The States

The president declared a crime emergency in D.C. and said the National Guard will soon patrol the streets in an effort to curb crime. For the first time in many years, the Pierce County Republican Party will not have a booth at the Washington State Fair in Puyallup, Wash. As President Donald Trump’s tariff policies come into effect, July’s Consumer Price Index showed overall consumer prices rose 2.7% annually, slightly lower than forecasted by economists. And more...

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Trump declares 'Liberation Day' in D.C., calls in National Guard

WATCH: WA State Fair accused of excluding Pierce County Republican Party

Inflation holds steady amid trade war threats

California spending up 50% per capita since 2019

Parental rights groups concerned over DEI in Denver teacher contract

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The FBI on Thursday agreed to assist with locating Texas Democrats who fled the state to prevent the Texas House from reaching a quorum and conducting official business. Since California Gov. Gavin Newsom took office in 2019, state debt payments on unemployment benefits have gone from zero to nearly $600 million this year, and could soon result in annual payroll tax increases of nearly $500 per employee, according to an analysis by The Center Square. Right before leaving for its week-long August recess, the U.S. Senate passed a minibus containing three out of the 12 annual government funding bills. 

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Cornyn: FBI to assist with locating, arresting Texas Dems who fled state

Fiscal Fallout: California interest on fraudulent COVID benefits rapidly growing

Senate passes minibus before recessing, making slight progress on govt funding

'Time's Up': House Dems demand progress as SEPTA cuts loom

Trump signs order to bring back Presidential Fitness Test

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Energy advocates are pleased by the Environmental Protection Agency’s proposal to repeal the Obama-era Endangerment Finding that has imposed strict regulations on the automobile industry and cost the nation $1 trillion, with one saying the move could lead to the end of EPA greenhouse gas regulations via the Clean Air Act in general. The end of a six-month suspension of a policy that for years allowed for the auto-deletion of Microsoft Teams or instant messages at Washington state agencies after one week is approaching. Newly declassified intelligence documents indicate that Hillary Clinton, her 2016 presidential campaign managers, and a top member of a George Soros group plotted to fabricate the Trump-Russia collusion campaign to distract the public from Clinton’s email scandal. And more...

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EPA proposes massive deregulations for greenhouse gases

WATCH: Will Ferguson extend ban on auto-deletion of public records?

Bombshell report indicates Clinton, Soros group plotted to 'demonize' Trump

Trump announces EU trade deal with 15% tariff on imports

National teachers union, its mission questioned in congressional proposal

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 Detroit automakers are concerned President Donald Trump's trade deal with Japan will give the U.S. ally a lower tariff rate than those imposed on Canada and Mexico, two neighboring countries with close connections to the U.S. auto industry. Washington state’s Medicaid spending has quintupled, or increased five times over, since the 2013-15 biennium, according to an analysis by The Center Square. Evidence criminally implicating former President Barack Obama in the alleged “manufactured intelligence” documents behind the Russian collusion hoax against President Donald Trump has been referred to the Department of Justice and the FBI, Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard said Wednesday. And more...

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U.S. automakers question tariff rate in Trump's deal with Japan

Fiscal Fallout: How Washington Medicaid spending quintupled over a decade

WATCH: Gabbard doubles-down on Obama 'treason' claims, refers evidence to DOJ

Economist: Hotel data shows hosting NFL Draft has minimal positive effect

U.S. government gives some education money back to states

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The U.S. House in a late night vote passed Republicans’ $9 billion rescissions package, delivering another win for President Donald Trump and his promise to cut federal spending. Artificial intelligence infrastructure coming to Pennsylvania includes $90 billion from tech giants, energy companies and investment firms betting on the state’s rich power supply. President Donald Trump's tariffs could cancel out the economic benefits of the GOP's tax cuts, according to a new analysis from the Tax Foundation. And more...

