The Vatican has entered full damage control mode less than a month after creating mass confusion in December through its document allowing Catholic priests to bless people in same-sex relationships.

President Joe Biden is in trouble. By all accounts, voters overwhelmingly disapprove of his leadership, with especially low marks for his handling of the economy and the border. His poll numbers have cratered as he stares down an electoral rematch with his immediate predecessor a mere 10 months from now.

The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) will hold a virtual summit later this month focused on ways to protect consumers and competition as the artificial intelligence (AI) field evolves, the agency announced Friday.   The summit on Jan. 25 will include representatives from academia, industry, civil society organizations and government to discuss the state of AI...

A three-state solution is a better vision than a half-century two-state failure. A new Gaza under the promise of the Abraham Accords heralds a new and peaceful Middle East. 

Ahead of the 3-year anniversary of the deadly Jan. 6, 2021 attack on the U.S. Capitol, about 1,000 rioters have either pleaded guilty or been convicted of crimes ranging from felonies like seditious conspiracy and assaulting police officers to misdemeanors like trespassing. More than 1,200 individuals have been charged with federal crimes over the insurrection....

Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen said Friday that the U.S. economy is achieving a “soft landing” as inflation continues to ease without showing signs of a significant economic downturn. “What we’re seeing now I think we can describe as a soft landing, and my hope is that it will continue,” Yellen said in an interview on CNN....

The Department of State is offering rewards of up to $10 million for information that will lead to the disruption of the financial network of the terror group Hamas amid its ongoing conflict with Israel. The department’s Rewards for Justice program is looking for information on five financial facilitators that help manage Hamas’s investment portfolios...

Why pick a time like this, when the Fed’s preferred inflation gauge is finally giving ground, to kick the shins of American consumers who’d like to reduce their carbon footprints willingly?