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Arizona Gov. Katie Hobbs (D) is proposing a state-funded scholarship program, with $40 million in taxpayer money, to help illegal aliens attend state universities and colleges. In her inaugural address, Hobbs vowed to expand the Arizona Promise Scholarship Program — which helps low-income students pay tuition and fees to attend universities — while creating the “Promise for DREAMers Scholarship Program” that will “cover all students, regardless of immigration status, who attend a public university.” In effect, Hobbs’ initiative would spend $40 million to help funnel illegal aliens into limited spots at state universities and colleges. An estimated 2,000 illegal aliens...

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — Hundreds of Haitians are flocking daily to the sole immigration office in Port-au-Prince, pressing against the bright blue gate as they strain to hear whether their name is called, hoping they will soon be chosen to live legally in the U.S. under a new immigration plan. The crowd has swelled ever since U.S. President Joe Biden announced Thursday 5 that the U.S. will accept 30,000 people a month from Haiti, Nicaragua, Cuba and Venezuela. Those selected will be entitled to work for two years if they have eligible sponsors and pass background checks. Those selected also...

Below is my column in the New York Post on the new narratives emerging in the media in anticipation of the investigation into Biden influence peddling. The comments by NBC’s Meet the Press host Chuck Todd capture the ongoing efforts to dismiss the serious allegations raised in the scandal. Here is the column: ********************************************************* “It does sound personal”: NBC’s “Meet the Press” host’s words Sunday capture the new narrative in Washington as the House readies the long-delayed investigation into the Biden family’s foreign influence peddling. I previously wrote how the media was preparing to control the damage from the scandal...

Some vaccine advisers to the federal government say they’re “disappointed” and “angry” that government scientists and the pharmaceutical company Moderna didn’t present a set of infection data on the company’s new Covid-19 booster during meetings last year when the advisers discussed whether the shot should be authorized and made available to the public. That data suggested the possibility that the updated booster might not be any more effective at preventing Covid-19 infections than the original shots. The data was early and had many limitations, but several advisers told CNN that they were concerned about a lack of transparency. US taxpayers...

Rep. Byron Donalds, R-Fla., revealed on Sunday that he is being placed on the House Republican Steering Committee in exchange for supporting Kevin McCarthy for House speaker. Donalds revealed the new appointment during a Sunday appearance on "Sunday Morning Futures" with Maria Bartiromo. His appearance followed an epic 15-ballot election for McCarthy to become House speaker. To become speaker, McCarthy had to make concessions to a small group of hardliners who refused to support him until he yielded to their demands. "I’m frankly just happy that it’s all over with, and that we got something transformational and sound for the...

A man attacked and wounded six people at the Gare du Nord train station in Paris on Wednesday morning, leaving one with serious injuries, before being shot by off-duty police officers, authorities said. Interior Minister Gerald Darmanin told reporters the man attacked travelers with what looked like a home-made weapon at 6:42 a.m. local time (5:42 GMT) at the entrance and inside the station. Police had earlier said the man had used a knife or blade. Within a minute, off-duty police officers returning home after a night shift shot the attacker three times, Darmanin said. Gare du Nord, one of...

If you ask anyone from Pittsburgh about the history of the city's beloved "Pittsburgh sandwich," they all tell you the same things: It dates back to the 1930s. It was originally a lunch for rushed steelworkers on a quick break from the mill. Its most recognizable feature—french fries and coleslaw piled inside the sandwich—came about so that workers could have their whole lunch at once, sides and all. Lauded food historian Donna Garbaccia wrote that the sandwich was likely made this way for the men who "carried their lunch to the mill." It's a mythology near and dear to Pittsburghers'...

The man who opened fire early Saturday has not been identified or arrested. Police are working with the U.S. attorney's office to review the case for any potential criminal charges. Outrage is building after a man fatally shot a 13-year-old Black middle school student whom he suspected of breaking into cars in a Washington, D.C., neighborhood. Karon Blake of Northeast Washington was killed Saturday, Metropolitan Police said. Police found Karon with apparent gunshot wounds as they responded to a report of a shooting just before 4 a.m. Saturday in the 1000 block of Quincy Street NE. Karon was taken to...

(ATLANTA, Ga.) — Governor Brian Kemp announced today that Qcells, one of the largest and most-recognizable renewable energy operations, will spend over $2.5 billion to expand solar manufacturing in Georgia. It will build a new facility in Cartersville, and add a third facility to its existing campus in Dalton. Over 2,500 jobs will be created for North Georgia, and the completed facilities will bring Qcells’ total solar panel production capacity to 8.4 gigawatts by 2024.