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House delivers Trump another win, passing $9 billion spending cut bill

WATCH: Trump celebrates $90B plan for AI infrastructure in Pennsylvania

Analysis: Trump tariffs could cancel out benefits of GOP tax cuts

Fiscal Fallout: Washington state government spending surges 116% since 2015

Department of Education continues efforts to dismantle itself

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The death toll from the catastrophic Texas Hill Country flood has reached 119 with at least 173 confirmed missing in Kerr and Travis counties. Ten people have been arrested so far in a “planned ambush” of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers in north Texas. Court records reviewed by The Center Square show a pattern in which defendants in Orleans Parish initially facing multiple felony weapons charges have had the vast majority of those charges dismissed, often as part of plea deals that result in minimal jail time and little long-term supervision. And more...

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Texas Hill Country death toll reaches 119, with 173 missing statewide

Attacks against ICE up 700%, 10 arrested in 'planned ambush' in north Texas

New Orleans district attorney declined nearly 40% of felony cases in 2024

'Most expensive market': DoorDash to raise fees in Seattle due to city regulations

Police link suicide hotline bill to risk of online predators

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Against all odds, U.S. House Republicans finally united around the Senate-revised “big, beautiful bill” and passed it in a 218-214 vote Thursday afternoon, sending the multitrillion-dollar budget reconciliation package to the president’s desk. President Donald Trump traveled to Florida Tuesday to visit ‘Alligator Alcatraz,’ the new, quickly constructed immigrant detention center that will hold up to 5,000 foreign nationals facing deportation. In a victory for President Donald Trump, the University of Pennsylvania agreed Tuesday to resolve what the Department of Education deemed to be a violation of Title IX by allowing a transgender woman to participate in women’s swimming. And more...

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WATCH: Against odds, GOP's 'big, beautiful bill' passes House, heads to Trump's desk

WATCH: Trump tours ‘Alligator Alcatraz’ that's assisting in deportation efforts

UPenn agrees to Trump administration's Title IX demands

DOJ sues Los Angeles over sanctuary city policies

U.S. Supreme Court rules for parents on LGBTQ storybooks

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Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said Thursday that the U.S. gained nothing from its strikes on Iran's nuclear facilities. President Donald Trump heads home from the NATO summit in the Netherlands touting a slew of international successes, including the member nations committing to more than doubling their defense spending. It’s budget season in Pennsylvania, and legislators are feeling the squeeze of potential cuts from the federal government, so are the state’s leading universities. And more...

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Iran disputes U.S. claims nuclear facilities destroyed

WATCH: Trump leaves NATO touting multiple successes

One state, two systems: the financial gaps in Pennsylvania's higher ed

CA lost 80K jobs in 2024, 'no job creation' in fourth quarter

Ohio’s EdChoice scholarship program struck down

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President Donald Trump said he will decide on whether to engage in military action against Iran within the next two weeks. Federal stalking and murder charges have been filed against 57-year-old Vance Boelter in a 20-page charging document on Monday in what was described as the “stuff of nightmares.” As the ink dries on the U.S. Steel merger with Japanese competitor Nippon, one state lawmaker breathes a deep sigh of relief on behalf of thousands of workers, most of whom she’s never met. And more...

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Trump to make decision 'within next two weeks' on Iran strike

Federal charges brought against Minnesota shooter

US Steel: Ward’s win for 100,000 American jobs

CA passes $325B budget, poll finds most want less taxes, government

Tennessee lawmakers question virtual school funding

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California Gov. Gavin Newsom held a formal address Tuesday to the state, blaming President Trump’s deployment of the National Guard late Saturday night after two days of riots and destruction for Sunday and Monday’s more violent escalation. President Donald Trump said Wednesday that U.S. talks with China in London resulted in a tentative deal that still needs China's President Xi Jinping's final approval. The House barely passed a controversial rescissions package Thursday, pulling billions in already allocated federal funding from multiple foreign aid and public broadcasting programs. And more...

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Newsom blames Trump for riots as LA mayor orders curfew

Trump says tariff truce with China back on track

$9.4B rescissions package narrowly passes House, cutting foreign aid

DeSantis offers plan to eliminate property taxes for poor, rural counties

Michigan graduate student from China charged with conspiracy, smuggling

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