(The Center Square) – One side of the Ohio General Assembly continues to push legislation for two-parent households in the state, while the other wants to revamp how the state handles children in broken homes. The Ohio House of Representatives is moving ahead with legislation that would give tax breaks to employers who offer paid parental […]
(The Center Square) – An Illinois congressman is pushing to expand testing options at U.S. service academies, a move experts say could revive academic rigor and expand access for classical students. U.S. Rep. Mary Miller, R-Illinois, introduced legislation that would require the nation’s military academies, including West Point, the Naval Academy, and the Air Force […]
Rep. LaMonica McIver’s (D-NJ) charges for allegedly assaulting law enforcement outside a federal immigration facility earlier this year will go forward, a federal judge ruled Thursday. U.S. District Judge Jamel Semper, an appointee of former President Joe Biden, denied McIver’s motion to dismiss the case on claims of vindictive prosecution and denied her bid to […]
Podcaster Joe Rogan said several of President Donald Trump’s legal battles against press outlets, such as the BBC’s “crazy” edit of Trump’s speech on Jan. 6, 2021, “seem to be legitimate.” Two BBC executives resigned after a report showed that the outlet spliced together two clips of Trump’s speech that were 54 minutes apart, making […]
Former heads of the Federal Communications Commission on Thursday called on the agency to repeal the “news distortion” policy invoked by the Trump administration this year. The policy, which had not been invoked for decades prior to FCC Chairman Brendan Carr mentioning it in discussions surrounding an allegedly deceptively edited 60 Minutes video and an […]
Ukrainian Prime Minister Yulia Svyrydenko on Thursday announced that the embattled nation’s government will conduct a comprehensive audit of public companies in the energy sector to fight corruption allegations worrying the European Union. The audit applies to the state-owned nuclear power company Energoatom, among other Ukrainian entities. Energoatom is accused of being at the center […]
WHITE HOUSE REOPENS PUBLIC TOURS AS HOLIDAY SEASON BEGINS President Donald Trump is signing an executive order seeking to bolster foster care in the United States as part of first lady Melania Trump’s “Fostering the Future” effort, which is part of her Be Best initiative. The signing will take place around 2 p.m. ET in […]
Gov. Kathy Hochul’s (D-NY) play-nice approach to President Donald Trump has become an early template for Zohran Mamdani as he prepares for a White House clash as New York City mayor. Since winning the mayorship last week, Mamdani has made clear he would not “mince” words with Trump, who taunts him as a “communist” and […]
The Washington Commanders announced on Thursday that they have selected a lead architect to oversee the revamped design of the football team’s new stadium, expected to open in 2030. The move comes two months after the Council of the District of Columbia approved the $3.7 billion deal for the second time to redesign the abandoned […]
Centrist Democrats cautioned against a growing antipathy toward compromise in Congress, after they bucked their party to back a GOP deal ending the longest government shutdown in U.S. history. Reps. Marie Gluesenkamp Perez (D-WA), Adam Gray (D-CA), Don Davis (D-NC), Henry Cuellar (D-TX), Tom Suozzi (D-NY), and Jared Golden (D-ME) gained attention on Wednesday when […]
