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Analysis: Media misses CBO math on missile defense
1+ hour, 56+ min ago (832+ words) Even at the CBO full-blown annual cost of $60 billion, the layered defense system would provide something the U. S. hasn't enjoyed since 1949 when the Soviets developed the atomic bomb: reduced risk of sudden, undefendable, mass-casualty attack. "The system would have the capacity…...
Vance cuts $1. 3 billion in California Medicaid, pauses hospice care
3+ hour, 6+ min ago (569+ words) (The Center Square) " The Trump administration will defer $1. 3 billion in Medicaid funds to California, due to concerns over fraud, Vice President JD Vance said Wednesday. Vance, alongside Mehmet Oz, administrator for Medicare and Medicaid Services, said the administration is launching…...
Trade, Taiwan top priorities for Trump, Xi as two leaders wrap first meeting
3+ hour, 9+ min ago (334+ words) (The Center Square) " President Donald Trump's first visit to China in nearly 10 years has been met with pomp and circumstance as Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping engage in an extensive meeting. The leaders of the world's two superpowers engaged…...
Fetterman and Mc Cormick vote against Iran War Powers resolution
3+ hour, 8+ min ago (544+ words) (The Center Square) " Pennsylvania U. S. Sens. John Fetterman and Dave Mc Cormick voted on Wednesday against an effort to limit President Donald Trump's military actions against Iran. Fetterman was the only Democrat to vote against this resolution, which failed 49-50. Although most…...
Missouri mom wins American Idol; Worship music, ode to motherhood take Hollywood stage
2+ hour, 23+ min ago (751+ words) The song was'inspired by'her'battle'with'postpartum depression'after'having her third'child, who is now 1. Harper told the show's judges " Carrie Underwood,'Luke'Bryan'and Lionel Richie " she was sitting on the couch'one day and wished her children would leave her alone. "I was just having a…...
Pastor sues Georgia school district in First Amendment case
21+ hour, 42+ min ago (480+ words) (The Daily Signal) " For more than a decade, Vidalia High School students in Georgia took courses at Sweet Onion Christian Learning Center as part of a partnership. Now the center and the Vidalia City School District are clashing in a…...
AOC: "My ambition is to change this country
21+ hour, 42+ min ago (425+ words) (The Daily Signal) " Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez said her political aspirations go beyond becoming president, as she addressed speculation she is preparing to run for the White House in 2028. "My ambition is to change this country," said the New York Democrat…...
South Carolina Republicans reject redistricting
21+ hour, 46+ min ago (1067+ words) (The Daily Signal) " Despite being newly empowered by the Callais v. Louisiana Supreme Court ruling, South Carolina's Republican-controlled Senate rejected moving ahead with a redistrictingplan that would have likely unseated the state's sole Democrat in Congress, Rep. Jim Clyburn. On Tuesday,…...
House calls out Walz over redacted documents in fraud probe
21+ hour, 45+ min ago (418+ words) (The Daily Signal) " Chairman of the House Committee on Education and Workforce Tim Walberg has written a letter to Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz stating that Walz's office has failed to adequately comply with its investigation into alleged improper payments and…...
Zelenskyy's former No. 2 reportedly hit with money laundering charges
21+ hour, 41+ min ago (458+ words) (Daily Caller News Foundation) " Anti-corruption officials in Ukraine have charged President Volodymyr Zelenskyy's former chief of staff, Andriy Yermak, with money laundering and corruption, Politico reported late Monday. The charges emerged from a larger corruption probe into Zelenskyy's inner circle,…...