By: Bethany Blankley | The Center Square More than 1.7 million foreign nationals have illegally entered the U.S. in the first six months of fiscal 2024, the greatest number for this time period in U.S. history. The 1,733,496 who illegally entered in the first six months of the fiscal year outnumber the 1,547,866 who illegally
Global Military Spending Hits All-Time High Of $2.4 Trillion By Tim Martin at BreakingDefense Global military expenditure surged to a record $2.44 trillion in 2023, the largest year-on-year rise on weapons spending since 2009, according to a new Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI) report. The report, published today, said that the new figure is an “all time high,” equivalent to a 6.8 percent increase on spending in 2022 and marking the ninth consecutive...
Facebook parent company Meta spent $7.6 million lobbying the US government in Q1 2024, a 64% increase from Q4 2023.
The US remains the world’s largest defense spender, outlaying $916 billion last year, a 2.3 percent annual increase, ahead of China in second place, which spent an estimated $296 billion, a 6 percent increase over the same period.
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Two high schools in Lake County ranked among the top 10 in Illinois in a new study from U.S. News & World Report ranking high schools across the country. U.S. News & World Report released its 2024 Best High Schools rankings earlier this week. The rankings evaluate nearly 18,000 eligible public high schools at the […]
NEW YORK (AP) — Christopher Morel hit a two-run homer off Edwin Díaz to snap a ninth-inning tie and the Chicago Cubs beat the New York Mets 3-1 on Monday night after being held hitless by Luis
The No.1 hotel in the world for 2024 is Brazil's Hotel Colline de France, a boutique hotel in the middle of the mountain town of Gramado. Read on for more
The worst kept secret in the NFL finally came to fruition Thursday as the Chicago Bears selected highly-touted USC quarterback Caleb Williams with the No. 1 overall pick in the 2024 NFL Draft.The Bears and their long-suffering fans hope the 22-year-old phenom will finally bring them much-needed stability at the quarterback position, which has been in flux since the days of Jim McMahon in the 1980s. To make way for Williams, Chicago traded away quarterback Justin Fields last month to the...
A new report analyzing the next three decades forecasts a country paralyzed by the economic and fiscal costs of servicing its debt.
The US economy slowed far more than expected in the first quarter of the year as its gross domestic product (GDP) endured the influence of stubborn inflation and high interest rates.
ARLINGTON -- They say that everything is bigger in Texas, and that certainly applied to Julio Rodríguez's first homer of 2024. With one on and one out in the third inning Tuesday night, Rodríguez belted a 1-0 sinker off Dane Dunning a whopping 435 feet, halfway up the second deck