FINANCE

(Jacob Bruns, Headline USA) Once again, Paul Pelosi---the husband of House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif.---has been caught up in an insider trading scheme, this time buying Tesla stock as Democrats wage war on gas, the Liberty Daily reported. Business Insider reported that Paul, a successful venture capitalist and stock trader,...

(John Ransom, Headline USA) In order to try to save his sagging fortunes before the midterm elections, President Joe Biden has made exceptions to 352 items from China that were previously hit with tariffs under the Trump administration because of unfair trade practices, said Reuters. 🚨 Power of #China: US reinstates...

(Casey Harper, The Center Square) – Mortgage rates surpassed 4% for the first time since 2019 and the Federal Reserve announced a series of new rate hikes this week, two major shifts that mark the economic response to months of elevated inflation. The Federal Reserve announced a 0.25% interest rate...

(Headline USA) The U.S. grew wealthier, better educated, less impoverished and less transient during the second half of the last decade, according to data released Thursday by the U.S. Census Bureau. Median household income for the nation, which had been almost $54,000 from 2011 to 2015, rose to almost $65,000...

(Headline USA) President Joe Biden marked Equal Pay Day on Tuesday by spotlighting new steps aimed at closing the gender pay gap for federal workers and contractors. And he urged private companies to do likewise. Ironically, any positive pay gap developments would likely be eaten whole by the soaring inflation caused...

(John Ransom, Headline USA) As the Biden administration continues to stumble from one self-imposed crisis he has created to the next Biden-imposed crisis has created, news comes from the Wall Street Journal that Saudi Arabia and China are close to a deal for China to pay for oil sales with...

(Headline USA) The U.S. customs agency says it is holding imported goods from Chinese sports brand Li Ning after an investigation indicated they were made by North Korean labor. However, it comes in the wake of several provocations from the Russia-allied China, leading to speculation that the move---whether intentional or...

(Headline USA) The Federal Reserve on Wednesday will launch one of the most difficult tasks a central bank can attempt: Raise borrowing costs enough to slow growth and tame high inflation, but not so much as to topple the economy into recession. With a war raging in Europe and price...

(Headline USA) Sen. Joe Manchin, D-W.Va., said Monday that he opposes the nomination of Sarah Bloom Raskin to a key position on the Federal Reserve's Board of Governors, endangering her prospects of winning Senate confirmation. Raskin's nomination has been stuck in the Senate Banking Committee after Republicans last month unanimously...

(The Center Square) – Goods and services around the country are becoming increasingly more expensive, but farmers may be among the hardest hit as inflation, supply chain issues, and Russia's invasion of Ukraine are expected to send food prices soaring even higher. That impact is being felt by farmers around...

(Greg Young, Publius PR) When the universe is trying to tell you something, it’s good to listen. The universe is clearly trying to warn Americans that we must be able to fend for ourselves; allies are nice, but we can’t put our security in their hands. The situation in Ukraine right...

(Headline USA) Pushing back against the gaslighting deflections of the Biden administration, some social media users argue that soaring fuel prices in the U.S. aren’t the result of Russia's invasion of Ukraine, increased consumption or supply chain issues as daily life resumes after two years of stagnation brought on...