(The Center Square) – Most voters in five battleground Senate states want lawmakers to fix Social Security before its retirement trust fund is depleted in 2032, but that support softens once specific tax increases or benefit cuts are named. 

(The Center Square) – Five men were indicted in New York for their alleged role in an international assassination plot involving leaders of the Russian Federation intelligence service (RIS), the U.S. Department of Justice said.

(The Center Square) – The Trump administration continues to crack down on visa fraud and human smuggling involving agricultural workers. 

(The Center Square) – U.S. demand for gasoline, diesel, and other transportation fuels dropped sharply last week, according to federal data released Thursday, continuing a months-long trend of falling domestic consumption as record-high retail prices squeeze consumer pocketbooks and strain the trucking industry.

(The Center Square) – After punting the Sept. 30 deadline to extend federal highway infrastructure funding to December, Congress has all but shelved the bipartisan BUILD America 250 Act for now.

(The Center Square) – Twenty-five years ago Friday, New York firefighter Stephen Siller ran through the Brooklyn-Battery Tunnel toward the burning twin towers where he, like so many others that day, would lose his life. Friday morning, his family walked that same route in his honor, completing a four-and-a-half month 9/11 remembrance tour across the U.S.

(The Center Square) - U.S. inflation rose by 0.4% in August for an annual rate of 3.4%, keeping in track with July's data, according to a new report from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. 

(The Center Square) – Americans impacted by terrorism are calling on Congress to ensure the U.S. Victims of State Sponsored Terrorism Fund (USVSST Fund) is solvent.