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Red states move to cut income taxes as Trump eyes federal shift

(The Center Square) – As Republican-led states move to lower or eliminate income taxes, President Donald Trump's economic advisers have suggested moving ahead with broader state sales taxes to boost economic growth and wages for workers. Meanwhile, Democrat-led states are heading in the opposite direction, considering higher

California co-leads states suing EPA over greenhouse gases

(The Center Square) – California Attorney General Rob Bonta is co-leading a nationwide lawsuit against the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency over its rescission of a finding on greenhouse gases. The 2009 Endangerment Finding was the federal government’s recognition that the gases threaten public health and welfare. The finding

Most voters support more transparency in ICE operations; oppose deportation efforts

(The Center Square) – A slight majority of Americans are opposed to Immigration and Customs Enforcement operations to locate and deport illegal aliens, while a majority support more transparency in immigration enforcement, according to The Center Square’s Voters’ Voice poll. Fifty-two percent of Americans oppose ICE operations to deport

Letter to the editor: Who is responsible for 110 dead Iranian children?

According to the New York Times, preliminary analysis shows that on Feb. 28 the U.S. struck the Shajarah Tayyebeh Elementary School in Minab, Iran with a Tomahawk missile. They report that “at least 175 people, most of them children” died. The BBC reports the strike killed 110 children. CBS

Trump says told Netanyahu not to attack Iran gas fields

Trump says told Netanyahu not to attack Iran gas fields

US President Donald Trump said Thursday he had told Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu not to strike any more Iranian gas fields, seeking to distance himself from an attack by a key ally that has shaken world energy markets. Trump insisted on social media overnight that he "knew nothing&

Fetterman casts deciding vote advancing Mullin nomination to lead DHS

(The Center Square) – U.S. Sen. John Fetterman of Pennsylvania was the lone Democrat on the U.S. Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs who voted to advance the nomination of Republican Oklahoma Sen. Markwayne Mullin to lead the Department of Homeland Security, DHS, on Thursday morning. “I

Venezuelan student freed after months in US immigration custody

Venezuelan student freed after months in US immigration custody

Democrats and activists celebrated Thursday the release of a US high school student from Venezuela who spent 10 months in custody after his arrest by immigration officials enforcing President Donald Trump's mass deportation plans. Dylan Contreras, 21, was detained last May after attending an immigration hearing at a