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April 14, 2025 Pennsylvania

Suspect in arson at Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro’s residence planned to beat him, documents say

During a police interview, authorities said Cody Balmer told them after he was taken into custody that he would have beaten Shapiro with a small sledgehammer if he had found him.

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April 14, 2025 Stop the Presses

Karoline Leavitt is a professional liar

Trump’s press secretary is paid by the taxpayers to hoodwink the taxpayers.

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April 14, 2025

Denny Carter: Democrats are Luring Momentum to their Side

After almost 100 days of utter destruction on the part of the Trump-Musk administration, Democrats are finally owning their mistakes – and learning to make the changes they need to get back in the game.

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April 11, 2025 Texas

How Trump’s attempt to gut Planned Parenthood will hurt people across Texas

Nine Planned Parenthood affiliates in the United States are reeling after receiving notice that the Trump administration isn’t releasing the funds that they’re entitled to through Title X.

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April 11, 2025 Iowa

University of Iowa students have visas revoked by Trump administration

The University of Iowa confirmed that students have had their visa unexpectedly revoked as part of the Trump administration’s nationwide crackdown on international students.

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April 11, 2025

Fred Wertheimer and Don Simon: How Two Supreme Court Justices Paved the Way for the Musk Era

Their actions led us to where we, as a nation, are today: mired in a historically corrupt campaign finance system and in the death grip of Elon Musk

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April 10, 2025 American Freakshow

Letter From Washington

The Sheepdogs Are Leaving the Field

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April 10, 2025

Ray Brescia: The Real Crisis in the Legal Profession Is Not Too Many Lawyers Defending Rights But Too Few.

Let’s not pretend that President Trump has a point about liberal causes having all the lawyers and legal support they want, and conservatives going without.

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April 10, 2025 Virginia

Spanberger says she’ll sign bill to raise minimum wage to $15 an hour

The Democratic nominee for governor, former congresswoman Abigail Spanberger, has pledged to raise Virginia’s minimum wage to $15 an hour if she is elected this fall.

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April 10, 2025 Michigan

Whitmer signs new order to help more Michigan men afford college and job training

A new executive directive from Gov. Gretchen Whitmer aims to connect thousands of young men across Michigan with tuition-free college and career training

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April 8, 2025 Michigan

Trump revokes visas, legal residency of international students at Michigan universities

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April 8, 2025

How Democrats got their groove back

COURIER correspondent Michael Jones unpack how the Democrats seem to be gaining some momentum – while also facing some pretty serious danger.