The States

President Donald Trump’s plans to “restore election integrity” and prevent voter fraud include banning mail-in voting and requiring that voters present identification at the polls. Wisconsin has paid billions of dollars in recent years for outside investors to manage most of the state's retirement funds even though it has an expansive team of highly paid investment employees, according to state data. Senate Democrats are set to block Republicans’ government funding bill for the 12th time Wednesday, keeping the federal government shut down despite tens of millions of low-income Americans at risk of losing food stamps or early childhood education assistance. And more...

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Poll: Majority of Americans favor voter ID requirement, split on mail-in voting ban

Wisconsin's highly paid state investors pay others to do most investing

Record-long govt shutdown threatens food, early childhood education assistance

WSBA ends investigation into WA AG Nick Brown hours after inquiry by The Center Square

'Moral disaster': Wisconsin leaders want answers on teacher assault probe

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The man accused of firebombing the Pennsylvania governor’s mansion in Harrisburg pleaded guilty to attempted murder, aggravated arson and terrorism on Tuesday. It’s been two weeks since the federal government shut down, and lawmakers are no closer to reaching a deal after U.S. Senate Democrats voted down Republicans’ funding bill for the eighth time Tuesday. A new poll shows that President Donald Trump’s approval rating reached 48% in October, a number mostly bolstered by Republicans. And more...

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Balmer pleads guilty to attempted murder of Pennsylvania governor

Govt shutdown predicted to drag on after funding bill fails for 8h time in Senate

Trump approval rating at 48% in October, poll finds

Some New York school districts spend almost or more than $100,000 a student

WATCH: UW professor says campus problems go much deeper than anti-Semitism

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President Donald Trump expressed a desire to designate Antifa a foreign terror organization; now, a U.S. senator is urging Secretary of State Marco Rubio to make it happen. U.S. senators have left town for the weekend and will not vote again on a federal funding bill until Tuesday, meaning the ongoing government shutdown will stretch into its third week. Despite federal pushback for diversity, equity and inclusion programs, Illinois has spent millions of dollars in the past few years for new, high-paying government jobs to increase the amount of state contracts that go to businesses owned by racial minorities, women and people with disabilities, an investigation by The Center Square found.

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Senator urges Rubio to move forward designating Antifa a foreign terror organization

Hundreds of National Guard activated in Illinois

'Shameful:' GOP leaders frustrated with Dems on tenth day of shutdown

Fiscal Fallout: Illinois diversity commission's budget ballooning but results lag

Wisconsin legislator: Schools must fulfill financial reporting before referendum

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As the government shutdown enters its second day, House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., defended Republican leaders’ refusal to concede to Democrats’ health care policy demands in exchange for their votes on federal funding. A hard deadline has been set for Hamas to agree to a peace deal proposed by President Donald Trump and accepted by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, warning this is their “last chance.” The results of a May executive order aiming to reform drug pricing are beginning to materialize, per an administration announcement Tuesday. And more...

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'I don't have anything to negotiate': Johnson holds firm on GOP shutdown strategy

Trump gives Hamas a Sunday deadline to agree to peace deal, or else

Administration strikes deal with Pfizer to reduce drug costs

Congressional Conflicts: Lawmakers dump Tylenol stock before autism controversy

Texas A&M President resigns over controversy in LGBTQ teachings

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Ryan Routh was found guilty of all charges in a plot to kill Donald Trump by a federal jury that needed little time to reach a verdict Tuesday afternoon. Government funding negotiations came to a standstill Tuesday after President Donald Trump cancelled talks with Democratic congressional leaders, saying no meeting “could possibly be productive” given their demands. Discretionary spending by Illinois state leaders has increased more than $16 billion since J.B. Pritzker became governor nearly seven years ago. And more...

