(Headline USA) The Rockefeller Foundation---a far-left "philanthropy" created more than a century ago to help inheritors in one of the world's wealthiest families shelter their assets---may be pushing for an even bigger power-grab than when the family patriarch once held a monopoly on the U.S. oil industry.
The globalist organization...
(Jacob Bruns, Headline USA) Social Media as we know it may be over as Facebook moves towards a TikTok-like model, Axios reported.
No longer will the famous social network simply show you the posts of your friends---a model that founder Mark Zuckerberg perfected in 2004 from earlier prototypes like Friendster...
(The Center Square) A report from Iowa State University shows that rural Americans are feeling the pain of inflation more than the rest of the country.
“Rural households are more vulnerable to inflation,” the report said. “In 2020, rural household post‐tax incomes stood at $58,012. About 82% of rural incomes...
(Molly Bruns, Headline USA) Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen said in an interview that the U.S. economy may not necessarily be headed for a recession even if the gross domestic product experiences two consecutive quarters of decline.
On NBC's "Meet the Press," Yellen acknowledged that most economists define a recession as...
(Headline USA) Less than two months after announcing it would apply $134 million of taxpayer dollars for retooling two Michigan plants, news reports this week surfaced that revealed Ford Motor Company would lay off approximately 8,000 salary workers.
According to The Center Square, the job cuts are part of the automaker’s effort...
(Headline USA) Virginia recorded a budget surplus of nearly $2 billion at the close of the fiscal year, which Gov. Glenn Youngkin believes is a sign taxpayers are forced to give too much money to the government.
“While I am pleased that our additional revenue can be reinvested in Virginia,...
(Molly Bruns, Headline USA) A New York City family donated hundreds of thousands of dollars to Governor Kathy Hochul's campaign, while the state paid the family's company more than half a billion dollars for COVID testing.
According to The Daily Wire, entrepreneur Charlie Tebele's family donated just under $300,000 to...
(Bethany Blankley, The Center Square) While some Texas Republicans are urging Congress to pass a $250 billion CHIPS Act, Florida’s Republican U.S. senators are opposing it, arguing it will continue to drive “Biden’s inflation crisis,” is a pro-China bill and gives billions of dollars to companies with no accountability.
Proponents...
(Tony Sifert, Headline USA) Even as the Vatican encourages Catholic investors to divest from fossil-fuel corporations, more realistic fund managers are increasing their investments in oil and gas, according to a report from Bloomberg.
"European-based ESG equity funds have been increasing their investments in energy companies, including Shell Plc,...
(Headline USA) Russia and China are reportedly working together to develop a new global reserve currency to challenge the dominance of the U.S. dollar, according to reports in RT.com.
Russian President Vladimir Putin signaled recently that the new reserve currency would be based on a basket of currencies from so-called...
(Ezekiel Loseke, Headline USA) Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., introduced a bill on Thursday that would eliminate the federal ban on marijuana.
The bill is sponsored by Schumer and titled the Cannabis Administration and Opportunity Act, as reported by Politico.
The bill seems to copy the structure of abortion law after...
(The Center Square) Nearly half of small business owners are not willing to hire because of labor costs and “skyrocketing inflation,” a newly released small business report shows.
The small business network Alignable released its July Hiring report which found that "45% of small businesses (SMBs) are halting their hiring,...