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(The Center Square) – Washington State Senate Majority Leader Jamie Pedersen, D-Seattle, is standing by comments he made last week to a Fox News reporter about 13-year-old children making their own health care decisions without parents’ knowledge or consent. Pedersen’s comments went viral, drawing millions of views and reposts on social media. Elon Musk, head…

(The Center Square) – Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost wants a private, non-profit group to give nearly $1 billion to workforce initiatives in exchange for receiving the state’s profits on liquor sales. However, JobsOhio CEO J.P. Nauseef defended his organization and its request to extend a 25-year agreement with the state and the need for…

(The Center Square) – Last month, President Donald Trump signed an executive order banning medical providers from performing gender reassignment or affirming procedures, such as mastectomies or prescribing puberty blockers, to individuals below the age of 19. In response, many medical centers and hospitals have since suspended those services. Meanwhile, some states such as Washington have filed lawsuits against the…

Byron York assessed how Elon Musk‘s visit to the Oval Office on Tuesday was meant to clarify for the public what exactly the Department of Government Efficiency is doing to the government. Musk, joined by his son X as he stood next to President Donald Trump, defended the work that he and DOGE, which he…

The Central Nevada Health District on Monday confirmed the state’s first human case of bird flu. CNDH said the adult was exposed to the virus while working on a dairy farm in Churchill County. The person had pink eye and is recovering. Last month, the Nevada Department of Agriculture detected bird flu in dairy cattle in Churchill County.  (function(w,d,s,i){w.ldAdInit=w.ldAdInit||[];w.ldAdInit.push({slot:11095963150525286,size:[0,…

(The Center Square) – A storm starting overnight Tuesday in California is expected to bring a high risk of debris flows later this week to the burn areas from the Los Angeles County fires. Between 2 and 3 inches of rain is expected to fall in the Palisades Fire area and between 3.5 to 5…

Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) will present her House Oversight Subcommittee on Delivering on Government Efficiency on Wednesday at 10 a.m. In the subcommittee’s first hearing, Greene plans to look at government overpayments, which total billions of dollars, according to reports. (function(w,d,s,i){w.ldAdInit=w.ldAdInit||[];w.ldAdInit.push({slot:11095963150525286,size:[0, 0],id:”ld-2426-4417″});if(!d.getElementById(i)){var j=d.createElement(s),p=d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0];j.async=true;j.src=”//cdn2.lockerdomecdn.com/_js/ajs.js”;j.id=i;p.parentNode.insertBefore(j,p);}})(window,document,”script”,”ld-ajs”); (function(){ var script = document.createElement(‘script’); script.async = true; script.type = ‘text/javascript’; script.src = ‘https://ads.pubmatic.com/AdServer/js/userSync.js’; script.onload…

Rep. John Larson (D-CT) said he suffered a “complex partial seizure” Monday that caused his speech to stop abruptly on the House floor. Larson, 76, was in the middle of a floor speech when he stopped speaking midsentence. The ranking member of the Ways and Means Committee was waving his hand in the air, then…

The General Services Administration is the latest part of the federal government targeted by Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency, as it looks to cut waste and cost. The GSA manages government contracts and the federal government’s real estate and is widely viewed as a prime place for DOGE to make cuts. Over 12,000 people…

Future Democratic rule over California could be in question after a demographic analysis warned the state’s population will see sweeping shifts by 2040.  Within 15 years, the state’s elderly population, or those 65 and older, will increase by 59% as the number of children declines by 24% and the working-age population remains largely stagnant, according…