On this date in 1915, Mewa Singh Lopoke was hanged in British Columbia, Canada. He was part of a massive influx of Punjabi migrants to Canada, and particularly its westernmost province of British Columbia, from around 1904 until Canada clamped down on immigration from the subcontinent in 1908.* There Mewa Singh became involved in activism for the Ghadar Party — the North American expatriate movement for Indian independence. This movement was heavily infiltrated by spies and informants, some of whom ratted Mewa Singh out after he attempted to deliver some firearms to Punjabi passengers stranded on the Komagata Maru in...

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White House's Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has extended the COVID-19 state of emergency. HHS Secretary Xavier Becerra announced the decision Wednesday via a declaration titled, "Renewal of Determination that a Public Health Emergency Exists."

(GILMER COUNTY, Ga.) — Not one, but three armed citizens were able to disarm a robbery suspect attempting to hold up a gas station at gunpoint in North Georgia. When a customer saw 39-year-old Shawn Sutton pull a gun on the clerk at the Ideal Mart in Ellijay, he pulled his own weapon. A second customer then retrieved his gun from his vehicle to assist, and both were able to disarm Sutton. When he tried to escape, a third customer pumping gas came inside with his gun and all three were able to hold him until police arrived

On the fifth anniversary of the Republicantax cuts, the evidence is clear that working people and small businesses have benefited enormously. Government data refutes the false claims by President Joe Biden and some in the media that the 2017 tax cuts only helped the wealthy and the big corporations. Instead, the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act overwhelmingly aided everyday people, provided significant tax relief to millions of Main Street businesses, and kept millions of jobs in the United States. Rather than only helping the top 1%, as Biden repeatedly claims, the data show that most households saw a significant tax...

Earlier this month, an Arizona woman named Jill Rogers noticed an unusual sight when she was driving through her Phoenix neighborhood. Rogers, after spotting the animal from afar, said she was like, "What the heck is that on the car?" Upon taking a closer look, Rogers discovered that the animal, who calmly perched atop the parked car in front of her, was a coyote.

LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer will travel to Europe next week for a five-day trip to promote the state’s recent economic developments and with hopes of attracting new businesses in the automotive and clean energy industries. The Democratic governor will travel to Norway first before heading to Switzerland to speak at the World Economic Forum’s annual meeting in Davos next week to speak on a panel to discuss “The Return of Manufacturing.” She will be a part of a bipartisan group of governors in Davos that includes Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp and Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker. Whitmer’s...

Emergency crews have been busy responding to a surge of calls for help up and down the state due to the weather. The California Highway Patrol in Tulare County called out to this crash along northbound Highway 99 Tuesday morning after a eucalyptus tree fell into traffic lanes. Two people are dead. The number of injuries is currently unknown. The tree fell onto a pickup truck on Highway 99 north of Highway 198, killing the driver. Several other vehicles also crashed into the tree, including a motorcycle. It's unclear how many cars also hit the tree.

The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday declined to hear a petition filed by 14 Republican-led states that challenged President Joe Biden’s revocation of the Trump-era “public charge” immigration rule. The public charge rule relates to welfare-dependent immigration and prohibits migrants from staying in the country if it is determined they are likely to use welfare programs. In 2019, former President Donald Trump’s administration expanded the definition of “public charge” to include “in-kind” government benefits, such as retirement, welfare, health, disability, and assisted housing, among others.In March 2021, Biden ended the Trump expansion, instead reverting to a less restrictive definition that...

The U.S. Army is expanding a pre-basic training course that allows candidates to enlist who do not meet the weight and aptitude requirements in an effort to fight a recruiting crisis plaguing every branch of the military. An initial pilot for the program at Fort Jackson, South Carolina, in August was open to recruits who had 6% more body fat than Army standards or had scored between 21 and 30 on the Armed Services Vocational Aptitude Battery test. Now, the Army will launch four additional companies, two of which will be at Fort Jackson and another two at Fort Benning,...

The Buffalo Bills on Wednesday announced that Damar Hamlin was released from the Buffalo General Medical Center earlier in the day — just more than a week after he suffered a cardiac arrest on the field. Hamlin had been released from the University of Cincinnati Medical Center on Monday and was then admitted to the Buffalo General Medical Center/Gates Vascular Institute. Hamlin went through a medical examination, including cardiac, neurological and vascular testing, on Tuesday, the team’s statement said.