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DOJ Funding Woke Projects Tailored To Gender, Sexuality Politics

By Casey Harper (The Center Square) A taxpayer-funded grant from the Department of Justice distributed $150,000 to “amplify the voices” of transgender people in New Orleans who are accusing the police of discrimination. Based on the assumption that LGBT people of color are discriminated against by police, Rutgers University researchers pledged to find 25 subjects […]

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Florida AG Moody Defeats Biden Administration In Court, Again

By Bethany Blankley (The Center Square) Florida Attorney General Ashley Moody won another round against the Biden administration in federal court, this time in the 11th Circuit Court of Appeals. On Monday, the court ruled to keep in place an injunction against the Department of Homeland Security’s parole program. The injunction was issued by a […]

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Ohio Pushes To Become The First Not To Charge Sales Taxes On Guns, Ammunition

By J.D. Davidson (The Center Square) While the Ohio General Assembly moves closer to removing sales tax from baby items, another bill introduced late Wednesday would strip sales tax from guns and ammunition. The proposed legislation would also give tax credits to gun and ammunition manufacturers to offset a federal excise tax on gun and […]

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Commercial And Individual Bankruptcies On The Rise Across U.S.

By Tom Gantert (The Center Square) Commercial bankruptcy filings increased 31% in May 2023 from May 2022, according to a report from a company that tracks bankruptcy filings. There were 2,324 commercial filings in May 2023 compared to 1,771 registered in May 2022, according to Epiq Bankruptcy. Total bankruptcy filings were 38,669 in May 2023, […]

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Senate Democrats Turn On Biden’s Student Loan Forgiveness

By Casey Harper (The Center Square) The U.S. Senate voted 52-46 Thursday to overturn President Joe Biden’s student loan forgiveness executive order. Biden’s order would cancel up to $10,000 for qualifying borrowers, and up to $20,000 for Pell Grant recipients. Biden ordered the debt cancellation via the Department of Education last year, but it is […]

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Federal Agents Seize a Ton of Fentanyl in Arizona, Enough to Kill 453 Million People

By Bethany Blankley (The Center Square) With an unknown volume of fentanyl and other drugs pouring through the southern border between ports of entry in Arizona, federal agents recently seized enough fentanyl to kill more than 450 million people at several ports of entry and checkpoints. Homeland Security Investigations, U.S. Customs and Border Protection Office […]

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More States Move to Ban Chinese Purchase of Farmland

By Kim Jarrett (The Center Square) Several states have already banned or are considering banning foreign ownership of farmland from U.S. adversaries such as China, a trend that has its recent roots in North Dakota. Chinese food manufacturer Fufeng Group purchased 370 acres of land for a corn milling plant in Grand Forks in November […]

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In Just 4 Days, Agents Apprehend Over 13,000 People, 600 Pounds of Drugs at Border

By Bethany Blankley (The Center Square) U.S. Border Patrol agents continue to apprehend tens of thousands of people and seize large amounts of illegal drugs being trafficked and smuggled across the southern border. BP Chief Raul Ortiz said Tuesday that within the past 96 hours, agents apprehended 13,584 illegal foreign nationals and reported roughly 4,013 gotaways. Gotaways […]

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11 States Have Adopted or Advanced Gun Control Laws So Far This Year

By TJ Martinell (The Center Square) Numerous states took action to implement gun control legislation this year, many involving firearms deemed “assault weapons.” Lawsuits have already been filed against many of them at the state and federal levels. The following is a breakdown by state of the most notable gun control bills proposed and/or passed. […]

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Comer to Hold FBI Director Wray in Contempt for Not Producing Hunter Biden Documents

By Dan McCaleb (The Center Square) The chairman of the U.S. House Oversight Committee said Tuesday that he is beginning proceedings to hold FBI Director Christopher Wray in contempt of Congress for not producing a memo related to the agency’s investigation into President Joe Biden. U.S. Rep. James Comer said the FBI’s decision to withhold […]

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