JUSTTHENEWS (The Center Square Staff) - Illinoisans to pay for other’s abortion services under proposed grant program
After passing the Illinois House this week, the plan heads to the Senate.
JUSTTHENEWS (The Center Square Staff) - Congress to tackle DHS shutdown, govt. funding, voter ID bill on return
By Monday, the Department of Homeland Security will have operated 55 days without core funding – the longest government shutdown by far in U.S. history.
JUSTTHENEWS (The Center Square Staff) - Five years into Operation Lone Star, border apprehensions ongoing in south Texas
Gov. Greg Abbott launched Operation Lone Star in March 2021 as the border crisis escalated.
JUSTTHENEWS (The Center Square Staff) - Texas House committee fines Democrats nearly $423,000 for absconding
House Speaker Dustin Burrows authorized warrants for absconding Democrats’ arrest and said they would be fined in accordance with House rules
JUSTTHENEWS (The Center Square Staff) - Illinois bill would mandate infant allergy coverage, with unclear cost impact
State Sen. Darby Hills is backing Illinois Senate Bill 4182, which would require most insurance plans to cover a six-month supply of egg and peanut allergen supplements for infants when prescribed by a health care provider.
JUSTTHENEWS (Nicholas Ballasy) - Appeals court rules Trump’s White House ballroom construction can move forward until April 17
The National Trust for Historic Preservation sued in December 2025 to stop the construction.
NPR (Rob Schmitz) - Viktor Orbán concedes defeat in historic Hungary election
Hungarians turned out in historic numbers to vote against Prime Minister Viktor Orbán's and his Fidesz party. NPR's Rob Schmitz discusses with reporter Esme Nicholson and political scientist Abel Bojar.
NPR (Michael Levitt) - Will Orbán's defeat change Hungary's relationship to the EU?
Historic voter turnout in Hungary ousted Prime Minister Viktor Orbán from power. This shift may dramatically change Hungary's relationship with the European Union, which Orbán criticized regularly.
NEWSNATIONNOW - How US-Iran standoff in Strait of Hormuz could play out
The Trump administration announced Sunday that U.S. Central Command would block traffic into and out of Iranian ports.
AXIOS (Ben Geman) - Oil prices surge on Trump's blockade vow, failed U.S.-Iran talks
Oil prices jumped over 7% to well over $100 per barrel when markets opened Sunday evening. Why it matters: The latest surge shows that traders don't see last week's ceasefire deal reviving large-scale tanker transit through the Strait of Hormuz — and it undoes a large amount of the price drop that followed the pause in hostilities. - Continued high prices will delay major relief at U.S. gasoline pumps, where regular gasoline prices dipped slightly in recent days and currently average $4.13-per-gallon, per AAA. The latest: The global benchmark Brent crude is up by over $7 per barrel to $102.29, while WTI, the main U.S. price, is up by roughly $8 to $104.56. Catch up quick: President Trump on Sunday morning said the U.S. will impose a…