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More than 200 children rescued, 350 child sex offenders arrested in one month
(The Center Square) – More than 200 children were rescued and more than 350 child sex offenders arrested in one month in the latest Department of Justice targeted enforcement operation to find child sex abuse victims and arrest child sex predators. The...
Hakeem Jeffries leads 173 Democrats to vote ‘NO’ to honoring police during police week
House Democrats picked a curious week to send another muddled message on policing. During National Police Week — while grieving families and officers gathered in Washington to honor cops killed in the line of duty — 173 Democrats voted against a Republican-backed...
Fox News’s Jacqui Heinrich describes details, crawling backstage in her gown during Trump assassination attempt
Fox News Senior White House Correspondent Jacqui Heinrich recounted the chaos from the dais of Saturday night’s White House Correspondents’ Association Dinner when a gunman tried to force his way into the ballroom event hosting the president and his administration....
U.S. Supreme Court to hear TPS for Haiti, Syria Wednesday
(The Center Square) - The U.S. Supreme Court will hear arguments on Wednesday in two cases that could determine the temporary protected status for Haitian and Syrian immigrants. Justices on the court will hear Trump v. Miot and Mullin v. Doe. The two cases...
Congress kicks off government funding process for 2027
(The Center Square) – Six months out from fiscal year 2027, U.S. lawmakers are making progress on the annual 12 appropriations bills that will fund the federal government. The House Appropriations Committee advanced the first two bills – one funding general...
BS daily political cartoons: Hakeem grows a new mouth
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Islamic convert charged with plotting to blow up NY capitol, kill legislators
(The Center Square) – A New York woman who converted to Islam has been charged in connection to a plot to blow up the New York State capitol building in Albany and kill state legislators. Jessica Bowie, 35, of Albany, appeared in federal court on Thursday. She...
Flock to shape U.S. privacy law around company policies
(The Center Square) – Flock, a video surveillance company, is working to build privacy legislation in the United States based on the company’s policies. An emerging license-plate-reading camera company, Flock has faced intense scrutiny from lawmakers and the...
Election 2026: Poll says MAGA 34%, Democratic Socialists of America 29%
(The Center Square) – About 34% of North Carolinians surveyed at the end of July said they are a lot or somewhat MAGA compared to 29% identifying as Democratic Socialists of America. This Elon University Poll, also known as the 2026 North Carolina Political...
Chinese robot maker predicts chores can do themselves in just a few years
The head of a Chinese company that makes humanoid robots speculated that machines may soon walk into a stranger’s house to handle their chores on command. Wang Xingxing, founder and CEO of Unitree Robotics, told the crowd at Beijing’s World Robot Conference that he...
Swampers moan about the $40 trillion debt they helped create
Members of Congress bemoaned the $40 trillion national debt Thursday that they helped create. Republicans and Democrats pointed fingers at each other after the debt surpassed $40 trillion. They all voted for legislation that contributed to the debt, including the One...
Carjacker finds out the hard way that ‘arms’ doesn’t always mean guns
The debate about gun control takes up so much bandwidth that we forget the Second Amendment isn’t just about owning and carrying guns – it’s about “the right to keep and bear arms” – and one carjacker found that out the hard way. The Sunday incident occurred when a...
