Upcoming funding shifts in the federal food stamp program are poised to cost states billions of dollars, heightening fears that more Americans will lose access to the nation’s largest food assistance program. Last year’s One Big Beautiful Bill Act made major changes to the Supplemental Nutritional Assistance Program, or SNAP, including new eligibility and work […]
On July 10, 1940, the Battle of Britain began, opening one of the most important air campaigns of the Second World War. After the fall of France, Nazi Germany aimed to gain control of the skies over Britain as a step toward possible invasion. What followed was a long struggle between the German Luftwaffe and the British Royal Air Force. At the time, the battle mattered because Britain stood as a major center of resistance in Western Europe. Its outcome also shaped the wider war by preventing
A song you have not heard in years can change your mood in seconds. One chorus, and suddenly you are back in a car with your family, in a school hallway, or in a bedroom covered with posters from another version of your life. Nostalgia works that fast. It is not just remembering. It is feeling the past in the present. Nostalgia is one of the most familiar human emotions, yet it is often misunderstood. People talk about it as if it were simple homesickness or a habit of living in the past. In
WASHINGTON — Four senators from Maryland and Virginia, all Democrats, said Thursday they have sent a letter to the Department of the Interior, demanding answers on the Trump administration’s plan to redevelop the East Potomac Golf Links. The senators had sent a similar letter in January with a list of questions, but wrote in their […]
Voters will decide Aug. 4 whether lawmakers can phase out Missouri's income tax and broaden sales taxes. Supporters aren't saying what new items would be taxed or how much.
To be clear, the FTC under Donald Trump and new boss Andrew Ferguson has been a dangerous embarrassment. Whether it’s the firing of both Democratic Commissioners, the politically motivated investigations, the extremist attacks on trans people, the agency’s useless attacks on porn, or its efforts to undermine free speech, the Trump FTC has largely been […]
The Federal Emergency Management Agency’s guidelines to states on how to request funding under counterterrorism grant programs include potentially illegal demands related to election administration, Democrats on the U.S. House Homeland Security Committee said Thursday. The Department of Homeland Security, which includes FEMA, sent states last month notices of available federal funding for non-disaster grants […]
Our country has hit 250. Relatively speaking, this is a very young age for a nation. The country we won our independence from is approaching 1100 years old. From this perspective, there’s time to heed the warnings that our most…
(The Center Square) – Thirty state financial officers sent a letter Thursday to President Donald Trump asking him to sign an Executive Order directing the Treasury to return $39 billion in savings bonds to the rightful owners rather than the…
By Tate Rosentreter | The Center Square contributor
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