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These cities show housing doesn’t have to be expensive

Housing prices hit a record high this June, despite the fact that overall sales are down thanks to sky-high mortgage rates. But this isn’t true for all communities. Some cities have seen prices fall, even while the local job market stayed hot. The secret of these communities isn’t surprising. They made it easier for people […]

Pro-life group ‘elated’ after Planned Parenthood shutters Houston facilities: ‘Tremendous victory’

Pro-life group 40 Days for Life described the upcoming closure of two Planned Parenthood facilities in Houston, Texas, as a "tremendous victory" for the pro-life movement.

6 in 10 voters view Democrats negatively: WSJ poll

The Democratic Party is viewed negatively by 63 percent of American voters — the lowest approval rating of the party in more than 30 years of The Wall Street Journal's surveys — according to a new poll from the newspaper. The survey found that while voters disapproved of President Trump’s handling of a variety of...

Texas congressional candidate arrested during heated redistricting hearing

Congressional candidate Isaiah Martin was forcibly removed and arrested during a Thursday hearing in the Texas State Capitol on redistricting after refusing to yield the microphone during public comment. “It is a shame,” Martin yelled as he was escorted out. “You should all be ashamed.” Texas Republicans are pushing to redraw the state’s maps after...

Federal judge tosses Trump administration’s ‘sanctuary city’ lawsuit against Illinois

A federal judge on Friday threw out a Trump administration lawsuit seeking to block sanctuary laws in Illinois that limit local law enforcement from cooperating with federal immigration authorities. In her ruling, Judge Lindsay C. Jenkins said that the Tenth Amendment, which protects people from federal government overreach, shielded the decision of local law enforcement...

UK commits to aiding Palestinians but won’t yet recognize state

United Kingdom Prime Minister Keir Starmer on Friday committed to increasing British aid efforts in Gaza and advocated for a peaceful two-state solution between Israel and Palestine.  However, Starmer did not announce the UK’s recognition of Palestine as a sovereign state a day after France said it would do so. “We're scaling up our work....

Trump official says administration will change visa, citizenship tests

The new head of U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services said in an interview with The New York Times Thursday that the Trump administration will make changes to the visa system for skilled workers and look to make the test for U.S. citizenship more difficult. “The test as it’s laid out right now, it’s not very...

Third court blocks Trump birthright citizenship order nationwide after Supreme Court decision

A third court ruled Friday that President Trump’s birthright citizenship executive order cannot go into effect across the country, following the Supreme Court’s decision last month clawing back nationwide injunctions. U.S. District Judge Leo Sorokin, an appointee of former President Obama, found that the nationwide injunction he granted to more than a dozen states remains in...

Rogan hits Patel over Epstein claims: ‘Doesn’t make any sense’

Podcaster Joe Rogan attacked FBI Director Kash Patel in a new episode of his podcast Friday, charging that Patel’s claims about convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein were inconsistent. “The guy’s saying there’s no tapes, there’s no video. That doesn’t make any sense. Everyone knows it doesn’t make any sense,” Rogan said in his most recent...

Markets jump after Powell repels Trump attack

Financial markets finished the week on a high note after Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell stood his ground against President Trump in a rare joint appearance by the two men Thursday. The S&P 500 finished 0.4 percent up, and the Dow Jones Industrial Average finished up 208 points or 0.47 percent. The tech-heavy Nasdaq Composite...

Wes Moore says Trump denied Maryland disaster assistance after floods

Maryland Gov. Wes Moore (D) said this week the Trump administration denied disaster assistance to his state after May flooding. A statement issued by his office Wednesday said the administration did not approve assistance to the state for flooding that occurred in May, even though the state’s estimated damage put it above the threshold it...

Maxwell attorney says he hasn’t spoken about pardon with Trump team

An attorney for Ghislaine Maxwell, the convicted sex offender and associate of the disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein, said he has not talked to President Trump’s team about a potential pardon for his client. “We're going to take one day at a time. I know that's very cliche, but it's true, because things are happening so...

‘Pod Save America’ on Gabbard’s Obama allegations: ‘Crock of s‑‑‑’

"Pod Save America" host Dan Pfeiffer railed against Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard’s accusations that the Obama administration led a “treasonous coup” over the 2016 election. “I don’t think we should call this a scandal,” Pfeiffer, a onetime adviser to former President Obama, said in a Friday episode of the podcast. "Like I don’t...

Minnesota state lawmaker resigns following burglary conviction

Minnesota Democratic state Sen. Nicole Mitchell resigned from office after being found guilty of burglarizing her stepmother's home.

Democrats seek to capitalize on Epstein uproar

PRESIDENT TRUMP is hoping to leave questions about his administration's handling of the Jeffrey Epstein case in the rearview mirror as he begins his weekend trip to Scotland ...

Ethics panel: Pennsylvania Republican violated code of conduct with spouse’s stock trades

The House Ethics Committee “found substantial evidence” that Rep. Mike Kelly (R-Pa.) violated the code of conduct for the lower chamber when his wife profited off stock trades for a company the congressman was focusing on in Washington. The report — which spans 28 pages and has three packets of supporting documents — cleared Kelly of intentionally causing his wife to...

Education Department releases $5 billion to schools after monthlong hold

The Department of Education announced Friday the release of more than $5 billion of funding to schools after an almost monthlong pause. At the beginning of July, the Trump administration paused the typical release of almost $7 billion in funding to schools that went toward after-school and summer activities, classes for English learners and adults and teacher...

DNC targets Republicans with ads calling for Epstein files’ release

The Democratic National Committee (DNC) is launching digital ads targeting a dozen Republican-held House districts, calling for the release of files related to financier and convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.  One ad features Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) calling the controversy a “serious issue” and saying that the highest volume of calls to her office...

In the US, a factual National Archives still exists — but for how long?

If access were restricted or content altered or erased, as is already happening on numerous government websites, truth, as in Russia, begins to disappear.

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