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Senator snaps at journalist: ‘If I was at home I’d bust your face right now’
Tennessee State Senator Paul Rose found himself cornered in the Capitol halls Tuesday by a relentless activist-journalist—and things got heated fast. The agitator? Tennessee Holler founder Justin Kanew, who decided to trail the Republican lawmaker with a camera...
Congressional Perks: Senate spending skyrockets by more than 40% in last few years
(The Center Square) – Spending in U.S. senators' office accounts spiked by 43% since 2020, with big jumps in 2022 and the last fiscal year for senators to pay their staff, travel and other expenses, an investigation by The Center Square found. In 2020, the U.S....
School District honors biological male Congressman for Women’s History Month
An Illinois school district honored a biological male in celebration of Women’s History Month on Thursday. Batavia Public School District 101 honored Democratic Rep. Sarah McBride of Delaware, who claims to be a transgender woman, in a...
American gasoline prices increase most in one week since 2020
(The Center Square) - American gasoline prices continued to rise on Friday and are up the most of any week since 2022. Iran widened attacks on energy-producing countries near its borders and the Strait of Hormuz remains closed to shipping, dashing hopes for a...
World leaders call for peace after U.S. strikes on Iran
(The Center Square) - World leaders including U.S. allies called for peace in the Middle East after the United States launched strikes into Iran on Saturday. French President Emmanuel Macron said war between the U.S., Israel and Iran brings "grave consequences...
BS daily political cartoons: Dems’ response to SOTU
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Sophie Cunningham stuck her neck out for our daughters. It’s time for parents to join her.
Sophie Cunningham seemed to have it all. As a guard for the Indiana Fever in the Women’s National Basketball Association (WNBA), Cunningham’s star power was on the rise. She boasts 5 million Instagram followers, countless brand partnerships, and appeared as a...
1,000 DOJ monitors headed to the polls — and Democrats are already sounding alarms
BS BULLETIN The Justice Department plans to deploy roughly 1,000 election monitors nationwide for November's midterms, a level Harmeet Dhillon says would be historic for a Republican administration. DOJ monitors are already working the 2026 primaries, including...
Justice Department sends election agents to Florida, Wyoming
(The Center Square) — Federal agents will be monitoring polling places in Florida and Wyoming as voters in both states head to the polls on Tuesday. The U.S. Department of Justice announced it would send four Civil Rights Division attorneys to Miami-Dade County...
Court blocks Biden’s ‘ghost gun’ rule
A federal court blocked a rule Tuesday issued by the Biden administration targeting so-called “ghost guns” on constitutional grounds. Chief United States District Judge Reed O’Connor, a George W. Bush appointee, issued the ruling in favor of Defense Distributed,...
Wisconsin property now valued at more than $1 trillion
(The Center Square) – The taxable value of Wisconsin property went up 8% again in 2026, matching the rise from the year before, according to new data from the Wisconsin Department of Revenue. The total equalized value of residential property in the state jumped...
Australian PM Anthony Albanese says big mad states aren’t forking over guns like he wants
Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese criticized states who he claimed were standing in the way of his gun “buyback” program. Albanese announced plans on Dec. 19, 2025, for a mass confiscation of firearms from law-abiding gun owners in response to the Dec. 14,...
