House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) sang a triumphant note on Tuesday morning as the Senate border deal he spent days lobbying against teetered on the edge of defeat. “It looks like right now, it may be in some jeopardy. It may be on life support in the Senate,” he told reporters at a press conference. “We […]
President Joe Biden appeared to stumble over naming Hamas when delivering a speech urging Congress to pass the border security and foreign aid bill released this week. Speaking from the White House, Biden blasted former President Donald Trump for the growing opposition toward the $118.3 billion deal, which was a compromise by Senate lawmakers and […]
(The Center Square) — Connecticut Gov. Ned Lamont plans to cancel up to $1 billion in medical debt for hundreds of thousands of residents, making it the first state to take the step. Lamont made the announcement Friday during an appearance on ABC News, saying the plans call for leveraging $6.5 million in American Rescue […]
(The Center Square) — Advocates for the transgender community celebrated another victory in Virginia Tuesday when the House of Delegates K-12 Education Subcommittee voted down a bill that would have segregated sports participation based on sex. A similar bill had a similar fate last year, though versions of the Save Girls’ Sports bill — a bill that […]
(The Center Square) – As Arizona continues to face homelessness issues, Rep. Matt Gress, R-Phoenix, is hoping to crack down on drug-related crime in areas where homeless individuals typically congregate. House Bill 2782 would make it illegal to “sell or transfer dangerous drugs or narcotic drugs” in a homeless service zone, and would increase the minimum […]
A pro-police legal group made public on Wednesday its map of 27 left-leaning prosecutors funded by the soft-on-crime network funded by Democratic megadonor George Soros. Building on its project to identify Soros-funded prosecutors, the Law Enforcement Legal Defense Fund interactive map shows donations and key stories about the 27 targets. In March 2023, the group […]
President Joe Biden has made diversity, equity, and inclusion a focal point of his administration, but throughout his tenure, programs with the same aims have been dismantled. When first ascending to the Oval Office, Biden promised to use his post to address racial disparities within the United States, but outside of his powers, DEI initiatives, such as critical race […]
(The Center Square) – A Chicago-based nonprofit food-science organization is criticized proposed legislation that would ban certain food additives in Illinois. The Illinois Food Safety Act calls for prohibiting the use of certain additives to food, including red dye #3 and titanium dioxide, which the sponsors say are linked to serious health problems. “I want Illinoisans to be […]
(The Center Square) — Maine is required to release its voter lists to a conservative group that’s conducting audits of recent elections to probe for fraud following a new federal court ruling. A U.S. Court of Appeals ruling in Boston sided with lawyers for the Virginia-based Public Interest Legal Foundation, which filed the lawsuit, who argued […]
(The Center Square) – A coalition of about two dozen state attorneys general sent a letter to President Joe Biden Tuesday blasting the president’s recent decision to freeze the approval of new export sites for liquefied natural gas. Biden announced the freeze last month, citing climate change concerns. The attorneys general called on Biden to […]
