(Bethany Blankley, The Center Square) The housing market is not immune from inflationary woes as buyer’s purchasing power has significantly diminished in four years.
Home buyers in 2024 need 80% more income to purchase a home than they did in 2020, according to a new report by Zillow.
“The income needed...
(Brett Rowland, The Center Square) Judge Scott McAfee on Wednesday dismissed some of the charges against former President Donald Trump in the Fulton County case that accuses the former president of a racketeering conspiracy for his efforts to challenge the 2020 election.
It followed shortly after a bombshell report by The...
(Casey Harper, The Center Square) Consumer prices jumped again in February, in part driven by a significant rise in gasoline prices, according to newly released federal inflation data.
The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics released its Consumer Price Index Tuesday, a leading marker of inflation, which showed prices rose 0.4%...
(Headline USA) Rep. Matt Rosendale, R-Mont., abruptly dropped his reelection bid on Friday—the second time in the past month that the former rising star in conservative politics has entered and then quickly dropped out of a congressional race.
Rosendale cited defamatory rumors about a sex scandal and a death threat against...
(Headline USA) New York Gov. Kathy Hochul announced plans Wednesday to send the National Guard to the New York City subway system to help police search passengers' bags for weapons, following a series of high-profile crimes on city trains.
The move, which appeared to bear striking similarity to the "stop and frisk"...
(Headline USA) Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., endorsed Donald Trump for president on Wednesday---a remarkable turnaround from the onetime critic who blamed the then-president for “disgraceful” acts in the Jan. 6, 2021, uprising but now supports his bid to return to the White House.
McConnell, who was the last top...
(Headline USA) With former President Donald Trump having already announced last month that he would not keep Jerome Powell as Federal Reserve chairman, Tuesday's GOP primary blowout may have given Powell all the evidence he needed that it wasn't the right time to cut interest rates and jumpstart the...
(Headline USA) Bitcoin has hit an all-time high less than two years after the collapse of the crypto exchange FTX severely damaged faith in digital currencies and sent prices plunging.
The world's largest cryptocurrency jumped 4% this week and briefly surpassed $68,800 Tuesday, according to CoinMarketCap. That's just above bitcoin's previous record set in November...
(Headline USA) Despite having no serious competition, President Joe Biden faced a brutal and humiliating primary loss on Tuesday in the U.S. territory of American Samoa.
He fell short there to a previously unknown candidate named Jason Palmer. Out of 91 ballots cast in the territory's caucus, Palmer won 51 and...
(Sarah Roderick--Fitch, The Center Square) In the latest instance of what appeared to be targeted anti-Christian harrassment from the Biden administration, Virginia’s Liberty University has been fined $14 million for allegedly failing to report campus crime statistics.
“The university did not meet its agreed-upon regulatory responsibilities in numerous and serious...
(Headline USA) Nikki Haley will suspend her presidential campaign Wednesday after being soundly defeated across the country on Super Tuesday, according to people familiar with her decision, leaving Donald Trump as the last remaining major candidate for the 2024 Republican nomination.
The former president is on track to reach the necessary 1,215 delegates to clinch the...
(Cameron Arcand, The Center Square) Sen. Kyrsten Sinema, I-Ariz., will not run for re-election, shifting the dynamic in a closely watched race that pitted her against rising stars in both the Republican and Democratic parties.
"Because I choose civility, understanding, listening, working together to get stuff done, I will leave...