film has been ripe for rediscovery and reevaluation, it is Red Dawn, John Milius’s 1984 movie about a group of Colorado children who become guerilla resistance fighters during a Soviet–Cuban invasion of mainland America. Received and remembered as a bit of fun, schlocky action, it has become a cult classic mainly as […]