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Routh guilty on all charges in plot to kill Trump

'Brutal slog:' Government shutdown looms as bipartisan negotiations derail

Fiscal Fallout: Illinois spending swells 43% under Pritzker

Trump introduces $100k H-1B visa charge

WATCH: Report says national student debt more than $1.6T

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Tyler James Robinson, the 22-year-old suspect charged in the assassination of conservative leader Charlie Kirk, remained silent and emotionless as he appeared before Judge Tony Graf Tuesday afternoon, soon after paperwork was filed showing prosecutors’ intent to seek the death penalty. President Donald Trump is designating Antifa a “major terrorist organization,” he announced in a social media post Wednesday evening. Despite a Trump administration executive order defunding gender ideology in public education, Los Angeles Unified School District materials instruct elementary children how to be transgender activists, warn parents that failing to support "gender-affirming care" could endanger their children, and the district allows students to socially transition at school without parental notification, an investigation by The Center Square found. And more...

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Suspect in Charles Kirk assassination appears before judge

WATCH: Trump designates Antifa a 'major terrorist organization'

LA elementary school materials push gender transitions despite Trump order

Senate rejects both Republican and Democrat govt funding stopgaps, risking a shutdown

Best, worst states for teachers ranked as student scores drop

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Authorities on Friday confirmed the suspect in the assassination of Turning Point USA founder Charlie Kirk is in custody. Chilling video of the Aug. 22 stabbing death of Iryna Zarutska on a Charlotte light rail has drawn increased awareness of the incident. The Make America Healthy Again Commission released a sweeping strategy Tuesday to nationally improve children’s health, which includes more than 120 initiatives – including advancing research on autism, pesticides, vaccine injury and water quality – aimed at that end. And more...

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'We got him:' Kirk shooting suspect in custody

Two weeks later, outrage rises in Charlotte rail murder

MAHA releases strategy to improve children’s health

'Lap of luxury:' Section 8 covering Arizona rents up to $6,020 a month

White House announces new AI Education initiative

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President Donald Trump said Tuesday that his administration will ask the U.S. Supreme Court on Wednesday to quickly take up his appeal on tariff authority after two lower courts rejected his claims of broad authority to issue import duties under a 1977 law. Ryan Routh, North Carolinian and resident of Hawaii charged with trying to assassinate Donald Trump during the last campaign season, begins his defense Monday in a Florida federal courtroom. As the Illinois Freedom Caucus and Chicago Flips Red join forces to invite President Donald Trump’s crime cleanup efforts into Chicago, some residents say federal assistance is needed in the city. And more...

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WATCH: Trump to push Supreme Court for quick ruling on tariff authority

Routh, representing himself, begins picking Florida jury Monday

Chicago residents: 'We need help' from feds to fight crime

Congress returns, but Trump's 'pocket rescissions' snarls govt funding process

AB 495 moves forward despite GOP pushback in California

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Two weeks after declaring “Liberation Day” in Washington, D.C., to combat crime, President Donald Trump signed executive orders to end cashless bail in the nation’s capital, while taking steps to eliminate it throughout the country. Washington Solicitor General Noah Purcell is the focus of a Washington State Bar Association complaint alleging misconduct for responding on Attorney General Nick Brown’s behalf in a separate bar complaint, and directly communicating with private law firm Perkins Coie without its attorney’s consent. Before Hurricane Katrina ravaged the coast, the New Orleans population was about 460,000. Twenty years later, the city has dropped to about 380,000 as it continues to rebuild. And more...

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WATCH: Trump moves to end cashless bail in D.C., nationwide

New Orleans population numbers remain lower 20 years after Katrina

WA State Bar Association complaint filed against Solicitor General Noah Purcell

Nonprofit files complaints against Trump attorneys but almost no public discipline

WATCH: Backlash continues to July’s ‘Drag Queen Story Hour’ event at WA elementary school

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The White House has helped open the channels of communication between Russia, Ukraine and the rest of Europe, but the details of any resolution to the Russia-Ukraine war remain murky. Casting a ballot may look different for millions of American voters in the 2026 midterm elections if Republican-led states follow President Donald Trump’s wish to abolish mail-in voting and electronic voting machines. More than a week after President Donald Trump declared “Liberation Day” in Washington, D.C., his administration is touting the operation as a success as more Republican governors commit National Guard troops. And more...

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Some Russia-Ukraine questions answered Tuesday, more remain

Dems oppose Trump's bid to end mail-in ballots, voting machines

White House touts D.C. crackdown; no timeline on National Guard deployment

WA AG Nick Brown threatened with suspension of license to practice law

Virginia schools keep gender policy, despite Title IX violation

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