When Ohio lawmakers return to the state Capitol today and Tuesday, they will see a heightened security presence following the weekend shooting of two Minnesota legislators.
Lawmakers passed Ohio House Bill 3 last week, also known as the Enact the School Bus Safety Act. Ohio state Reps. Cecil Thomas, D-Cincinnati, and Bernie Willis, R-Springfield, introduced the bill, which now goes to the Senate for consideration.
In a PUCO hearing Friday, Ohioans got an inside glimpse of the largest bribery scandal in state history. Dennis Chack, a former FirstEnergy executive who previously pleaded the Fifth, took the stand to answer questions from attorneys representing consumers, manufacturers and energy companies.
Calls for the resignation of a North Carolina lawmaker, Democratic Rep. Julie von Haefen of Wake County, advocating the decapitation of President Donald Trump escalated Saturday and into Sunday.
The suspect in the shooting of four people, including two high-ranking Minnesota politicians, has been detained in the woods near Green Isle, Minnesota after a “complex and dangerous manhunt,” according to Gov. Tim Walz.
The wife of the man accused of shooting two Minnesota state lawmakers was reportedly stopped near Onamia, Minnesota, on Saturday and found with a weapon, ammunition, cash and passports, according to KSTP Channel 5.
"Fran and I are horrified by the attacks on Minnesota State Representative Melissa Hortman and her husband, Mark, and Minnesota State Senator John Hoffman and his wife, Yvette, in their respective homes this morning.
“As a Vietnam veteran and retired Army soldier, I’m absolutely disgusted that the mainstream media are referring to the celebration as Trump’s military parade. They are so into TDS [Trump derangement syndrome] that they would give short shrift to the birthday of the U.S. Army,” retired FAA special agent Brian Sullivan told The Center Square. Sullivan has long warned about national security threats and sounded the alarm about security lapses at Logan Airport ahead of 9/11.
Two Minnesota state lawmakers who are members of the Democratic-Farm-Labor Party were shot early Saturday by a person posing as a law enforcement officer just north of Minneapolis.
The United States Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit issued a temporary stay, maintaining President Donald Trump’s federalization of the California National Guard hours after a district court judge issued a restraining order requiring the president to transfer command back to California Gov. Gavin Newsom.
This bill saves $9.4 billion by codifying the Trump Administration’s cuts to wasteful foreign aid initiatives within the State Department and the United States Agency for International Development (USAID).
High-risk and violent criminals continue to be apprehended and deported by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers in Texas. The latest includes more than 100 Chinese nationals being deported as well as Mexican and Venezuelan fugitives and alleged murderers illegally living in Texas.
The Ohio Senate passed Senate Bill 179, sponsored by Senator Terry Johnson (R-McDermott), which verifies the veteran status of incarcerated individuals to better connect them with a veteran services organization.
Ohio House Minority Leader Allison Russo is continuing to stay quiet about any potential future political plans she might have in wake of her announcement last week to step down from her leadership at the end of the month.
Israel launched preemptive airstrikes in the heart of Iran Thursday night, including in Tehran, the nation's capital. Israel targeted the Islamic Republic’s nuclear sites.
