Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu indicated on Sunday that he ordered the Israel Defense Forces to shorten its time frame for seizing Gaza City, an operation that will reportedly take up to five months. Netanyahu defended the new offensive after it sparked major backlash in the days since the plan’s approval. “I am determined to […]
Gov. Kathy Hochul (D-NY) said Sunday that New York “followed the rules” in its past attempt to redistrict its state, asking why similar criticism is not being given to Texas. Hochul said New York is responding to Texas’s redistricting attempt by “fighting fire with fire,” and argued Texas is seeking to redistrict to boost the […]
(The Center Square) – Wisconsin Gov. Tony Evers vetoed a bill on Friday that would have allowed gig workers such as Uber, Lyft and DoorDash drivers to have portable benefits plans. Evers said he is open to allowing portable benefits for drivers but the solution must clearly benefit workers. “I am vetoing this bill in […]
(The Center Square) – Flooding in the Milwaukee area left cars and people stranded Saturday night into Sunday morning. It led to an early closure to the State Fair on Saturday, and the fair did not open for its final day Sunday. Nearby American Family Field was not directly impacted by flooding but several parking […]
Vice President JD Vance touched on the Republican Party’s redistricting efforts on Sunday, saying the GOP should aggressively redraw congressional maps because California has “way more” House seats due to the state’s counting of illegal immigrants for apportioning representatives. “Even though illegal aliens theoretically are not supposed to vote — we know they sometimes do […]
President Donald Trump on Sunday said the homeless population in Washington, D.C., must “move out immediately” while teeing up a Monday press conference in which the White House is expected to lay out a plan to “stop violent crime” in the nation’s capital. “I’m going to make our Capital safer and more beautiful than it […]
Rep. Tony Gonzales (R-TX) said it is wrong for people to be “demonizing” Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents, suggesting “a balance” should be found in the deportation efforts. Gonzales, the Republican Congressional Hispanic Conference chairman, appeared on CBS’s Face the Nation on Sunday after Sen. Mark Kelly (D-AZ), who said the Biden administration’s handling of […]
Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC) on Sunday said “land swaps” will likely need to be negotiated in order to end the Russia-Ukraine war, a position that Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky doesn’t support. Graham echoed President Donald Trump’s recent comments about land exchanges, referring to territorial concessions that Ukraine could offer to stop Russia’s three-year war. Trump […]
Two years after being taken over by the state, zero Houston Independent School District schools have received an F-rating by the state. The Texas Education Agency accountability ratings grade schools (A-F) according to a number of factors. A large number of HISD schools have historically failed receiving D and F ratings for year. Students not […]
(The Center Square) – Though the economy and immigration were issues that helped President Donald Trump secure the White House, some economists have said that too steep a decline in immigration will prove harmful to the economy. The Trump administration touted a statistic Monday reported by CNN the day before: The U.S. may see negative net […]
