A key inflation measure monitored by the Federal Reserve rose in September, according to new data reported by the Commerce Department on Friday. The “core” personal consumption expenditures (PCE) price index rose 0.3 percent in September, dipping slightly to 3.7 percent annual rate, down from 3.9 percent in August. That's the lowest point since May...
The Israeli military raided the central Gaza Strip, near Gaza City, overnight Friday with ground troops for the second time in as many days ahead of an expected full ground invasion of the territory. The IDF said the “targeted” raids were intended to “prepare the battlefield.” Overnight Thursday, a small group of IDF tanks entered...
The manhunt for suspected Lewiston, Maine mass shooter Robert Card entered its second day on Friday, after authorities executed search warrants on possible hiding locations late Thursday. Hundreds of law enforcement officers are on the lookout for Card across central Maine after 18 people were killed and 13 more injured in a pair of shootings...
Following reporting that China and Russia may also have retrieved UFOs, it is noteworthy that the legislation alludes to “increasing potential for technology surprise from foreign adversaries.”
Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) faces a first big test as he tries to avoid a government shutdown. Funding runs out Nov. 18, setting up the same obstacle course that helped cost Johnson’s predecessor the gavel. As The Hill’s Aris Folley reports, House Republicans’ little known leader says he wants to prioritize passage of full-year spending...
The Biden administration on Friday announced federal financing and other incentives designed to convert high-vacancy commercial buildings in downtown spaces around the country into residential use in an attempt to increase housing supply. Administration officials said office space vacancies have hit a 30-year high, while housing costs remain high for millions of Americans and there...