Voters in California could decide on a measure that could roll back progressive reforms to the criminal justice system. A statewide initiative to roll back Proposition 47, a 2014 measure that recategorized some nonviolent offenses like shoplifting, fraud, and personal use of drugs as misdemeanors instead of felonies, has likely garnered enough signatures to be […]
Angel Studios’s latest film release, SIGHT, received high reviews while garnering over $1 million in its debut weekend. SIGHT centers on the life and career of eye surgeon Dr. Ming Wang, who grew up in China during the Cultural Revolution. Wang attended Harvard and MIT and went on to treat cataract cases via LASIK surgery. […]
Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg said the sudden rise of safety concerns filed by employees at Boeing is both “encouraging” and “concerning.” Buttigieg appeared on Face the Nation for an interview that aired Sunday to respond to a 500% increase in employees submitting safety reports. These concerns were raised on the heels of two congressional hearings […]
Former President Donald Trump‘s speech at the National Libertarian Convention on Saturday had a mixed reaction from those in attendance but was met with praise from his Republican allies. Conservative commentator Charlie Kirk shared a clip from Trump’s speech, where he suggested libertarians “could keep going the way that you have for the last long […]
(The Center Square) – Venezuelan Tren de Aragua prison gang members are being arrested thousands of miles from the border after having illegally entered the U.S. in Texas. The Venezuelan prison gang is well-known for orchestrating murders, bribery schemes and money laundering, drug and arms trafficking, and kidnappings for ransom money. In March, U.S. Sens. […]
(The Center Square) – Eli Lilly and Company kicked off the second day of the Indiana Global Economic Summit by announcing a $5.3 billion investment slated for a major tech park. The Indianapolis-based drug maker’s announcement Friday means the company’s project at the LEAP Research and Innovation District in Lebanon is now a $9 billion […]
(The Center Square) – Two bills that will drastically change health insurance plans regulated by state government cleared the Illinois General Assembly Saturday. Democrats and Gov. J.B. Pritzker have been pushing for the elimination of what they call “deceptive” short‐term limited duration insurance plans. House Bill 2499, dubbed the Health Care Protection Act, eliminates those […]
(The Center Square) – Texas Department of Public Safety troopers continue to apprehend human smugglers and gang members and find dozens of people being held in stash houses at the border. Troopers foiled human smuggling events in Webb County this past week. On Tuesday, two alleged human smugglers were driving on I-35, which runs north […]
(The Center Square) – A $1.5 trillion Farm Bill supported by Republicans in the U.S. House of Representative has sparked criticism among Democrats for cutting $30 billion from the former food stamps program. Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program benefit costs, formerly known as food stamps, have increased from $55.6 billion in fiscal year 2019 to $107.04 […]
While President Joe Biden is known for his blunders and colorful turns of phrase, his staffers increasingly are correcting his words after the fact via strikethroughs in the White House transcript. The written record of a May 19 campaign speech in Detroit includes no less than nine corrections, a few of which created mini-news cycles […]
