Border
Mother of murdered daughter: Border crisis is safety issue for all Americans(The Center Square) – A Virginia mother on Thursday told members of Congress that Biden administration policies enabled a teenage Salvadoran and MS-13 gang member to illegally enter the country… Read More
Education, Missouri
Missouri education systems criticized in House hearing to expand charter schools(The Center Square) – A bill sponsor opened testimony before the Missouri House’s new Special Committee on Education Reform by stating the legislation wasn’t a condemnation of the state’s public… Read More
Biden administration
Biden administration spied on Trump supporters, used tax dollars for anti-conservative propaganda, Sen. Josh Hawley warnsAfter already having censored conservatives online, the Biden administration has now funded anti-conservative “propaganda” while having the FBI rummage around Trump supporters’ bank accounts, notes a livid Sen. Josh Hawley… Read More
President Donald Trump
Trump details defense strategy in classified documents case(The Center Square) – Former President Donald Trump’s legal team has laid out its most detailed defense strategy so far in a pre-trial fight over what documents prosecutors should have… Read More
Education
New bill would pay Ohio students to go to school(The Center Square) – Two Ohio lawmakers want to pay students to go to school and to graduate, calling chronic absenteeism an education emergency. The bipartisan legislation would spend $1.5… Read More
Illegal Immigration
Former ICE chief: Biden is only president to ‘unsecure the border on purpose’(The Center Square) – Former director of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement Tom Homan told Congress that President Joe Biden is the only president in U.S. history to “unsecure the… Read More
2024 election
CNN cancels second New Hampshire GOP debate(The Center Square) – CNN has canceled its scheduled Sunday evening GOP presidential debate to be held in New Hampshire, the second debate to be nixed in less than 24… Read More
U.S. Military
Removal of firearms addressed in Missouri committee hearing on veteran suicides(The Center Square) – Assistance to prevent veterans from committing suicide was unanimously approved during a Missouri House Veterans Committee hearing that included a discussion on firearms. Debbie Fitzgerald, a… Read More
Congress, Taxes
Lawmakers unveil major bipartisan tax legislation(The Center Square) – A bipartisan group of U.S. Senators and Representatives unveiled a major piece of tax legislation Tuesday that has a significant chance of becoming law in the… Read More
Illegal Immigration
Florida AG calls on Congress again to impeach Mayorkas as House proceedings continue(The Center Square) – Florida Attorney General Ashley Moody is once again calling on Congress to impeach Department of Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas for failing to secure U.S. borders… Read More
2024 election
DeSantis, Haley vow to stay in race despite Trump’s huge Iowa victory(The Center Square) – Two more primary contenders dropped out of the Republican presidential primary race after former President Donald Trump’s rousing victory in Iowa on Monday night. But Florida… Read More
2024 election
‘Only getting started’: Trump full steam ahead, DeSantis faltering as primary moves forward(The Center Square) – Former President Donald Trump dominated the Iowa Caucuses Monday evening, leaving little room for his opponents to forge a path forward and make the pitch they… Read More
Crime, Missouri
Missouri doctors indicted for illegally administering drugs, fraudulent billing(The Center Square) – Two Missouri doctors were indicted and accused of illegally administering drugs to patients and fraudulently billing Medicare for related psychiatric services. Drs. Asim Muhammad Ali and… Read More
Biden administration
Accelerated implementation of federal student loan repayment drives deeper wedge(The Center Square) – Federal student loan forgiveness, hotly debated and previously litigated by political parties, will begin for some in February rather than July, a date moved up by… Read More
Education, Kansas
Kansas Special Education Task Force recommends more funding without required study(The Sentinel) – Kansas legislation that created the Special Education Task Force directs it to “study and make recommendations for changes in the existing formula for funding of… Read More
President Donald Trump
Georgia judge considers hearing amid district attorney controversy in Trump case(The Center Square) – Accusations against a Georgia district attorney handling former President Donald Trump’s election interference indictment have ratcheted the controversial case to a new level. The judge overseeing… Read More
2024 election
Iowa Republicans face below zero temperatures as they head to precincts(The Center Square) – Temperatures will remain below zero Monday as Iowa Republicans prepare to head to precincts to choose their candidate for U.S. president. “Basically, it’s going to be… Read More
Energy, Missouri
Rate increase approved to pay for Ameren Missouri’s renewable energy costs(The Center Square) – More than a million Ameren Missouri customers will see a fivefold increase in a line item next month on their electricity bills to pay for voter-mandated… Read More
Josh Hawley
‘I’m going to be a real pest on this’: Josh Hawley pledges to make Congress face feds’ failure to compensate victims of WWII-era nuclear wasteZoey had a mass removed from her ovary several years ago, but the St. Louis-area native recently had to return to the doctor because she’s in so much pain. She’s… Read More
Illegal Immigration
New York Mayor Eric Adams weighs curfews for migrant shelters(The Center Square) — New York City Mayor Eric Adams is considering a curfew at the city’s homeless shelters amid complaints about migrants shoplifting and wandering neighborhoods begging for money. Read More