(The Center Square) – Brad Knott hasn’t won yet, but the leading vote-getter in the 13th Congressional District primary has suspended her campaign ahead of the May 14 runoff. Former President Donald Trump – who else? – is the tipping point. Kelly Daughtry, daughter of former gubernatorial candidate Leo Daughtry, made the announcement on Thursday […]
(The Center Square) – When a jury convicted four former Commonwealth Edison leaders and lobbyists in a corruption case centered around a top state lawmaker, they hoped to send a message to Springfield that corruption wouldn’t be tolerated. “We’re tired of political corruption,” juror Amanda Schnitker Sayers said after weeks of testimony and days of […]
(The Center Square) – Arizona Gov. Katie Hobbs signed the abortion ban repeal into law on Thursday. At a packed signing ceremony in the Executive Tower, Hobbs and legislative Democrats touted the step as a victory, but only emphasized that their efforts are not completed. “And while I’m proud to sign this bill and provide […]
A lawyer was questioned by former President Donald Trump’s defense team in New York on Thursday about his efforts to reach nondisclosure agreements with high-profile figures and whether his work ever amounted to extortion. Trump’s attorney asked Keith Davidson, who represented two women now entangled in Trump’s hush money case, if he was worried about […]
President Joe Biden will present the country’s highest civilian honor, the Presidential Medal of Freedom, to former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA), former Vice President Al Gore, Olympic swimmer Katie Ledecky, and 17 other people with White House pageantry on Friday. “President Biden often says there is nothing beyond our capacity when we act together,” […]
EXCLUSIVE — The Independent Council on Women’s Sports filed a brief to the United Nations in the wake of the Biden administration’s Title IX overhaul, detailing both the physical and psychological anguish girls will be forced into when competing against men in sports. In a letter submitted to Reem Alsalem, the United Nations special rapporteur […]
Anti-Israel protesters stormed a library at Portland State University on Thursday evening for a second time, hours after law enforcement officers initially cleared the building of protesters who occupied it as part of the protest and demonstration. Police officers were called to clear the library of its illegal occupants on Thursday morning, multiple outlets reported. […]
Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders (R-AR) said Thursday that Arkansas will not comply with new federal regulations that would ban discrimination of LGBT students under federal law. The move comes as other Republican-lead states made similar defiant moves against the Biden administration. Sanders said Arkansas will continue to enforce bathroom restrictions, which could become invalid with […]
The Alabama Supreme Court authorized the state attorney general’s request for an execution date for inmate Alan Eugene Miller using nitrogen gas. The Alabama Supreme Court authorized the use of nitrogen gas on Miller, which will be the second time it is used for execution in the state. Gov. Kay Ivey (R-AL) has not yet […]
Contrary to the claims of TikTok itself, a new law does not ban the social media behemoth outright from the country. That’s what lawmakers said was contained in the measure that President Joe Biden signed recently, along with military aid for Israel, Ukraine, and Taiwan. Rather, the Protecting Americans from Foreign Adversary Controlled Applications Act […]
