(The Center Square) – The FBI and several police departments foiled another New Year’s Eve terror plot, this time in North Carolina, officials announced on Friday. The FBI apprehended 18-year-old Christian Sturdivant on New Year’s Eve, the day for which he had planned his attack, Russ Ferguson, U.S. attorney for the Western District of North Carolina, said. […]
(The Center Square) – Pennsylvania’s electrical grid is at a critical crossroads, buckling under the pressure of rising demand with not enough supply or time to stabilize it. Those concerns – reliability and affordability – dominated the last year for PJM Interconnection, the regional grid operator serving 67 million people across 13 states and the […]
The Justice Department sent Minnesota officials a letter Friday demanding records regarding the state’s “vouching” system for voter registration, as the North Star State faces intense scrutiny over the Somali child care fraud revelations. Minnesota offers an alternative form of verifying an address when registering to vote on Election Day known as “vouching,” by which […]
A federal judge said Friday that Brian Cole Jr., the Virginia man accused of planting pipe bombs outside the Democratic and Republican National Committee buildings on Jan. 5, 2021, will remain in federal detention ahead of his trial. U.S. Magistrate Judge Matthew J. Sharbaugh declined to release Cole to home detention, writing in his Friday […]
(The Center Square) – California Gov. Gavin Newsom will give his annual State of the State address on Jan. 8, one year after the devastating wildfires in Los Angeles County. Some lawmakers are voicing interest in what Newsom will say during his morning address before a joint session of the Legislature in Sacramento. In addition […]
As allegations of fraud sweep Minnesota’s Somali community, some local politicians who identify with and have long benefitted from their campaign contributions may find themselves in a tough place. People of Somali descent working in autism services, child care, and elder assistance, three areas that have recently been hit with accusations of foul play, donate […]
Tesla has been dethroned as the world’s foremost electric vehicle manufacturer after a rough 2025, with the title being claimed by the fast-growing Chinese BYD. Tesla reported that its overall sales fell by 9% from last year, delivering 1.64 million vehicles in 2025. BYD blew past this figure, selling 2.26 million vehicles in 2025 to […]
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky is replacing his disgraced chief of staff with his nation’s spy chief. Kyrylo Budanov, the 39-year-old head of Ukraine’s Main Directorate of Intelligence, accepted his new role on Friday as the head of the Office of the President of Ukraine. “At this time, Ukraine needs greater focus on security issues, the […]
Washington Examiner columnist Joe Concha said Gov. Tim Walz (D-MN) has been deflecting accountability amid the Somali fraud scandal in Minnesota. “Accountability goes to the top [and] that goes to Tim Walz, and he has been deflecting, playing the race card from the bottom of the deck,” Concha said on Fox & Friends First. “And […]
New York Mayor Zohran Mamdani began his term by voiding all of his predecessor’s executive orders signed after his September 2024 indictment, including several pro-Israel ones. In his opening moves as mayor, Mamdani signed executive orders dealing with housing and one repealing all of former Mayor Eric Adams’s executive orders signed after his indictment on […]
