(The Center Square) – Gov. Brian Kemp said Tuesday that he is traveling to Panama with a state delegation to discuss Georgia’s connectivity to the Panama Canal. “The Panama Canal connects shipping routes with some of Georgia’s top business partners to Savannah and Brunswick, and we look forward to learning more about their operations as we […]
Virginia state Sen. Mark Peake said Monday he is stepping down as chairman of the Virginia Republican Party, citing a need to focus on next year’s legislative session. Peake stepped into the position earlier this year after President Donald Trump nominated former Chairman Rich Anderson to be the Air Force’s assistant secretary. Since then, the […]
(The Center Square) − The New Orleans City Council on Monday unanimously adopted a $1.6 billion operating budget for 2026, closing a projected $222.4 million deficit and aiming to stabilize city finances after a year marked by a payroll scare and warnings of possible state intervention. The spending plan, built around recommendations from Mayor-elect Helena […]
A Democratic socialist councilwoman running for mayor in Washington, D.C., beat fundraising records just hours after launching her campaign. Councilwoman Janeese Lewis George has reportedly raised enough to receive public financing, breaking a record set by current Washington, D.C., Mayor Muriel Bowser in the process. She’s running to replace Bowser, who is retiring after her […]
(The Center Square) – State officials met with representatives from the University of Virginia on Monday following the school’s agreement with the U.S. Department of Justice on five civil rights investigations. UVA Interim President Paul Mahoney was scheduled to update the Virginia Senate Finance & Appropriations Committee on institutional leadership and finances, as well as […]
Majority Leader John Thune (R-SD) signaled the White House has not made enough progress on an AI moratorium for it to be included in the defense policy bill the Senate will consider later this month. “That’s controversial, as you know,” Thune said of the moratorium, which would temporarily prevent states from passing new laws on […]
Rep. Tim Burchett (R-TN) encouraged Tennessee voters to turn out for who he calls “one of the best candidates,” Matt Van Epps, instead of “homegrown Marxist” Aftyn Behn. “Look, this lady was educated in Knoxville, Tennessee, my hometown,” Burchett said of Behn on Fox News’s America’s Newsroom on Tuesday. “We need to wake up to […]
EXCLUSIVE — Employees across the Department of Commerce and its major bureaus, including the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, and Census Bureau, are still required to submit monthly “five things” accomplishment emails, even though the rest of the federal workforce no longer has to. According to a copy of an […]
As the Trump administration faces congressional scrutiny over its military strikes in the Caribbean, the White House says Navy Adm. Frank “Mitch” Bradley ordered a second lethal strike on an alleged drug boat in early September after War Secretary Pete Hegseth authorized the operation. A lesser-known official at the Department of War, Bradley’s oversight of […]
Pope Leo XIV claims to be in talks with the United States and Israel regarding a peace plan for the Middle East. Speaking to reporters aboard the papal jet on Tuesday as he wrapped up his apostolic journey to Lebanon, the pontiff was asked how the Vatican is using its contacts with the U.S. and […]
