The national average price for regular gas decreased slightly on Friday to $4.153 per gallon, according to AAA, bucking the weekslong trend of rising gas prices since February. The one-cent decline in costs marked the first time that gas prices had dropped since the announcement of the two-week ceasefire between the United States and Iran. […]

“The evidence is in. The impacts are very real,” Gov. Gavin Newsom (D-CA) said about the billionaire tax, a ballot initiative state unions are trying to qualify for the November ballot. “It’s really damaging to the state.” Even a Democrat as left-wing as Newsom is aghast at the extremism and the power of Big Labor. […]

ALLENTOWN, Pa. — FBI Director Kash Patel joined a roundtable hosted by Sen. David McCormick (R-PA) earlier this month to discuss the work the Trump administration, Congress, local law enforcement, and area prosecutors have done to curb the fentanyl trade in Pennsylvania over the past 13 months. McCormick led the packed event at the Edward N. […]

Can Democrats out-Christian Republicans in the midterm elections? The party is tightly wedded to progressivism, perhaps even radicalism, on social and cultural issues. White liberals in particular are as secular as ever. As implausible as it may seem, Democrats sense a couple of openings. One is in Texas, where the party has nominated state Rep. […]