Get ready for warmer weather! Punxsutawney Phil made his annual appearance on Groundhog Day and predicted that the United States will not see another six weeks of winter. Thousands gathered at Gobbler’s Knob, located in Punxsutawney, Pennsylvania, early Friday morning to see if the iconic groundhog would see his shadow. This year’s ceremony marked the 138th Groundhog Day celebration. Groundhog […]
(The Center Square) – Washington residents and businesses reliant on Puget Sound Energy, the state’s largest utility provider, for natural gas could have it discontinued under a revised version of a bill that cleared the state House of Representatives last month. House Bill 1589 introduced last year by Rep. Beth Doglio, D-Olympia, would have had PSE barred from […]
(The Center Square) — South Carolina officially kicks off the Democratic primary season on Saturday after the party rearranged its schedule and replaced Iowa and New Hampshire as the first-in-the-nation states to vote. The Democratic National Committee rearranged its schedule to make the Palmetto State this year’s first official Democratic primary at President Joe Biden’s urging. Political […]
South Carolina‘s first-in-the-South primary lacks the high-energy campaigning that befits one of the first four early nominating states in a presidential primary, with only one of the three major candidates seriously campaigning in the state. Neither President Joe Biden nor former President Donald Trump are investing millions of dollars in the Palmetto State. Biden has […]
Rep. August Pfluger (R-TX) announced on Friday that he is introducing legislation to limit the sale of illegal drugs on social media platforms like Instagram and Snapchat. The legislation, the Drug-Free Social Media and Digital Communities Act, would adjust the federal criminal code so that drug dealers selling products to users 18 and under on […]
A lesser-known co-defendant charged alongside former President Donald Trump in Georgia is jeopardizing Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis’s racketeering election interference case by making allegations of impropriety that, if true, may result in her removal from the case. Mike Roman, 52, is one of 18 allies of Trump indicted by a Fulton County grand […]
The senators negotiating a bipartisan compromise on the border have for weeks urged colleagues to wait until the bill text is released before judging the deal. That time is almost here. The proposal will be released no later than Sunday as part of a larger national security supplemental. But the legislation will hobble into public […]
The Republican National Committee and former President Donald Trump face significant challenges in financing a win in the 2024 elections. The RNC’s final Federal Election Commission filing for 2023 revealed the committee ended the year raising $87.2 million, spending $93.5 million, accruing $1.8 million in debts, and having just $8 million in cash on hand, […]
A group of freshmen Republicans in New York is taking advantage of the GOP’s slim majority to force Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) to further their priorities in exchange for support on crucial legislation. The House Rules Committee on Thursday advanced a piece of legislation that would expand federal deductions for state and local taxes paid, […]
A massive explosion in Kenya killed at least two people and injured over 160 others, with the casualty count expected to rise. The blast occurred in Nairobi, the country’s capital. According to government spokesman Isaac Mwaura, a fire broke out at a gas container facility, spreading to the gas cylinders and causing a catastrophic explosion. […]
