by Just the News | May 9, 2023
by Ben Whedon A jury held former President Donald Trump liable for battery and defamation after hearing arguments in a civil trial brought by writer E. Jean Carroll, who said Trump raped her in a department store during the 1990s. Trump’s conduct was...
by M.D. Kittle | May 9, 2023
A new Morning Consult poll shows former President Donald Trump with his largest lead yet over Florida Governor Ron DeSantis, just as political outsider Vivek Ramaswamy’s political prospects rising. The poll of nearly 3,600 potential Republican primary voters,...
by M.D. Kittle | May 9, 2023
Leading corporate woke warriors Nike and Adidas, which have made virtue signaling an art form, are now facing more questions about benefitting on the backs of forced laborers in China. Lawmakers on the House’s Select Committee on the Chinese Communist Party want...
by The Center Square | May 9, 2023
by Sarah Roderick-Fitch House of Delegates Speaker Todd Gilbert has requested the Joint Legislative Audit and Review Commission (JLARC) to look into the rising cost of public higher education in Virginia – particularly the increase of administrative staff...
by Hannah Poling | May 9, 2023
The Ohio Republican State Central Committee has unanimously voted to support a resolution and implore lawmakers to pass the Ohio Constitution Protection Amendment which aims to alter the process of how initiative petitions can propose constitutional amendments and to...
by Neil Jones | May 9, 2023
A group of Republican lawmakers, including Representatives Gail Griffin (R-Hereford), Lupe Diaz (R-Benson), and Senator Sine Kerr (R-Buckeye), sent Governor Katie Hobbs (D) a letter Friday, requesting that she stick up for Arizona’s water future and defend...
by Just the News | May 9, 2023
by Madeleine Hubbard Democrats are trying to paint Republicans as enemies of Medicaid, but Florida GOP Rep. Daniel Webster is gaining support for a bill that would provide a tax deduction to healthcare providers in exchange for pro bono health services for...
by Susan Berry, PhD | May 9, 2023
A South Carolina parent challenged the school board of Richland School District Two in Columbia where Blythewood High School (BHS) hosted the Anti-Defamation League’s (ADL) “No Place for Hate” program that invites children to “explore identity,” and “apply this...
by The Center Square | May 9, 2023
by Scott McClallen Lawmakers are crafting the next budget, but Gov. Gretchen Whitmer’s office is trying to hide accountability measures while boosting spending. In 2018, Whitmer made a transparency pledge while running for office. Now, in her second term,...
by Bradley Vasoli | May 9, 2023
In Delaware County on Monday, law-enforcement experts asked Pennsylvania GOP state lawmakers to consider a variety of responses to the state’s crime epidemic… and to one left-wing official’s lack of urgency about it. Speakers suggested various ideas like increased...
by The Center Square | May 9, 2023
by T.A. DeFeo Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp signed a measure to establish a commission with the power to investigate and potentially remove district attorneys from office. But critics argue the measure attacks progressive prosecutors, saying it’s a “national...
by TC Weber | May 9, 2023
A video depicting a female student pepper-spraying a male teacher at Antioch High School (AHS) went viral over the weekend. The minute-and-a-half video, surfacing on Friday, shows the confrontation between the two after the educator confiscated a cell phone from the...
by The Center Square | May 9, 2023
by Jon Styf Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee has signed a bill to block Metro Nashville’s requirement for a council supermajority vote on demolition at the Fairgrounds Speedway. Nashville’s council is expected to soon hear a proposal on Bristol Motor Speedway rebuilding...
by Peter D'Abrosca | May 9, 2023
Police in Murfreesboro say they will not charge a homeowner shot and killed an intruder after that intruder, along with a second suspect broke into the home, used a taser on the homeowner’s dog and held a gun to one of the homeowner’s children. “MPD...
by Peter D'Abrosca | May 9, 2023
A trio of Tennesseans who applied to work at the Tennessee Aquarium were turned down because they were white, according to a lawsuit filed in federal court. Timothy Shawn Gunn and Marni Renee Pearce, both of Hamilton County along with Zachary Chance Taylor of Catoosa...