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New York magazine correspondent placed on leave over alleged RFK Jr. relationship

New York magazine placed Washington correspondent Olivia Nuzzi on leave after allegedly revealing a “personal relationship” with a “former subject relevant to the 2024 campaign,” the magazine announced Thursday. CNN reported that the person Nuzzi had a relationship with was former independent presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr., something his spokesperson denied to the outlet, […]

Bipartisan duo works around GOP leaders to force vote on Social Security bill

Reps. Garret Graves (R-LA) and Abigail Spanberger (D-VA) overcame resistance from leadership to move legislation through Congress that repeals two long-standing programs affecting Social Security benefits for recipients across the country. The bipartisan Social Security Fairness Act earned the support of 128 members of Congress on Thursday, enabling it to be brought to the House […]

Texas Secretary of State requests citizenship data from feds to secure voter rolls

(The Center Square) – Texas Secretary of State Jane Nelson has requested information from the Biden administration “to provide citizenship data to help Texas maintain secure voter rolls.” “Texas demands this information. The federal government must stop hiding the ball. We must have clean elections where only eligible voters cast votes,” Gov. Greg Abbott said […]

Gun ban judge: What if Black victims of historic race riots had such weapons

(The Center Square) – The federal judge overseeing the challenge to Illinois’ gun and magazine ban questioned what would have happened if Black victims of the East St. Louis race riot of 1917 had such firearms. Before Judge Stephen McGlynn is the question of whether Illinois’ Protect Illinois Communities Act, which bans the sale and […]

Judge rules it’s too late to challenge Arizona open primary proposition

(The Center Square) – Maricopa County Superior Court Judge Frank Moskowitz ruled today that a proposition that would establish open primaries in Arizona will have the opportunity to be voted into law by Arizonans, even though almost 40,000 voter signatures have been invalidated. Even though ballots have already been printed with the proposition on it, […]

Harris tells Oprah, ‘If somebody breaks into my house, they’re getting shot’

At a campaign event with Oprah Winfrey, Vice President Kamala Harris repeated that she is a gun owner and tried to convince voters she has flip-flopped on a gun confiscation plan with a new anecdote. Winfrey hosted a livestreamed town hall filled with celebrities from Michigan with Harris. There, Winfrey told her she was surprised […]

Virginia schools part of national wave of school threats

(The Center Square) — Schools in at least 35 cities or counties across Virginia have been targeted in social media or direct threats since the beginning of the school year, as a wave of school threats washes over the country. Law enforcement has found most of them baseless, some coming from out of state. Nonetheless, no […]

Trump could run into trouble with temporary cap on credit card interest rates

Former President Donald Trump promised the country he would place a temporary cap on credit card interest rates if he returns to the White House.  Speaking to New York supporters at a Long Island rally, Trump announced his latest proposal to address the economy and a ballooning debt crisis facing voters. “While working Americans catch […]

Washington State University joins trend to stay neutral politically, socially

(The Center Square) –Washington State University says it will not take sides in political or social issues in accordance with its new “Institutional Neutrality” policy. “The university will maintain a practice of neutrality and will not take a position on contentious political or social issues, except in rare circumstances,” WSU’s Office of the President announced […]

WA’s ‘environmental justice’ needs complicating linkage to CA-Quebec carbon market

(The Center Square) – The Climate Commitment Act’s focus on environmental justice may be complicating efforts to link Washington state’s carbon market with the California-Quebec carbon market, a move supporters say will ensure the durability of the cap-and-trade program in the Evergreen State. California and Quebec have expressed interest in linking to Washington’s carbon market. “Linking California’s, Quebec’s […]
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