(Mike Maharrey, Money Metals News Service) The headline Consumer Price Index was steady in February as inflation continues to rise.
How could this be?
Because the CPI doesn’t measure “inflation” (as properly defined). It simply reflects the price movements of a basket of goods dreamed up by the BLS. Yes, this...
(Luis Cornelio, Headline USA) House Republicans formally lost a member Monday, further narrowing the razor-thin 218–214 partisan breakdown in the 119th Congress.
California Rep. Kevin Kiley ditched the GOP to become an independent after California Gov. Gavin Newsom redrew his district in a sweeping gerrymandering effort.
While Kiley will continue caucusing with Republicans...
(Andrew Rice, The Center Square) The United States federal budget deficit totaled $1 trillion in the first five months of fiscal year 2026, according to the Congressional Budget Office.
The latest federal deficit estimate is $142 billion less than the deficit from this time in the previous fiscal year. The...
(Dave DeCamp, Antiwar.com) Black smoke filled the skies, and water mixed with oil rained down on the Iranian capital of Tehran on Sunday, following a US-Israeli strike that blew up oil facilities, marking a new escalation of the bombing campaign.
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The Israeli military said on Saturday that it struck “several...
(Dave DeCamp, Antiwar.com) President Trump has expressed “serious interest” in the idea of sending US troops into Iran, NBC Newsreported on Saturday, citing US officials.
The officials said that Trump has discussed the idea of deploying ground troops with aides and senior Republicans in Congress. Publicly, the president has refused to...
(Ben Sellers, Headline USA) A recent hearing of the House Foreign Affairs Committee brought renewed attention to a taxpayer-funded initiative to make maps “more gay” by allowing visitors to pin LGPT hookup spots in central Europe and elsewhere.
Rep. Brian Mast, R-Fla., pressed Sarah B. Rogers, undersecretary of State for...
(Ken Silva, Headline USA) DHS Inspector General Joseph Cuffari has told Congress that he’s being blocked from investigating the Secret Service in relation to its failures to protect Donald Trump when he was nearly assassinated on July 13, 2024.
Cuffari’s complaint was made public shortly before DHS Secretary Kristin Noem...
(Headline USA) Cleveland police expect to charge a 28-year-old woman in the investigation into the remains of two girls found buried in suitcases earlier this week, a department spokesperson said Thursday.
Sgt. Wilfredo Diaz said police detained the woman Wednesday evening after detectives completed initial interviews and examined evidence.
The woman,...
(Luis Cornelio, Headline USA) Texas state Rep. James Talarico may have won the Democratic primary for U.S. Senate against Rep. Jasmine Crockett, but he still has one more fight ahead: his old tweets, which have complicated his recent pitch as a moderate Democrat.
Talarico, recently crowned the victor of the Democratic...
(Headline USA) A Georgia man who gave his teenage son the gun he's accused of using to kill two students and two teachers at a high school was convicted Tuesday of second-degree murder and involuntary manslaughter.
Jurors took less than two hours to find Colin Gray guilty of all charges...
(Headline USA) Federal authorities joined local police Monday in the search for a suspect in a weekend nightclub shooting in Cincinnati that wounded nine people.
The nine were hospitalized with non-life threatening injuries after shots rang out around 1 a.m. Sunday inside the music venue Riverfront Live. Interim Cincinnati Police...
(Headline USA) A shooting early Sunday at a crowded Cincinnati nightclub and concert venue wounded nine people, police said. There were no immediate arrests.
The shooting victims were taken to hospitals with non-life-threatening injuries, Adam Hennie, the city’s interim police chief, said at a news conference.
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About 500 to 600 people were...