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Dean Phillips lays off campaign staff but isn’t dropping out of the race

Rep. Dean Phillips (D-MN) announced he was laying off staff from his insurgent presidential primary challenge against President Joe Biden. But he remained adamant he wasn’t dropping out of the race just yet. Phillips claimed it was “hard to raise money” as a candidate who is defying the Democratic Party in a more than three-minute video posted to […]

One dead and 11 injured after house explodes in Loudoun County, Virginia

One firefighter has died, and 11 other people were injured after a house exploded in a Virginia suburb of Washington, D.C., on Friday night. Loudoun County Fire and Rescue received a call about natural gas at around 7:40 p.m., and the explosion occurred at about 8:30 p.m. in the 300 block of Silver Ridge Drive […]

Three reasons Joe Biden donors are ‘all in’ to prop him up against Trump

Despite special counsel Robert Hur’s draw-dropping report alleging grave misgivings about President Joe Biden‘s mental acuity, Democratic donors will likely continue their support of the president through the November elections. Democratic donors are facing the inevitable acknowledgment that Biden, 81, will remain the party’s nominee even as voters remain weary of his ability to govern […]

White House Report Card: Biden is the choice of Putin and inflation

This week’s White House Report Card capped an eventful week that showed inflation was still hot, a major pollster predicting President Joe Biden’s reelection defeat, and Russian President Vladimir Putin offering an unwelcome election endorsement. In the good news category, a major whistleblower working with Republicans as they build an impeachment case against Biden was […]

Trump rails ‘fake news used artificial intelligence’ images of him golfing that show him putting on the pounds

Former President Donald Trump railed against the “fake news” industry on Friday, claiming it used artificial intelligence that added extra pounds to images of him playing golf. Trump took to social media while Justice Arthur Engoron handed down a $355 million fine in New York, attacking the political Left, and showed three photos of himself […]

Majority of Massachusetts voters oppose using public funds to house migrants: Poll

(The Center Square) – Massachusetts voters don’t like the idea of state officials using public funds to house migrants, according to a new poll. Over 50% of nearly eight hundred voters surveyed oppose using tax dollars to support newly arrived migrants, according to a recent poll conducted by the Fiscal Alliance Foundation. Over 65% of […]

Proposed legislation would tax Harvard endowment

(The Center Square) – Massachusetts could soon reach into Harvard University’s $50 billion endowment and take over $1 billion in taxes if two legislators get their way. The legislation proposed by Reps. Natalie Higgins, D-Leominster, and Christine Barber, D-Somerville, would impose a 2.5% excise tax on all private higher education institutions with over $1 billion […]

Budget hawk fears spending plan may trigger future 46% income tax hike

(The Center Square) – After Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro unveiled his $48.3 billion spending plan earlier this month, one key budget negotiator says the math used to balance the plan is dishonest and may require an income tax raise by 2028. It’s not unusual for lawmakers across the aisle to scrutinize the way a sitting […]

Medical marijuana not going to happen this year: Vos

(The Center Square) – Wisconsin’s assembly speaker is not calling his proposal for medical marijuana dead, but he says it’s not going to happen this year. Speaker Robin Vos told reporters Thursday there are too many different views of marijuana to find a consensus on a strict-medical only plan. “I think we have now seen, unfortunately, […]

McCormick: Consider limited military action against drug cartels

(The Center Square) – With thousands of Pennsylvanians dying from overdoses, Republican U.S. Senate Candidate Dave McCormick wants an aggressive policy to stop the international drug flow. “Our great commonwealth is under siege from this fentanyl crisis— and so is America,” McCormick said at a roundtable on fentanyl in Luzerne County. He praised the work […]
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