Chief Justice John Roberts granted a temporary pause on Tuesday to a lower court order requiring the Trump administration to spend billions in foreign aid. The administrative stay was granted a day after the Trump administration filed the request to the Supreme Court’s emergency docket seeking a stay of the order by U.S. District Judge […]

(The Center Square) – Public safety aspects, and the safety and security budgets of the Charlotte Area Transit System are under review by the state auditor in North Carolina. First-term Republican Auditor Dave Boliek said Tuesday “recent lawlessness and violence” prompted his office to act. The Aug. 22 murder of Iryna Zarutska fueled the concerns […]

President Donald Trump said a Princeton student held captive by the Iraqi militant group Kataib Hezbollah was released after “months of torture.” Elizabeth Tsurkov, 38, a Russian Israeli researcher, was conducting research in Baghdad when she was abducted at a cafe on March 21, 2023. After months of no updates on her whereabouts, Trump announced […]

(The Center Square) – One of suburban Milwaukee’s Republican congressmen says the federal government must provide oversight to Milwaukee’s bus system. Congressman Bryan Steil last week wrote to the nation’s transportation secretary, asking for federal oversight after reports showed that a full third of people riding Milwaukee County buses are not paying fares. “We need far […]