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Iowa attorney general wants tougher penalties for law enforcement assaults December 29, 2023 06:25 AM (The Center Square) – Iowa Attorney General Brenna Bird is asking lawmakers to consider a bill enhancing penalties against anyone who assaults law enforcement officers or first responders. The bill would make assaulting a first responder or law enforcement officer

Families of three service members awarded death benefits for border security efforts December 29, 2023 06:23 AM (The Center Square) – For roughly a year, military leaders and advocates for service members called on the Texas legislature to extend state death benefits to active-duty military members and national guardsmen deployed to the border working through

2023 Review: The surprising rise of antisemitic college protesters and the following blowback December 29, 2023 06:00 AM Following Hamas’s Oct. 7 terrorist attack on Israel, universities in the United States became a hotbed for antisemitic protests. College students discovered their stance against Israel was not without consequences in 2023. BOB GOOD OUTLINES VISION TO

Speaker Mike Johnson’s laundry list of challenges for 2024 December 29, 2023 06:00 AM When the House returns from the holiday break on Jan. 9, lawmakers will stare down several deadlines where critical legislation has to be passed in a short time frame. This is gearing up to be an intense time for Speaker Mike

Social Security update: Second of December double payments worth $914 goes out Friday December 29, 2023 06:00 AM Millions of Supplemental Security Income recipients received their second December payment, worth up to $914 for individual filers, on Friday. The payment is an unusual second payment in one month. However, recipients always get two payments in December because

2023 Review: Carjackings surge in the Washington area December 29, 2023 05:30 AM In 2023, vehicle theft became an epidemic in the Washington, D.C., area, as the rate soared, with more than 6,000 cars stolen this year in the capital city. High-profile carjackings included Rep. Henry Cuellar (D-TX), whose vehicle was stolen at gunpoint outside

What to expect when the Senate returns in 2024 December 29, 2023 05:30 AM The Senate has concluded its business for 2023 and will reconvene in January. But the slow pace of negotiations over Ukraine funding, plus the unresolved question of spending levels for the fiscal year, mean the Senate will be thrown into a

Major crimes that made the headlines in 2023 December 29, 2023 04:30 AM This year was marked by several tragedies, including school shootings, serial killings, and crimes in the nation’s capital against federal lawmakers. This year, there have been 650 mass shootings recorded and 40 mass murders recorded, according to the Gun Violence Archive. The

Republican presidential candidate Nikki Haley said Thursday the Civil War questioner at her Wednesday town hall was a “Democrat plant.” A questioner in Berlin, New Hampshire, asked her about the cause of the Civil War, and she said “The cause of the Civil War was basically how government was going to run.” She then asked

President Joe Biden responded Thursday to former President Donald Trump’s Christmas message, citing a biblical passage that discourages vengeance and resentment. On Christmas, Trump released a statement on Truth Social slamming those who he believes are “looking to destroy” the U.S. and telling them to “rot in Hell.” “There’s an expression they say in church