(The Center Square) – A New York judge fined Donald Trump more than $350 million in the civil business fraud trial and barred the former president from serving as an officer on any New York corporation or applying for a loan within New York for three years. Judge Arthur Engoron made his decision Friday after Read More…

(The Center Square) – The U.S. immigration system isn’t broken, laws established by Congress are being ignored, a former immigration judge told members of Congress. “Despite consistent claims to the contrary, America’s immigration system is not broken. Far from it, in fact,” Matthew O’Brien said at a hearing held by the U.S. Oversight Committee’s Subcommittee on National Read More…

This weekend, fifteen Republican governors and a conservative trucker convoy named “God’s Army” are converging on the southern border for distinct events highlighting the illegal immigration crisis. Governor Greg Abbott (R-TX) is set to host leaders from 14 other red states in McAllen, Texas, focusing on a briefing about the state’s initiatives to enhance border Read More…

(The Center Square) – Cities across the country are counting their homeless in an effort to get a handle on how big the problem is. In the city of Detroit, 25 teams of volunteers will count the number of homeless throughout the city on Jan. 31. In Denver, 25 teams counted homeless on Jan. 22. Read More…

(The Center Square) – A program partially-funded by the city of Denver that pays homeless people a regular stipend is eligible to migrants as long as they meet the criteria, according to the city. The Denver Basic Income Program, which was started in 2021 with the aid of $2 million from the city of Denver, Read More…

(The Center Square) — New York City Mayor Eric Adams on Wednesday declared social media an “environmental toxin” and called on state and federal lawmakers to do more to curb the influence of big tech companies over youth. During his annual State of the City address, Adams blasted the tech giants and announced New York Read More…