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California attorney general defends naming of transgender-focused ballot measure

(The Center Square) – In response to a lawsuit by a parent activist group who placed a ballot measure to change statewide educational policies for transgender minors, California Attorney General Rob Bonta backed his office’s naming of the controversial initiative.  Parent activist group Protect Kids California is currently collecting signatures for what it calls the […]

Precision deemed crucial for skill game taxes

(The Center Square) — Skill games have been restricted in Philadelphia and statewide regulation still hasn’t solidified in the General Assembly. Although collecting tax revenue is the driving force behind the legalization push, lawmakers must tread lightly. Advocates of the games, which differ from traditional gambling by letting users influence the outcome, warn that setting […]

Biden unleashes Democratic playbook against Trump

President Joe Biden is breaking out the Democratic playbook in his quest to defeat former President Donald Trump again, using many of his party’s more conventional lines of attack and hitting some of the same themes he used in the 2022 midterm elections. While Biden often warns that Trump is a leader of the extreme […]

The RFK factor: Can Kennedy make a difference in 2024?

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has his running mate, completing what has so far been the highest-polling independent presidential ticket in more than 30 years. Not since Ross Perot first ran for president in 1992 has a candidate polled as well for the White House without a major-party affiliation. Perot even led former President George H.W. […]

Social Security update: April’s direct payment worth $943 goes out in five days

April’s monthly Supplemental Security Income payment, which is worth up to $943 for individual filers, will go out to millions of beneficiaries in five days. The next installment will go out on Monday, April 1, to people who struggle with a serious debilitating disability that results in a limited income, according to the Social Security […]

Social Security update: Third round of March payments worth $4,873 goes out Wednesday

The last of March’s three Social Security payments, worth up to $4,873 for the highest income earners who retire at 70, went out to the final group of retirees on Wednesday. The payment went out to beneficiaries who were born on or after the 21st of the month, according to the Social Security Administration’s calendar, […]

States copy Texas after Supreme Court permits local police to arrest and deport illegal immigrants

States concerned about the unresolved border crisis have taken matters into their own hands and are following Texas’s strategy to deter illegal immigrants from their jurisdictions by allowing local police to arrest and deport them. A handful of states have begun to move or attempted unsuccessfully to move their own versions of Texas law, S.B. […]

NBC’s Ronna McDaniel firing mocked as ‘spine made of jelly’ while MSNBC anchors tout ‘sign of strength’

NBC News parted ways with former Republican National Committee Chairwoman Ronna McDaniel on Tuesday, sparking a parade of celebration and criticism. “NBC takes one of its new conservative hires and tries to ruin her with an internal pile-on from sanctimonious anchors trying to act like they are deeply offended by her, all while hoping no […]

Baltimore bridge collapse: Six missing victims presumed dead

Six people are presumed dead after the Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore collapsed. At approximately 1:30 a.m., a 948-foot Singapore-flagged container ship called the Dali crashed into one of the bridge’s support columns, causing it to collapse. Six people are missing, though U.S. Coast Guard Rear Adm. Shannon Gilreath announced in a Tuesday news conference […]

Kari Lake won’t defend herself in Arizona defamation lawsuit and asks court to decide damages

Republican Arizona Senate hopeful Kari Lake forfeited her ability to defend herself in a defamation lawsuit, instead asking the court to decide damages. Lake, who lost her 2022 bid for governor to now-Gov. Katie Hobbs (D-AZ), justified her decision by saying she was a victim of lawfare, or the use of the legal system to […]
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