by Shawn Meehan | Jan 18, 2024 | News
(The Center Square) — The House Budget Committee passed a bill Thursday to create a bipartisan fiscal commission designed to keep the federal government from going broke. The Committee passed H.R. 5779, the Fiscal Commission Act of 2023, with bipartisan support....
by Shawn Meehan | Jan 15, 2024 | News
Harvard law professor Alan Dershowitz pushed back against former Harvard President Claudine Gay’s claims that criticism of her was motivated by “racial animus” Tuesday, calling for a “return to meritocracy.” Gay resigned Tuesday after coming under fire over multiple...
by Shawn Meehan | Jan 15, 2024 | News
Former President Donald Trump has racked up endorsements from nearly half of the Republican Senate delegation ahead of the Iowa caucus on Monday. GOP Sens. Marco Rubio of Florida, James Risch of Idaho, Mike Lee of Utah, Cynthia Lummis of Wyoming, John Barrasso of...
by Shawn Meehan | Jan 14, 2024 | News
Pro-Palestinian protesters crowded the White House gates Saturday evening after thousands demonstrated in downtown Washington, D.C., to call for a ceasefire in the war between Israel and Hamas. The protesters originally gathered in Downtown D.C. in the afternoon, many...
by Shawn Meehan | Jan 14, 2024 | News
Voters are set to decide the 2024 Republican presidential nominee on Monday. Candidates on the ballot in Iowa include former president Donald Trump, Gov. Ron DeSantis of Florida, former U.N. Ambassador Nikki Haley, businessman Vivek Ramaswamy, former governor of...
by Shawn Meehan | Jan 14, 2024 | News
Congress intends to vote on a stopgap funding bill next week that would fund the government through early March, according to multiple reports. Congressional leaders agreed on a continuing resolution (CR) to prevent a government shutdown from happening on Friday,...