(Tom Gantert, The Center Square) – The National Association of REALTORS announced Friday an agreement where it will end the 6% commission that is routine in home sales. In the settlement with homeowners, the association will pay $418 million in damages and end litigation on the matter. Experts say that…
Analysts: Policymakers Must Confront Weaponized Migration to Address Border Crisis
(Bethany Blankley, The Center Square) – Unless Congress and policymakers understand how weaponized migration is being used against the U.S., they won’t be able to solve the problem, foreign policy analysts warn. More than 11 million illegal immigrants entering the U.S. from all over the world is not an accident,…
Teacher Unions Backing Downstate Republicans ‘Very Rare,’ says Researcher
(Catrina Petersen, The Center Square) – Teachers unions have donated hundreds of thousands of dollars to certain Republican candidates’ state legislative primary campaigns, a national trend that can be seen in incumbent state Rep. Adam Niemerg, R-Dieterich, and primary challenger Jim Acklin’s race for the 102nd Illinois House seat. Acklin…
Report: Billions in Subsidies go to Polluting Pennsylvania Plant
(Anthony Hennen, The Center Square) – Though state governments promise all sorts of benefits when they offer tax breaks to a factory, the financial help rarely gets revoked if environmental rules get violated. A new report from the Environmental Integrity Project found that, among 50 plastics plants built or expanded in…
Federal Government Paying Rural Hospitals to Close Overnight Services
(Headline USA) As rural hospitals continue to struggle financially, a new type of hospital is slowly taking root, especially in the Southeast. Rural emergency hospitals receive more than $3 million in federal funding a year and higher Medicare reimbursements in exchange for closing all inpatient beds and providing 24/7 emergency…
‘Safer than Sex w/ Strangers:’ Utah Parents Allegedly Raped Daughter, 15
(Dmytro “Henry” Aleksandrov, Headline USA) A mother and stepfather from Provo, Utah were arrested for allegedly raping their 15-year-old daughter, with the pedophiles defending their actions by saying that they wanted to teach the teen about sex because it was “safer” than her having sex with strangers. The daughter called police…
Oversight Committee to Investigate China’s Influence on U.S. Gov’t, Economy
(Casey Harper, The Center Square) House Committee on Oversight and Accountability Chairman James Comer, R-Ky., sent nine letters to federal agencies Thursday saying China has infiltrated the U.S. economy and government and needs to be uprooted. There have been several high-profile examples of Chinese spying and infiltration success, from the…
Montana Man Planned to Create 300-Pound Hybrid Sheep for Hunting
(Brett Rowland, The Center Square) A Montana man has pleaded guilty to two felonies as part of an almost decade-long effort to create giant sheep hybrids to sell to hunting facilities. “This was an audacious scheme to create massive hybrid sheep species to be sold and hunted as trophies,” said…
U.S. Company Seeks to Hire 42K Illegals: ‘They’re Very, Very Loyal’
(Dmytro “Henry” Aleksandrov, Headline USA) It was revealed that Tyson Foods is hiring several illegal immigrants who have recently arrived in New York. According to the Daily Wire, the company that is known for its chicken products and owns brands like Jimmy Dean and Hillshire Farm already hired dozens of illegals…
As Left Lays Groundwork to Discredit SCOTUS, Justices Team Up to Tout ‘Civility’
(Headline USA) With the Supreme Court having weathered a sustained and well-coordinated partisan attack backed by left-wing billionaires who hope to undermine it through politicization, two justices have teamed up to promote the art of disagreeing without being nasty about it. The unprecedented lawfare campaigns being waged by the Left…