Republicans in Oregon gathered more than three times the signatures needed to put a gas tax hike on the ballot, and now Democrats are scrambling as the referendum lands at the worst possible moment: with prices at the pump soaring past $5 a gallon statewide thanks to the Iran war.
Three people are dead, a cruise ship is under international scrutiny, and Americans are once again questioning whether public health officials learned anything from COVID-19. According to Dr. Deborah Birx, the answer is frustratingly simple: the technology to prevent this crisis was available all along.
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton has launched an investigation into Drone Nerds, a company with links to the Chinese Communist Party (CCP). Drone Nerds is tied to Anzu Robotics, a known affiliate of the CCP.
A Somali-born man who pledged himself to the terrorist group al-Shabaab just months after swearing an oath to the United States is now facing the revocation of his American citizenship, part of a sweeping Trump administration effort to denaturalize individuals with terror ties and fraudulent backgrounds.
New York City business leaders launched a million-dollar campaign Friday to prevent a wave of billionaires and corporations from relocating out of the city, as Mayor Zohran Mamdani's "tax the rich" agenda drives high-profile firms to openly weigh exits.
Florida taxpayers are still waiting on $608 million in promised federal reimbursements for a remote immigration detention center that the Trump administration may now shut down entirely.
