The States

Vice President Harris gave first interview since launching her campaign, while new polls show gaining momentum. Immigration policy think tank the Center for Immigration Studies released its updated map of American sanctuary locations on Thursday, revealing a surge in Virginia localities adopting sanctuary status. Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg kicked off a firestorm of controversy this week when he sent a letter to the U.S. House Judiciary Committee admitting his mistake in caving to pressure from the Biden administration to censor Americans’ posts that contradicted the administration’s viewpoints on COVID-19.  And more...

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Polling mixed on tight Harris-Trump race

Study: Virginia tops charts with 'sanctuary' cities, counties

Biden-Harris admin under fire for pressuring Facebook to censor Americans

California Senate passes 0 down, 0 payment home 'loans' for illegal immigrants

Montana governor wants cell-phone ban in schools

Arizona leaders to renew push for school cell phone ban

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 Vice President and now-Democratic presidential nominee Kamala Harris formally accepted the party’s nomination on the final day of the Democratic National Convention Thursday night in Chicago. Police officials made mass arrests Tuesday night after pro-Palestinian protestors confronted and attacked police officers near the Israeli consulate during the Democratic National Convention. The Washington state trucking industry is calling on the Legislature and Gov. Jay Inslee to detach Washington state from a California-based electric vehicle program due to a variety of practical and logistical factors that they argue threaten the supply chain system. And more...

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Harris accepts Democratic presidential nomination, setting up showdown with Trump

March outside Israeli consulate leads to confrontation, arrests

Chicagoans frustrated with heavier-than-promised DNC restrictions

Biden explains why he dropped out of presidential race

Washington truckers warn California emissions policy threatens supply chain

Here's why the Supreme Court said Title IX should remain blocked

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The DNC is coming up next week. California Gov. Gavin Newsom issued a video blaming oil companies’ “greed” and “price gouging” for the state’s gas prices, which, at an average of $4.60 per gallon, are $1.16 above the national average. The federal deficit so far this fiscal year has already hit $1.5 trillion, the U.S. Treasury Department reported in its monthly fiscal update. The Cleveland Browns want a new $2.4 billion domed stadium using $1.2 billion in public funds in Brook Park, but Cuyahoga County leaders made it clear in a letter to Browns ownership and at a press conference that it wants a stadium renovation downtown instead. And more...

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Critics: Where's debt plan as deficit hits $1.5 trillion, debt tops $35 trillion?

Newsom blames oil companies for gas prices, but his own energy czar disagrees

Cuyahoga County leaders push back on Browns' new domed stadium funding proposal

California could see class-action lawsuit over policies hiding gender changes

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Vice President Kamala Harris held a rally in Philadelphia on Tuesday night in her first official appearance with her new running mate, Democratic Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz. Budget burdens, pharmaceutical options and hyperbaric oxygen therapy are concerns North Carolina congressmen in the Senate and House of Representatives are raising with Veterans Affairs. Biden-Harris administration policies are resulting in Border Patrol agents releasing known or suspected terrorists (KSTs) into the U.S., a new congressional report states. And more...

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Kamala Harris appears for first time with running mate Walz

VA budget shortfall of $15B may impact October payments to veterans

House Judiciary report: Biden-Harris admin releasing known, suspected terrorists into US

California advances library book bans ban for targeting LGBTQ, sexual content

Detroit students finished online credit recovery courses 20 times faster than recommended

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As the presidential race between Vice President Harris and Former President Trump takes a more definite form, polling shows a close race. A federal appeals court has ruled that the Biden administration can’t implement its Title IX rules in an additional four states, bringing the total number of statewide injunctions to 26 as the rules went into effect this week. The failures of the Secret Service around the attempted assassination of former President Donald Trump are mounting but members of Congress say there’s not been enough accountability. And more...

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Top forecaster says Harris-Trump contest almost a 'toss-up'

Odds, tour stops point to Harris choosing Shapiro

Biden admin Title IX rule blocked in four more states, bringing total to 26

Failures of Secret Service mount as senators demand accountability

Thurston County Sheriff: Police pursuit law change sees fewer drivers fleeing overall

Report: 8th-grade students need whole school year to reach pre-pandemic performance

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 Presumptive Democratic presidential nominee and Vice President Kamala Harris is nearly tied with former President Donald Trump in national polling, according to the latest survey results. The numbers reveal an entirely new political landscape after a tumultuous few weeks in the presidential race, beginning with a disastrous debate performance by Biden, which led to widespread calls for his leaving the race, even from his own party. U.S. Secret Service Director Kimberly Cheatle resigned Tuesday after she was widely criticized over security failures at the campaign event where former President Donald Trump survived an assassination attempt. Giving Americans $1,000 per month in taxpayer-funded guaranteed income makes them worse off, says a new three-year, 3000-participant study. And more...

