Broadly speaking, it’s worth reiterating that inflation remains nearly twice as high as the Federal Reserve‘s maximum target of 2% and that across multiple measures in the first half of this year, the central bank’s war against price instability seemed to have stalled, if not backslid outright. With all that being said, May’s consumer price […]
Republican views on the social media platform X have “dramatically” changed since 2021, according to a new survey from the Pew Research Center. The share of Republicans who said X is mostly good for democracy has more than tripled over the past three years, jumping from 17 percent in 2021 to 53 percent in 2024,...
An Arizona man has been indicted by a federal grand jury for selling guns as part of an alleged plan to commit a mass shooting and spark a race war ahead of the 2024 presidential election. Mark Adams Prieto, 58, of Prescott, Ariz., was indicted on charges of firearms trafficking, transfer of a firearm for...
Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito was caught lashing out against ProPublica's investigative reporting in a newly released secret recording, alleging it was biased against the high court for its decisions. Alito made the remarks June 3 at the Supreme Court's Historical Society when he was approached by Lauren Windsor, a progressive filmmaker, who attended the...
The historic practice of redlining may have led to the redistribution of wildlife populations in four of California's largest cities, a new study has found. Neighborhoods that were subject to the discriminatory practice in Los Angeles, San Diego, San Francisco and Oakland all have less native and non-native wildlife biodiversity compared to that of greenlined...
Former President Trump has a two-in-three chance of winning the White House in November, according to The Economist’s election forecast model launched Wednesday. The model predicts Trump has a 66-in-100 chances of winning, while President Biden has a 33-in-100 chance of winning. The results are similar to a forecast model from Decision Desk HQ and The Hill released...
Former President Trump on Wednesday pushed for all remaining Bitcoin to be mined in the United States, marking his latest shift in support for the crypto industry. "We want all the remaining Bitcoin to be MADE IN THE USA!!! It will help us be ENERGY DOMINANT!!!" Trump wrote Wednesday on Truth Social. The former president...
Eight people in the U.S. with suspected ties to the Islamic State have been detained, according to reports. The arrests took place in New York, Philadelphia and Los Angeles and the individuals entered the country through the southern border, anonymous sources told The Associated Press. Their connection to the Islamic State group is not immediately...
Democrats are split over the continued pro-Palestinian protests that rocked college campuses across the country, a new poll shows, possibly previewing a generational divide on the issue heading into the November election. The Politico-Morning Consult poll found 26 percent of Democratic respondents said they think student protestors are "in the right and doing the right...