(Headline USA) Across the U.S., families are looking to the winter with dread as energy costs soar and fuel supplies tighten.
The Department of Energy is projecting sharp price increases for home heating compared with last winter and some worry whether heating assistance programs will be able to make up...
(Headline USA) IRS requests for even more funding from Congress — made over the years by one leader after another — were granted by Democrats this summer.
Indeed, Democrats stuffed $80 billion of pork for the tax collectors into their flagship climate and health care law.
Fortified with a new funding stream,...
(Casey Harper, The Center Square) Republicans have an advantage just a few weeks out from the Nov. elections, according to newly released polling data.
CNBC released its “All-America Economic Survey,” which showed Republicans have a 2-point advantage over Democrats, with 48% saying they prefer Republicans control Congress, compared to 46%...
(Dmytro “Henry” Aleksandrov, Headline USA) Despite the leftist obsession with abortion as a primary issue heading into the midterms, Americans still see inflation as their top concern in life and are feeling the hurt on the holiday front with Halloween and its accompanying prices hitting record highs.
One of the...
(Joshua Paladino, Headline USA) Democrats and high-income earners have much more trust in Big Tech companies like Google and Facebook than Republicans, middle- and working-class Americans, Axios reported.
Both Democrats and Republicans have lost trust in Big Tech, but the 24% decline in trust among Americans—from 78% in 2012 to...
(The Center Square) House Republicans are launching an inquiry into PayPal after the payment processing company sparked major controversy for a policy that would fine customers for “misinformation.”
The controversy began when news broke earlier this month that PayPal would fine customers $2,500 for spreading misinformation.
PayPal quickly retracted the policy,...
(Headline USA)The rapper formerly known as Kanye West (now legally known as Ye) is offering to buy conservative-friendly social network Parler, shortly after getting locked out of Twitter and Instagram.
The acquisition of Parler would give the wealthiest black man in America---reportedly worth more than $6 billion---control of a new...
(Casey Harper, The Center Square) Prices continued to soar in Sept., newly released federal inflation data shows, as Americans struggle to afford rising food and other consumer prices.
The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics released its consumer price index data Thursday, which showed consumer prices rose 0.4% in Sept., contributing...
(Casey Harper, The Center Square) Newly released polling data shows inflation is a top concern for small businesses as prices continue to rise.
The National Federation of Independent Business released a survey, which shows that 30% of owners named inflation as the single most important problem in running their business.
“Inflation...
(Tom Gantert, The Center Square) School districts across the country are spending federal COVID-19 relief money on bonuses to employees, saying their employees earned it for their work during the pandemic.
The bonuses vary from district to district, ranging from $250 to more than $20,000 per employee.
Flint Public Schools in...
(Christian Wade, The Center Square) Fresh off her pledge to leave the Democratic Party, former congresswoman Tulsi Gabbard is planning a trip to N.H. to stump for Republican U.S. Senate candidate Don Bolduc.
Bolduc said Thursday that Gabbard, a 2020 Democratic presidential candidate, will be visiting the Granite State to...
(Chris Parker, Headline USA) Americans who have benefited from the "gig economy" to generate or supplement their income face a new threat from the Department of Labor, which is reversing a Trump-era rule that allowed companies to hire freelancers and contractors without classifying them as employees.
Under a new rule announced...