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By Tate Miller | The Center Square contributor (The Center Square) – The Trump administration is ending preferential treatment for “unreliable” solar and wind energy, and the director of the Center for Energy, Climate and Environment at The Heritage Foundation is welcoming the move. Director Diana Furchtgott-Roth told The Center Square that solar and wind are more costly forms of...

By Brett Rowland | The Center Square (The Center Square) – Democrats are pushing a bill prohibiting price gouging at the federal level and giving the Federal Trade Commission another $1 billion and new tools to go after companies charging "grossly excessive" prices. Democrats say such protections are needed as President Donald Trump rolls out higher tariffs on foreign nations...

By Sarah Roderick-Fitch | The Center Square (The Center Square) – A third witness in a little over a week has invoked the Fifth Amendment right against self-incrimination in a U.S. House investigation into former President Joe Biden’s mental and physical health during his time in the White House.U.S. Rep. James Comer, R-Ky., chairman of the House Committee on Oversight...

By Thérèse Boudreaux | The Center Square (The Center Square) – Republicans have scored another victory for the Trump administration by passing the White House’s rescissions package clawing back $9 billion in foreign aid and public broadcasting spending. Organizations impacted by the cuts, however, are warning that the bill will carry severe ramifications regarding global humanitarian progress and rural Americans’...

By Thérèse Boudreaux | The Center Square (The Center Square) – One day before the deadline, the U.S. government has issued a refusal of new international health regulations that dramatically expand the World Health Organization’s international powers. The WHO’s 2024 amendments to International Health Regulations – adopted by the organization’s highest decision-making body, the World Health Assembly – were set...

(The Center Square) – The U.S. House in a late night vote passed Republicans’ $9 billion rescissions package, delivering another win for President Donald Trump and his promise to cut federal spending. The measure, which cuts already appropriated federal spending on some foreign aid projects and public broadcasting programs, passed 216-213 in the House, the final voted needed to send...

By Esther Wickham | The Center Square (The Center Square) – Revocation of the federal charter for the National Education Association over concerns of its priorities is in a bill introduced by Republican lawmakers. Many Republicans in Congress believe the the nation's largest teacher union is prioritizing politics over education. They say the NEA has been exposed for calling President Donald...

By Esther Wickham | The Center Square (The Center Square) - The U.S. Department of Education has taken further steps to dismantle itself since the U.S. Supreme Court ruled in favor of broad layoffs. The department announced new appointees, who will support the Trump administration’s mission of returning education decisions to the states. Secretary of Education Linda McMahon explained President Donald Trump...

By Bethany Blankley | The Center Square contributor (The Center Square) – Illegal border crossings dropped to their lowest level in recorded U.S. history in June. Nationwide, 25,228 illegal border crossers were apprehended, the lowest monthly total in history, according to newly published U.S. Customs and Border Protection data. The greatest number apprehended were nationwide at land, sea and air...

By Tate Miller | The Center Square contributor (The Center Square) – The Small Business Administration has established a Center for Faith as well as eliminated the Biden regulation that banned faith organizations from receiving disaster relief. The Small Business Administration (SBA) is a cabinet-level federal agency intended to provide “counseling, capital, and contracting expertise” for small businesses, according to...