(Headline USA) Staff for Kentucky Sen. Mitch McConnell said last week that the senator is “continuing his recovery” in a hospital while the Senate is out of session. But his office has released no details about the former Republican leader’s condition during his weekslong hospitalization or whether he will be at the Capitol when the…

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(Carleen Johnson, The Center Square) Many Washington state daycare providers receive large taxpayer subsidies, but an investigation by The Center Square found several that had few, if any, children and at least one establishment that received hundreds of thousands of dollars despite residents at the listed address indicating it was not a daycare. Yet politicians…

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(Sean Reed, The Center Square) After two days of calls for his resignation by Democrat leaders, embattled Illinois state Rep. Harry Benton, D-Plainfield, stepped down. The two-term Democrat also signaled he’ll suspend his reelection campaign, pulling his name from the November ballot. The official resignation letter was released late Friday by House Speaker Emanuel “Chris”…

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(Jim Talamonti, The Center Square) More than 400 fugitives have been arrested in Illinois, and another 117 in Missouri, over the last two months. The U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Northern District of Illinois said recently that 305 fugitives were brought into custody since May 1. U.S. Attorney Andrew Boutros said 11 federal agencies worked…

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(Kyle Anzalone, Libertarian Institute) Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is hoping to meet with President Donald Trump this week to discuss the war against Iran and other issues.  According to Ynet, Netanyahu and Trump will likely meet for the eighth time in the past 18 months this week or next. One of the Prime Minister’s…

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(Headline USA) A woman who previously dated Maine Democratic Senate candidate Graham Platner said he drunkenly forced her to have sex after she told him to stop, according to a Politico report released Monday, leading prominent supporters to pull their endorsements and throwing a must-win race for the party into turmoil. Platner denied the allegation,…

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(Headline USA) A former campus police officer testified Monday that he found an apparent “sniper pad” on a rooftop near where Charlie Kirk was assassinated, as prosecutors sought to convince a state judge they have enough evidence to put a Utah man on trial for murder. Former Utah Valley University Officer Christopher Bagley said he…

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(José Niño, Headline USA) Independent research firm Hedgeye set off a fierce online reaction this weekend when it published a blunt autopsy of American social life. The Stamford, Connecticut-based financial media company argued that the nation has quietly torn down the places where people once met, and the figures it cited paint a bleak picture.…

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(José Niño, Headline USA) Cryptocurrency investments delivered President Donald Trump earnings exceeding $1 billion during 2025, the Wall Street Journal reported, representing a historic income spike that accompanied gains from royalties, property holdings, and corporate lawsuit resolutions. Trump and his relatives dove deeply into digital currency enterprises during his opening year in the White House.…

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(Headline USA) A shooting altercation between two groups of young people at a shopping mall in Dearborn, Michigan, left two people dead and a third injured Friday, police said. The shooting at Fairlane Town Center sent mall patrons scrambling, including a person who was hit by a vehicle outside the mall while attempting to flee, Dearborn…

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