(Merrilee Gasser, The Center Square)  Democrats flipped two red seats in the Florida Legislature this week, including in President Donald Trump’s home district. Democrat Emily Gregory secured just over 51% of the vote, winning District 87’s House seat in Palm Beach and defeating Trump-endorsed Republican candidate Jon Maples. The district covers the president’s Mar-a-Lago home.…

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(Elyse Apel, The Center Square)  Minnesota lawmakers are raising concerns about reports that hundreds of millions of dollars are leaving Minnesota airports destined for foreign countries. State Rep. Kristin Robbins, R-Maple Grove, is chair of the House Fraud Prevention and State Agency Oversight Committee in the Minnesota legislature. During testimony this week, she addressed the…

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(Madeline Shannon, The Center Square) The California Senate unanimously passed a bill on Thursday that renames Cesar Chavez Day “Farmworkers Day.” A few hours later, Gov. Gavin Newsom signed the bill, which received unanimous approval from the Assembly on Monday. The March 31 state holiday will be known by its new name. The Legislature moved…

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(Dave DeCamp, Antiwar.com) US Secretary of War Pete Hegseth held a “worship service” at the Pentagon on Wednesday, where he prayed for God to inflict violence on “those who deserve no mercy” and for “wicked souls” to be delivered to “eternal damnation,” as the US war chief continues to portray the US-Israeli war against Iran…

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(Dave DeCamp, Antiwar.com) The Washington Post reported on Thursday that the Pentagon was considering diverting military aid meant for Ukraine to the Middle East for use in the US-Israeli war against Iran, as the US military continues depleting its stockpiles of air defenses and other munitions in the conflict. Since last summer, the US has…

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(Dave DeCamp, Antiwar.com) The Pentagon is developing options for a potential major escalation against Iran that could involve ground troops and an intensified bombing campaign, Axios reported on Thursday. US officials and other sources speaking to Axios reporter Barak Ravid, a former IDF intelligence officer, described the potential escalation as a “final blow” that would…

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(Dave DeCamp, Antiwar.com) President Donald Trump on Thursday again said he was delaying his plan to order major strikes on Iran’s power plants, claiming that negotiations with Iran were going well despite Tehran’s continued insistence that talks with the US aren’t even happening. “As per Iranian Government request, please let this statement serve to represent…

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(Headline USA) A man accused of planning to firebomb the home of a prominent Palestinian activist has been arrested following a weekslong undercover operation led by the New York City Police Department, officials said Friday. The target of the plot was Nerdeen Kiswani, who frequently leads protests in New York against Israel and the war…

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(José Niño, Headline USA) A transgender illegal alien from Colombia admitted in a Manhattan courtroom on Tuesday to sexually assaulting a 14-year-old boy inside a bodega bathroom last year, per a report by The New York Post. Despite the severity of the crime, the defendant received a plea agreement that requires no additional time behind…

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(Luis Cornelio, Headline USA) Some Ukrainian officials may have worked with U.S. officials to redirect hundreds of millions in taxpayer-funded aid to then-President Joe Biden’s re-election campaign, according to an alleged declassified report. The purported 2022 plan, reported Wednesday by Just the News, consisted of potentially using U.S. aid earmarked for a clean energy project to…

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