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FBI conducts raid on office of Virginia Democrat leading redistricting initiative
Federal agents descended Wednesday on the office of longtime state Sen. L. Louise Lucas, a Democratic heavyweight and close ally of Gov. Abigail Spanberger, in what sources describe as a sweeping corruption and illegal marijuana sales investigation. And this wasn’t...
Rubio breaks the Internet with Air Force One ‘Maduro’ tracksuit ‘GQ’ photo
Secretary of State Marco Rubio ditched the Beltway uniform and stepped onto Air Force One looking less like America’s top diplomat and more like he was headed to an underground DJ set in Miami. And naturally, the internet lost its mind. Photos posted online by White...
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....
Talks with Iran to resume
(The Center Square) – Middle East Special Envoy Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner will head back to Pakistan over the weekend to resume talks, as Vice President JD Vance remains on standby. The group was scheduled to fly to Pakistan earlier in the week, when the...
Iran opens Strait of Hormuz… for now
President Donald Trump and Iranian Foreign Minister Seyed Abbas Araghchi announced Friday that the Strait of Hormuz was officially open. Trump took to Truth Social to thank the Iranians for opening the strait after previously claiming the U.S. was close to a deal to...
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Lawmakers, advocates protest China visit
(The Center Square) - Lawmakers and advocates rallied against Chinese President Xi Jinping outside the U.S. Capitol Building on Thursday. U.S. Reps. Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., and Jim McGovern, D-Mass., and hundreds of others called for Xi and President Donald...
ICE sunk $20M into abandoned detention center expansions
(The Center Square) – Although U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement recently scaled back over half of its new detention expansion initiatives, it has already spent at least $20 million taxpayer dollars that it can’t recoup, a new report shows. As part of...
Wall Street banks finance both sides of America’s AI race with China
Wall Street’s biggest banks were helping finance America’s artificial intelligence boom while simultaneously raising billions of dollars for Chinese companies competing to build Beijing’s domestic AI and semiconductor industries. Goldman Sachs, Morgan Stanley,...
Trump Butler assassination attempt victim dies after suffering from wounds following attack
A man wounded in the July 13, 2024, assassination attempt on President Donald Trump has died, according to a statement released by his family Thursday. Trump’s right ear was grazed by a bullet when a gunman fired shots during a campaign rally, killing retired...
GOP chairman behind house permitting bill warns ‘we’re running out of time’ as Senate vote likely slips to November
The House Republican behind Congress’ permitting overhaul warned lawmakers are running out of time as Senate negotiators signaled a vote will likely wait until November. Republican Arkansas Rep. Bruce Westerman, chairman of the House Natural Resources Committee, said...
Apartment owners face refinancing squeeze as $297,000,000 billion in debt comes due
Hundreds of billions of dollars in apartment debt is coming due as property owners confront higher borrowing costs, weaker rents in some markets and refinancing terms that could force borrowers to inject fresh cash or sell. Roughly $297 billion in multifamily...
