(The Center Square) – Voting for the winning candidate 64.5% of the time since 1900, North Carolina has carved a bellwether spot in presidential elections. And that’s even missing the last one. The trend is notable alongside a new poll that, so far, is an outlier in margin though not in choice. In analysis April […]
(The Center Square) — Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp quietly signed a bill that requires companies receiving state incentives to allow employees to vote on union representation using secret ballots. Senate Bill 362 says companies that receive taxpayer-backed economic development incentives cannot voluntarily “grant recognition rights” solely with “signed labor organization authorization cards” and must instead use […]
A former after-school program employee brought metal knuckles to a New York City public school and placed them in a student backpack. He later retrieved the illegal weapon by identifying the student using surveillance footage, calling the student’s mother and personally retrieving the knuckles from the student’s home. Administrators at Astor Collegiate Academy in the […]
(The Center Square) – The Chicago Bears on Wednesday unveiled details about a proposed new stadium complex on the lakefront in which the NFL team will seek taxpayer funding, something that is not sitting well with Illinois’ governor and legislative leaders. The team is planning to build a state-of-the-art, domed lakefront stadium near Soldier Field, its […]
The Supreme Court on Thursday will consider whether former President Donald Trump enjoys any immunity against the federal charges he faces, a high-stakes dispute for its final case of the term. Special counsel Jack Smith, who was appointed by the Biden administration’s Department of Justice under the leadership of Attorney General Merrick Garland, alleged that Trump […]
A judge in Florida went on an unsealing spree this week, making public a trove of documents that had previously been filed under seal or in heavily redacted form in former President Donald Trump’s classified documents case. The documents, which included hundreds of pages of exhibits, motions, and other filings, underscored the close communication the […]
The level of support for former U.N. Ambassador Nikki Haley in Pennsylvania‘s presidential primary raises questions about Republican nominee Donald Trump‘s standing within his own party. She dropped out of the race more than a month ago, yet more than 155,000 Pennsylvania Republicans voted for her over the former president. Yet it also presents an […]
Pennsylvania is the ultimate battleground for 2024, with the White House, Senate, and House all poised to flip based on how voters here cast their ballots. In this series, Pining for Pennsylvania: Unlocking the crucial Keystone State, the Washington Examiner will look at the demographics, politics, and key areas that have made Pennsylvania the must-watch state of the […]
A protester was charged with “assault with a deadly weapon” during a pro-Palestinian demonstration on the University of Southern California’s campus on Wednesday afternoon. There were 93 people who were arrested at the demonstration. Early Thursday morning, USC announced the university would “remain close until further notice.” The protests began on campus around 4 p.m., […]
Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) is moving to cool House tensions as a band of hard-line Republicans weigh whether to set in motion an attempt at his ouster. Conservatives are livid with Johnson over a series of bills he put on the floor, most recently foreign aid for Ukraine that a majority of Republicans opposed. Rep. […]
