NEWSNATIONNOW (Rachel Frazin and The Hill) - Senate confirms Trump’s pick to lead Federal Emergency Management Agency
In his confirmation hearing, Cameron Hamilton said that FEMA should seek to “strike a new balance” that encourages cost savings.
NPR (Vanessa Romo) - Private prisons announce $1.4 billion in revenue as immigration detentions climb
That revenue does not include net proceeds of $1.6 billion made by CoreCivic after the recent sale of four of their facilities to the Department of Homeland Security.
NPR (Scott Maucione) - Federal funds can't be used to give test strips to drug users, raising overdose fears
Drug addiction groups are reeling after Trump officials said federal grants cannot be used to hand out test strips to drug users. The strips help users check street drugs for dangerous adulterants.
WASHINGTONPOST (Katie Mettler) - Longtime San Francisco nonprofit will close as city gets tougher on crime
The demise of SF Pretrial, which for 50 years has provided diversion services, came after the mayor cut its budget and as Democrats’ attitudes toward crime shift.
WASHINGTONPOST (Clara Ence Morse, Gregory S. Schneider, Brady Dennis) - Voter turnout surges in Tennessee after Black-majority district is erased
High Democratic turnout for House primaries in Shelby County, which includes Memphis, is the latest sign that redistricting may be energizing Black Southern voters.
WASHINGTONPOST (Salvador Rizzo) - Pirro, Trump’s longtime champion, is on the outs over Reflecting Pool move
D.C.’s top prosecutor spent a year navigating the president’s demands. Now she finds her job at risk amid a rare break with him over cases of alleged vandalism.
NEWSNATIONNOW (BILL BARROW, Associated Press) - Mississippi Senate race highlights shifting map as Democrats and Republicans battle for majority
The battle for control of the U.S. Senate isn't supposed to run through Mississippi. Scott Colom is trying to convince people that it could. “We can win here, and we're going to,” said Colom, the Democratic nominee who's trying to unseat Republican Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith as she seeks her second full term. That could be [...]
NEWSNATIONNOW (Adelaide Taylor) - Same places, new faces: States getting a new governor
These candidates in California, Ohio, Michigan, and Florida are vying for governor as prominent incumbents head out of office.
AMERICANTHINKER - Architecture Of Empire
Photo Credit:Kollner, Augustus, 1813-1906, artist, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons Public Domain By Lars Møller Classical order, national identity, and the modernist assault on Washington.
AMERICANTHINKER - Social Security: Who Represents the Beneficiary?
OpenClipArt By Frank Ryan The reality of the Social Security system and laws is that the system design is fundamentally and fatally flawed.