Politics
Mayor Karen Bass’s charity skips working Americans, data suggests(The Center Square) – Less than 1% of aid recipients from the official charity of the office of Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass reported receiving the earned income tax… Read More
President Donald Trump
Putin, Zelenskyy to meet after ‘successful’ peace talks with Trump(The Center Square) – Russia and Ukraine appear to be inching closer to peace, as the two leaders are set to meet after rounds of meetings between President Donald Trump… Read More
Economy
Watch: Economy steamrolls ahead as consumer spending increases for second straight month(The Heartlander) — President Donald Trump’s economy keeps moving forward as consumer spending edged up in July, something CNN business reporter Matt Egan called “a relief.”“Nice to be here on… Read More
Gender Identity
Kansas school district issues transgender policy, testing state law that banned males from female sports(The Sentinel) – In a challenge to Kansas state law, Lawrence USD 497 has issued a policy for the new school year on the interaction with transgender, non-binary, and gender… Read More
DEI
Harvard accreditor considers cutting DEI from standards as it faces federal pressure(The Heartlander) — The commission that accredits Harvard University and other schools is proposing to remove all references to diversity, equity and inclusion from its accreditation standards, Campus Reform… Read More
Federal government
Federal government to drop 300,000 workers this year(The Center Square) − The federal government is on pace to eliminate about 300,000 workers this year. Office of Personnel Management director Scott Kupor said 80% of those employees would… Read More
Illegal Immigration
DC’s attorney general calls on police chief to ignore feds’ anti-sanctuary city order(Daily Caller News Foundation) – The attorney general of Washington, D.C., is arguing that city leaders are “not legally obligated” to adhere to a federal executive order ending sanctuary policies. Read More
Kansas
Kansas oil, agriculture industries freed from illegal Biden-era prairie chicken endangered species orderA Biden-era endangered species designation that critics said would hamstring American energy and agricultural production has been struck down by a federal judge. U.S. District Judge David Counts of Texas… Read More
Kansas
‘Kelly Cover-Up’: Kansas governor, secretary, accused of hiding food stamp losses from fedsA leading lawmaker is accusing Kansas Gov. Laura Kelly and her administration of a “massive coverup” in refusing to share potential food stamp fraud numbers with the Trump administration. Read More
Kansas City
KC’s city-funded grocery store, metaphor for government bungling in free enterprise, closesKansas City’s government-funded grocery store, which became an international symbol of officialdom’s incompetence in private-sector business, has closed. Even KC’s liberal public radio station KCUR had to admit KC… Read More
Inflation
Watch: CNN reporter can barely believe “better than expected” Trump inflation report that food and energy prices are down(The Heartlander) — Inflation was almost flat under President Donald Trump in July, and CNN could barely believe it.CNN business reporter Vanessa Yurkevich was amazed at the latest report that… Read More
Missouri
Missouri lawsuit to block voter say on four-day school week faces deadline(The Heartlander) — A new Missouri law giving voters a say on whether local schools can use a four-day week faces a legal challenge as a key election deadline approaches.Passed… Read More
Crime
MSNBC analyst goes off on how ‘frustrated’ DC residents are with juvenile crime(Daily Caller News Foundation) – MSNBC justice and legal affairs analyst Anthony Coley asserted on Wednesday that Washington, D.C., residents are vexed by juvenile crime in their city.U.S. Attorney Jeanine Pirro… Read More
Maui
Two years after Maui wildfires rebuilding lags, residents lose hope(The Heartlander) — Two years after wildfires ravaged Maui, killing more than 100 people, destroying businesses and leaving thousands without homes, rebuilding efforts remain frustratingly slow, and more needs to… Read More
President Donald Trump
Trump speaks with Zelenskyy, European leaders ahead of Putin meeting in Alaska(The Center Square) – President Donald Trump met virtually with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, German Chancellor Friedrich Merz and other European leaders before flying to Alaska for a U.S.-Russia bilateral… Read More
Texas
Texas AG Paxton files contempt motion against ‘Beto’ O’Rourke(The Center Square) – Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton has filed a motion for contempt against former U.S. Rep. Robert Francis (Beto) O’Rourke claiming he violated a temporary restraining… Read More
Politics
‘Midwest Mamdani’ announces top priority if elected – and it isn’t Minneapolis(Daily Caller News Foundation) – Democratic mayoral candidate Omar Fateh of Minneapolis said in an interview that his first priority as mayor would be to protect “undocumented residents” from what… Read More
Economy
Watch: New data show Trump policies benefitting all income earners(The Heartlander) — Every income group did better under President Donald Trump in his first term than former President Joe Biden, new economic data show, and Trump’s second term is… Read More
School Choice
‘Biased and untrue’: WaPo article falsely blames school choice for Arizona district’s decline(The Heartlander) — Arizona is a national leader in school choice, so when a public school district lost many of its students, the Washington Post reported it… Read More
Taxes
Report: Average American household will benefit from ‘big, beautiful bill’ tax cuts(The Center Square) – The average American household will see their resources increase over the next 10 years due to the tax cuts in the One Big Beautiful Bill… Read More