WEATHERING THE CAUCUSES. Des Moines — A blizzard is crossing Iowa as this is written. On Thursday night, with the weather forecast worsening, Nikki Haley canceled three campaign events scheduled for Friday in the western part of the state, opting instead to hold telephone town halls with voters in those places. But Ron DeSantis, with an […]

Many people in the criminal justice reform movement believe people should not be held fully responsible for their criminal actions, and it is continuing to push that idea forward in several states. The Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court ruled on Thursday that anyone under the age of 21 cannot be sentenced to life in prison without […]

CRESCO, Iowa — When the surge of conservative populism started sweeping the Republican Party in the fall of 2015, Howard County Republican Party Chairman Neil Shaffer remained firmly behind Sen. Marco Rubio (R-FL) when he went to caucus in January 2016. Shaffer eventually warmed to Donald Trump and went on to vote for him in […]

In a bombshell Friday morning, Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY) released a jarring video announcing that he does not support Republican presidential candidate Nikki Haley and is officially “Never Nikki.” It was a startling rebuke of the former South Carolina governor by Paul. However, he made an excellent case as to why voting for Nikki Haley […]

Just 22 percent of managers said their full-time, four-day workweek employees put in eight or fewer hours on their workdays.

The Supreme Court agreed Friday to hear Starbucks’s appeal of a decision ordering the coffee chain to reinstate seven terminated employees, who were part of a high-profile union drive and became known as the “Memphis Seven.” With implications for labor organizing more broadly, the justices will take up the case to decide the proper standard...

The Justice Department alleged Friday that Texas border officers erected additional concertina wire and fence on the banks of the Rio Grande, making it impossible for Border Patrol agents to do their jobs along the busiest parts of the U.S.-Mexico border. The court filing Friday continues a back-and-forth between Texas and the Justice Department over...

Story at a glance The rising cost of housing is keeping many Gen Zers from living on their own. A recent Credit Karma survey of 1,249 U.S. adults found that 31 percent of Gen Z live at home with a parent or other family member. And this number could go up. Among Gen...