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Trump, Harris nearly tied nationally in new poll

Trump, in first rally since Butler, says he 'took a bullet for democracy'

Harris focuses campaign on the future of democracy at first rally in Wisconsin

Secret Service chief resigns after Trump assassination attempt security failures

National study finds giving Americans $1,000 per month makes them work less

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The U.S. Secret Service is facing an array of tough questions, calls for accountability, firings and investigations this week as well as public feuding with local law enforcement in the wake of the assassination attempt last weekend. Just after California Governor Gavin Newsom signed a bill banning parental notification for gender change requests from K-12 students, entrepreneur Elon Musk announced he is moving the headquarters of X, formerly known as Twitter, and SpaceX from California to Texas in response to the law.  Former President Donald Trump picked U.S. Sen. J.D. Vance, R-Ohio, to serve as his vice president should Trump beat President Joe Biden this November for another term in the White House. And more...

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Secret Service faces tough questions after Trump assassination attempt

Musk announces SpaceX and X leaving California over K-12 gender law

Trump picks Ohio's J.D. Vance for vice president

Poll: Inflation, immigration, economy are top concerns of voters

Report: Federal schools made taxpayers fund DEI instruction

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In his first news conference since his critically panned debate performance two weeks ago, President Joe Biden on Thursday made numerous mistakes while talking for about an hour on a range of policy issues. Ahead of the Republican National Convention next week, Republicans who once criticized former President Donald Trump are on the presumptive Republican nominees' short-list for vice president. Over half of U.S. states now require high school students to receive a financial literacy course before they graduate after Gov. Gavin Newsom signed a bill passed by the California Legislature. And more...

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Biden refers to Harris as 'VP Trump' during mistake-filled NATO presser

Report: NFL teams earned $400M from NFL revenue as public incentives escalate

Speculation high over Trump's potential running mate ahead of convention

With homelessness rising, KCRHA-backed nonprofits call for more housing, funding

California joins 26 states in requiring students take personal finance class

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The president of the United States has "absolute immunity" when acting in his core constitutional duties, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled in a landmark decision Monday. Hawaii entered into a settlement in a first-of-its-kind lawsuit that requires the state to implement climate change initiatives by court order, setting forth a potential template for lawsuits in other states. The U.S. Supreme Court last week pared back the federal government's regulatory power in a decision that made it clear that judges had the authority to interpret federal statutes when there was a question. Diversity, Equity and Inclusion efforts in the United States military are ineffective, a new Arizona State University study suggests. And more...

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Supreme Court: President has 'absolute immunity' when performing some duties

Can Hawaii afford climate change lawsuit settlement?

Chevron: Supreme Court limits federal regulatory power

University study: 'Vast DEI bureaucracy' negatively impacting U.S. Armed Forces

Families sue governor of Tennessee and school district over 'mass violence' policy

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Two federal judges on Monday ruled to block part of President Joe Biden's recent attempt to indefinitely postpone or cancel nearly half a trillion dollars in student loan debt. The Jacksonville Jaguars became the second NFL team this week to get a large sum of public money for a stadium renovation when the City Council voted 14-1 to approve $775 million toward a $1.4 billion renovation of EverBank Stadium.  President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump grappled over inflation, illegal immigration, abortion and more during the first debate of this election cycle Thursday night in Atlanta, but concerns over Biden's mental capacity seem to be the main takeaways. And more...

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Federal judges block Biden’s plan to end student loan repayments

Jacksonville will pay $775M in public funds toward $1.4B Jaguars renovation

Charlotteans ante up for billionaire NFL owner's stadium

Biden, Trump spar over inflation, border, more in first presidential debate

‘Squad’ member Bowman ousted in New York's Democratic primary

Virginia GOP chairman congratulates McGuire on being Republican nominee

What does research say about Edmentum online course effectiveness? 

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