While Republicans are generally more skeptical of wage increases, Sen. Tom Cotton, R-Ark., and Sen. Mitt Romney, R-Utah, re-introduced a bill this week to raise the minimum wage only for legal workers who verify their American citizenship. “American workers today compete against millions of illegal immigrants for too few jobs […]

U.S. officials believe that missing Chinese General Li Shangfu has in fact been removed from his post and placed under investigation amid a possible “corruption purge” in the People’s Liberation Army (PLA).  A report in the Financial Times (FT) cited three U.S. officials and “two people briefed on the intelligence,” […]

An Iowa teenager was found guilty on Thursday of second-degree murder and manslaughter in the deaths of two students that he shot at a Des Moines alternative school earlier this year. Preston Walls, 19, had been charged with first-degree murder in the deaths, but jurors found him guilty of lesser […]

Archeologists have exhumed the remains of one person and plan to exhume a second set as the search for victims of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre resumes in a Tulsa cemetery. The remains are among 22 sets found during the current search in Oaklawn Cemetery, but are the only ones […]

Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and other Democrats were loudly heckled Friday at a press conference in New York City regarding the migrant crisis there. The Democrats, speaking outside of a hotel in Manhattan that has become a relief center for asylum seekers, were drowned out by shouting protesters chanting “send them […]

An escaped murder suspect, who police say fought his way out of custody after feigning an injury, has a history of attacking officers, court records reveal. After the Sept. 6 arrest of Christopher Haynes, 30, police took him to George Washington Hospital to check out his claims of an ankle […]

A new political cartoon aimed at Democratic New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy is receiving the support of some concerned parents across the state in light of some controversial school guidelines. The cartoon, commissioned by the Sussex County Republican Committee, depicts Murphy tearing a child away from his parents, while demon-looking […]

A San Francisco supervisor apologized to the mother of a 15-year-old, who was gunned down by a gang member who she had previously helped to receive leniency in court.  Day’von Hann was shot and killed by now-25-year-old Fernando Madrigal in July 2019 in what was believed to be a gang-related incident […]

Warning: This story contains graphic images. A bill banning supervised drug consumption sites across most of Philadelphia passed Thursday afternoon and will head to Mayor Jim Kenney’s desk for his signature. The legislation, which passed the Philadelphia City Council 13-1, would update zoning codes to prohibit supervised drug consumption sites […]

Jason Kelce is one of the top centers in the NFL, and on Thursday night after the Philadelphia Eagles defeated the Minnesota Vikings, he also showed off his PR skills in dodging a question about his brother’s rumored relationship with pop sensation Taylor Swift.  Hall of Fame tight end Tony […]