(The Center Square) – In an early morning announcement, President Donald Trump declared Monday that former President Joe Biden’s rash of preemptive pardons issued during his last days in office are “void, vacant, and of no further force or effect.” Biden had extended clemency to former Chief Medical Advisor Dr. Anthony Fauci, members and staff of the […]
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(The Center Square) – A class action lawsuit was filed on Saturday against the Trump administration after President Donald Trump signed an executive order invoking the Enemy Aliens Act to target, arrest and remove violent Venezuelan prison gang members, Tren de Aragua (TdA), from the U.S. The lawsuit was filed by the American Civil Liberties Union Foundation […]
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This week’s economic calendar is packed with key reports and influential Fed speeches – and all eyes will be on the Fed’s decision at the Federal Open Market Committee meeting. The committee is expected to hold the federal funds rate at 4.25–4.50%, reflecting a cautious, wait-and-see approach amid persistent inflation pressures and growing economic uncertainty. […]
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(The Center Square) – Over the past few years, more Americans were surprised to learn that their bank suddenly closed their accounts, purportedly for their political views. The process is called debanking, when a bank chooses to kick a customer out, often without any notice or explanation. Critics say the Biden administration encouraged banks to […]
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My colleague, Maggie Anders, recently made an insightful post on X. As Trump begins to shutter government bureaus (or at least pieces of them), many are highlighting an obvious downside: government employees will lose jobs if you shut down government agencies. Some articles are calling it the biggest layoff in history, and saying it will have […]
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Strange as it sounds, a Federal District Court judge had declared himself President and Commander-in-Chief. We’ve seen leftist groups and unions go judge shopping in their drive to stop President Trump by any means necessary. And they have found willing partners in judges, mostly appointed by Clinton, Obama and Biden, in jurisdictions all over the […]
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Can a single judge unilaterally thwart the president of the United States? That’s the contentious question the Trump administration asked the Supreme Court to resolve last week in response to court orders blocking its effort to curtail birthright citizenship, and after a slew of decrees requiring the president do everything from halting major actions on DEI and […]
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March 17, 2025 Topline: The Environmental Protection Agency is unable to track $651 million in grant funding after a nonprofit sent the money to credit unions across the country, the Washington Free Beacon reported. Key facts: Inclusiv, a network of credit unions based in New York, received $1.9 billion last year from President Joe Biden’s […]
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(The Center Square) – Lawmakers have prevented a government shutdown by passing a six-month funding stopgap bill, with the U.S. Senate voting 54-46 hours before the midnight deadline. The passage of the Continuing Resolution follows a nail-biter cloture vote Friday afternoon, where nine Democrats and one independent ultimately voted for Republicans’ Continuing Resolution, which needed 60 votes […]
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CBP closes temporary processing centers, launches new phone app (The Center Square) – Illegal border crossings dropped to their lowest level for the month of February in recorded history, according to the latest U.S. Customs and Border Protection data. In February, 28,654 encounters and apprehensions of illegal border crossers were reported nationwide – a roughly 90% […]