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Supreme Court strikes down bulk of Trump’s tariffs
(The Center Square) – The U.S. Supreme Court on Friday said a 1977 law doesn't give the president broad authority to issue tariffs, dealing a significant setback to President Donald Trump's economic agenda. Chief Justice John Roberts wrote in the majority...
Speculation swirls as sheriff pushes back on ‘casing’ claims in Guthrie case
In yet another development in the disturbing disappearance of 84-year-old Nancy Guthrie, sources close to the investigation say one of the haunting doorbell images released by the FBI wasn’t captured the same day as the others. The masked suspect may have been...
Left tries to recreate Iwo Jima with Minnesota’s Somali-looking flag, Internet fires back
In 2023, Gov. Tim Walz signed off on dumping the state’s longtime flag, branding it “racist” because it showed a Native American riding away as a white settler plowed the land, a rifle resting nearby. The image, critics said, symbolized conquest and displacement. In...
Venezuela opens oil to private investors
Venezuela’s government on Thursday approved opening the country’s oil sector to private investors. This move ended decades of state control over the oil industry after Acting President Delcy Rodríguez signed the measure Thursday, following approval by the National...
Some leftists decide John Fetterman’s time is up nearly 3 years before his election
Democratic Pennsylvania Sen. John Fetterman’s former ally, the Working Families Party, rolled out an effort to defeat him — almost three years before he is up for reelection. The left-wing third party, which supported the maverick senator in his 2022 bid, launched a...
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Democrat climate activists follow their ‘Yoda’ Willie Nelson into war on data centers
Democratic Party organizers are seemingly rallying behind Willie Nelson in the growing campaign against artificial intelligence data centers. The 93-year-old country music star and lifelong Democrat has become a figurehead for the movement against AI data centers,...
Kentucky auditor warns Beshear: State risks losing funding if fraud continues
(The Center Square) – Kentucky Auditor Allison Ball sent a letter to Gov. Andy Beshear warning the state could lose federal funding if the governor doesn't join efforts to stop taxpayer fraud. Auditor Allison Ball told The Center Square: “Over the course of the...
Retail sales suffer biggest drop in more than a year as Iran War casts shadow over economy
Americans sharply pulled back on retail spending in July even as inflation remained elevated, raising fresh questions about whether the U.S. economy is weakening beneath the surface of the Iran war’s supply-driven price shock. Retail sales fell 0.6% in July from the...
DOT says it’s entitled to CDL information as 22 states sue
(The Center Square) – Twenty-two states have gone to court to block the Trump administration from accessing a database containing the personal information of roughly 17 million commercial drivers. Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy says the federal government...
July border crossings still historically low, but highest since January
(The Center Square) – The number of foreign nationals apprehended nationwide was historically low in July but the highest they’ve been since January, according to the latest data released by U.S. Customs and Border Protection. The increase is largely due to a...
Huckabee calls rogue Israeli settlers ‘terrorists’ as White House presses Netanyahu to condemn siege
JERUSALEM — When Mike Huckabee starts calling Israelis in the West Bank “terrorists,” somebody had better pay attention. The latest development Friday is that U.S. officials are pressing Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to publicly condemn a group of...
