(The Center Square) – Wisconsin Gov. Tony Evers vetoed nine bills Friday, including a much-debated bill that would prevent tax money from going toward the health care of undocumented immigrants. The bill had passed the Senate 21-12 and the Assembly 51-44, with bill sponsors saying it was aimed at preventing those who are unlawfully present […]
Former Drug Enforcement Administration official Paul Campo has been charged with planning to launder $12 million for the Jalisco New Generation Cartel. Campo was also charged with laundering $750,000 for JNGC using cryptocurrency. The Department of Justice announced the indictment on Friday, also naming associate Robert Sensi. Campo worked for the DEA for 25 years, […]
(The Center Square) – Colorado Gov. Jared Polis sent a letter this week to the U.S. Treasury Department calling on it to undo its suspension of the IRS Direct File tool, which he argues saves money for taxpayers. The free, online tool was launched in 2024. “I want to make it as simple as possible for […]
(The Center Square) – The New York City Council has struck down Mayor Eric Adams’ attempt to rein in a city-funded housing voucher program, saying it could cause rents to spike for thousands of low-income residents. More than 60,000 families rely on the CityFHEPS program to help pay their rent. Participants are required to pay […]
(The Center Square) – State leaders across the country are pushing for medical trials of the psychedelic drug ibogaine to treat neurological conditions. Former Texas Gov. Rick Perry spoke at the American Legislative Exchange Council’s States and Nation Policy Summit on Thursday to push for a clinical trial of the psychedelic drug. Perry pointed to […]
The Indiana House of Representatives voted on Friday to pass the GOP-friendly congressional map that has become the source of contention between state Republican lawmakers and President Donald Trump. The bill, which redraws Indiana’s congressional map to benefit Republicans in all of the state’s nine districts, passed the lower chamber by a 57-41 margin. Twelve […]
A federal judge in Florida on Friday agreed that the Justice Department may unseal grand jury transcripts tied to late convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, ruling that a new federal transparency law overrides decades-old secrecy protections. U.S. District Judge Rodney Smith held that the Epstein Files Transparency Act of 2025, signed by President Donald Trump […]
Washington Examiner columnist Joe Concha said the allegations of fraud within Minnesota’s social services programs under Democratic Gov. Tim Walz are “simultaneously sick and … brazen.” Federal prosecutors charged dozens of people, many of whom were Somali asylum-seekers, in Minnesota on charges of defrauding taxpayers of millions of dollars through government assistance programs intended to […]
The Supreme Court announced Friday that it will hear arguments in a case challenging President Donald Trump‘s executive order on birthright citizenship later this term. In an order released Friday afternoon, the justices said they would take up for review Trump v. Barbara, a case originally brought in a federal court in New Hampshire by a […]
(The Center Square) – Under the Biden administration, the greatest number of illegal border crossers at the U.S.-Canada border was reported in U.S. history, breaking records nearly every month for four years, The Center Square first reported. While record-high numbers dropped under the Trump administration, illegal entries still remain high in northern border states, with […]
