Economy
Existing home sales on track for worst year since at least 2008(The Center Square) – Existing home sales are on track for a dismal year, likely dropping 18% and on course for the worst year since at least 2008's Great Recession… Read More
President Donald Trump
Prosecutors plan for experts to testify about Trump’s phone in election interference case(The Center Square) – Special counsel Jack Smith's team plans to use experts to testify about former President Donald Trump's cellphone activity on Jan. 6, 2021, along with the cellular… Read More
Hunter Biden
Hunter Biden defies congressional subpoena(The Center Square) – Hunter Biden defied a congressional subpoena Wednesday by refusing to appear for a deposition with the House Oversight Committee, the latest development in the impeachment inquiry… Read More
Missouri
Gov. Parson says completion of $278M interstate project replaces ‘talk’(The Center Square) – Completion of a $278 million rebuild of Interstate 270 in North St. Louis County is being described as transformational for the region and puts Missouri on… Read More
2024 election
Sununu eyes future in Haley, implores voters to leave Trump in the past(The Center Square) – Former South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley netted a major endorsement from New Hampshire Gov. Chris Sununu during a town hall event in Manchester on Tuesday night.“Let’s… Read More
Culture, Education
Harvard board reaffirms support for embattled university president(The Center Square) – Harvard has “reaffirmed” its support of embattled university President Claudine Gay.The Ivy League school faced mounting pressure to fire her following her controversial congressional testimony last… Read More
Courts
Ranchers suing Colorado, federal agencies over wolf reintroduction(The Center Square) – A pair of trade groups representing Colorado ranchers are suing state and federal wildlife agencies to delay reintroducing gray wolves to the Western Slope. The lawsuit,… Read More
President Biden
Republican impeachment inquiry to be voted on this week(The Center Square) – House Republican leadership announced Tuesday that they would bring the impeachment inquiry into President Joe Biden to the House floor, likely Wednesday, for an official vote.This… Read More
Courts, Missouri
Judicial system’s ranking affirms Missouri Chamber’s focus on reforms(The Center Square) – As the Missouri Chamber of Commerce and Industry prepares for the 2024 legislative session, judicial reform was affirmed as a priority with a national ranking criticizing… Read More
Abortion
‘Appalling’: Abortion advocacy groups received nearly $2B in taxpayer money(The Center Square) – Abortion-providing groups received $1.89 billion in taxpayer money from fiscal years 2019 to 2021, a newly released federal watchdog report shows. The Government Accountability Office, a… Read More
Elections, Kansas
Amid an investigation of possible fraud in the 2020 election, Johnson County may still destroy the ballotsThe destruction of Johnson County’s 2020 general election ballots appears imminent, despite an ongoing sheriff’s investigation into the vote’s integrity and a citizen watchdog’s firm belief there was fraud. Sheriff… Read More
Congress, Israel
UPenn president resigns amid campus antisemitism controversy(The Center Square) – University of Pennsylvania President Liz Magill resigned Saturday, just days after her testimony at a Congressional hearing in Washington, D.C., about antisemitism on campus and the… Read More
China, Missouri
Missouri governor urges state pension board to divest holdings in China(The Center Square) – Poor financial returns and national security concerns led Republican Missouri Gov. Mike Parson to urge trustees of the Missouri State Employees Retirement System to divest in… Read More
2024 election
Trump takes large lead in Iowa poll; DeSantis second(The Center Square) – Former President Donald Trump took a wider lead in Iowa just five weeks before the caucus.The NBC News/Des Moines Register/Mediacom poll released Monday shows 51% of… Read More
Terrorism
New legislation would revoke tax-exempt status of nonprofits funding Hamas, other terrorists(The Center Square) – Proposed new legislation would revoke the tax-exempt status of any nonprofit organization that is providing material support for terrorist groups. The bipartisan bill, introduced by U.S. Read More
President Donald Trump
Jack Smith asks Supreme Court for decision on Trump’s immunity(The Center Square) – Special counsel Jack Smith wants the U.S. Supreme Court to decide if former President Donald Trump’s attempts to overturn the 2020 election were protected by presidential… Read More
Hunter Biden
Hunter Biden hit with new tax-related indictment in California(The Center Square) – President Joe Biden's son, Hunter, is facing new charges.Federal prosecutors released a 56-page indictment late Thursday. The indictment unsealed in the Central District of California alleges Biden… Read More
Courts, Taxes
SCOTUS reviews Washington couple’s income tax suit some say could nullify tax code(The Center Square) – While the U.S. Supreme Court has yet to announce whether it will take up a case regarding whether or not a Washington state capital gains… Read More
Military
Alabama’s Tuberville ends nine-month hold on most military promotions(The Center Square) — Alabama Republican U.S. Sen. Tommy Tuberville on Tuesday ended his nearly 10-month hold on most military promotions over the Department of Defense's abortion policies.Tuberville made his… Read More
Federal government
Senator Joni Ernst places federal agencies on ‘naughty’ list(The Center Square) – It’s a Christmas list U.S. Sen. Joni Ernst, R-Iowa, said President Joe Biden doesn’t want the public to see. Ernst’s “naughty” list of federal agencies shows… Read More