(The Center Square) — Business groups want New York Gov. Kathy Hochul to block plans by the state Thruway Authority to add a new surcharge on tolls processed through commercial accounts. In a letter to Hochul, the coalition of trucking and freight companies said the 1% surcharge, set to take effect in January, is a […]
The White House admitted that it’s “a point of frustration” that public sentiment regarding the economy does not reflect positive economic data. White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt forcefully defended President Donald Trump’s economic record during Thursday’s press briefing, arguing that he inherited an “economic mess” from former President Joe Biden. “Every day things are […]
Washington Examiner contributing writer Joe Concha rebuked the “cruelty” Erika Kirk has faced in the wake of the assassination of her husband, Charlie Kirk, saying the late Turning Point USA co-founder had the biggest impact of anyone this year. Concha said on Fox News’s Fox & Friends First that he wrote an opinion piece in […]
New York is soliciting grant applications for a $15 million program designed to help residents of the state cope with “collective trauma,” including the purported pain brought on by the “structural inequalities and disparities” experienced by people of color and immigrants, state documents show. The program, titled “Promoting Wellness and Healing in Communities,” tasks applicants […]
The top U.S. counterterrorism official testified on Thursday that the federal government is aware of 18,000 people on the FBI terrorism watch list who were brought into the country during the Biden administration’s botched 2021 withdrawal from Afghanistan. National Counterterrorism Center Director Joseph Kent told lawmakers on the House Homeland Security Committee that the center […]
Attorney General Pam Bondi issued a memo this month advising federal agents to expand operations targeting alleged domestic terrorists. The Justice Department’s memo, dated Dec. 4, appeared to mark a significant extension of the government’s blueprint to squelch suspected domestic terrorism, as well as broadening the scope of people who could be detained under the […]
NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte issued a stern warning to the organization’s allied nations on Thursday, suggesting they stand as “Russia’s next target” after Ukraine. Rutte delivered the sobering message that NATO countries are “already in harm’s way” during a keynote address at a Berlin event hosted by the Munich Security Conference. He equated Ukraine’s […]
House Democrats are increasingly taking aim at Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem as they criticize the Trump administration’s hard-line immigration policies during a Thursday hearing, where lawmakers called for her impeachment and resignation multiple times. Noem testified before the House Homeland Security Committee about worldwide threats facing the nation. Democrats took the opportunity to […]
Clashing healthcare plans from Republicans and Democrats both failed to advance in the Senate on Thursday, dividing lawmakers along mostly party lines and all but ensuring that Congress will fail to address enhanced Obamacare subsidies that expire at year’s end. A Democratic proposal for a three-year extension of the pandemic-era premium subsidies failed 51-48, and […]
The government of Bulgaria has resigned from leadership after days of widespread protests. Prime Minister Rosen Zhelyazkov announced Thursday that his government would be relinquishing power following mass protests and preparing for possible future elections if a majority cannot be formed to replace them. “Our coalition met, we discussed the current situation, the challenges we […]
