(The Center Square) — New Hampshire Gov. Kelly Ayotte is touting the impact of the state’s new bell-to-bell cellphone ban in public schools, saying feedback from educators suggests the restrictions are reducing distractions in the classroom. The new law, approved as part of a $15.9 billion state budget Ayotte signed in June, set a statewide “bell-to-bell” […]
(The Center Square) – Chicago’s budget has grown by nearly 40% since 2019 with the biggest increased expenditure going toward pensions and debt already incurred. Illinois Policy Institute policy analyst Ravi Mishra sees just one victim stemming from Chicago’s ballooning budget costs where most of the revenues continue to go be funneled toward pensions and […]
Senate Republicans were prepared to remain in Washington on Thursday pending a potential deal with Democrats to end what’s become the longest-ever government shutdown in history. Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-SD) said whether they stick to their usual schedule and depart for the weekend later that day would be contingent on Democrats, who face […]
President Donald Trump is expected to sign new economic agreements with five Central Asian nations on Thursday to mark the 10-year anniversary of the C5+1 forum. The group was launched in 2015 under the auspices of former Secretary of State John Kerry. Former President Joe Biden was the first leader to hold a presidential-level forum […]
Podcast host and journalist Megyn Kelly slammed the Republican Party for its performance in the 2025 elections on Wednesday, saying Election Day was “a total and complete disaster” for the party. The Democratic Party scored major wins across the nation on Tuesday night, including double-digit victories in both the Virginia and New Jersey gubernatorial races. […]
New York City Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani announced on Wednesday his all-female transition team, which includes several political veterans and leaders of non-profit organizations. The most notable name on his transition team is former Federal Trade Commission Chairwoman Lina Khan, who drew bipartisan praise for her work breaking up trusts during the Biden administration. Mamdani’s transition […]
A federal appeals court on Thursday revived President Donald Trump’s effort to move his New York hush money conviction into federal court, reopening a pathway for Trump to wipe out his guilty verdict entirely. In a unanimous ruling, a three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 2nd Circuit vacated a lower court […]
House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) distanced himself from a possible deal that could emerge from the Senate on healthcare as an effort to end the government shutdown. Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-SD) has promised Democrats he will schedule a vote on the expiring Affordable Care Act subsidies in return for passing a funding bill, […]
A man collapsed in the White House on Thursday during President Donald Trump‘s announcement on lowering weight loss drug prices. Eli Lilly CEO David Ricks was speaking when the man dropped, according to a video that circulated on social media. Dr. Mehmet Oz, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services administrator, approached the man and asked […]
Israel carried out a series of strikes against Hezbollah targets in southern Lebanon after claiming that the group was attempting to rearm. The war between Israel and Hezbollah de facto ended last November with a U.S.-brokered ceasefire, leaving the Shiite group the most battered that it’s ever been. Israel still hasn’t fully withdrawn from southern […]
