One key reading of the misery index for U.S. consumers is continuing to rise, according to data released by the Bureau of Labor Statistics.
The "misery index" is calculated by adding unemployment to inflation.
Wholesale prices (PPI), driven by rising food costs, increased 0.8% in May and by a unprecedented amount...
(Cole Lauterbach, The Center Square) Even though Californians will be able to fill stadiums, concert venues, bars and restaurants, Gov. Gavin Newsom says the COVID-19 pandemic isn’t over.
Newsom signed orders rescinding mask mandates, business restrictions and the tiered reopening phases that ebbed and flowed with infection and hospitalization rates, beginning Tuesday.
“California...
(Headline USA) Cue the fireworks.
President Joe Biden wants to imbue Independence Day with new meaning this year by encouraging nationwide celebrations to mark the country’s effective return to normalcy after 16 months of coronavirus pandemic disruption.
The White House is expressing growing certainty that July Fourth will serve as a breakthrough moment...
(Headline USA) California will offer six "dream vacation" incentives to spur more people to get coronavirus vaccinations, Gov. Gavin Newsom said Monday on the eve of the state awarding of $15 million in cash prizes.
Aside from boosting California's vaccination rate as it lifts most pandemic restrictions Tuesday, the latest...
(Headline USA) Rep. Marjorie Greene apologized Monday for recent comments comparing the forced wearing of masks in the House to the Holocaust.
"I'm truly sorry for offending people with remarks about the Holocaust," the Georgia Republican told reporters outside the Capitol, saying she had visited Washington's U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum...
(Headline USA) A Republican-led hand recount of ballots cast in Arizona's most populous county hit a major milestone Monday when counters finished tallying all the regular ballots cast in November's presidential and U.S. Senate election, the Arizona Senate's liaison said.
Ken Bennett, a Republican former secretary of state who has...
(Headline USA) The Senate on Monday confirmed the first appellate court judge of President Joe Biden's tenure, elevating a judge with strong prospects of landing on the president's short list should a Supreme Court vacancy arise.
Senators voted 53-44 to confirm Ketanji Brown Jackson to serve on the Court of...
(Headline USA) Two more groups sued Florida over its new election integrity laws Monday, adding to the far-left organizations who claim, without evidence, that the rules could keep eligible voters from casting ballots.
The lawsuit was filed in U.S. District Court in Tallahassee by the Fair Elections Center and the...
Hundreds of Black Lives Matter supporters, including Michael Brown’s father, are calling for the BLM Global Network Foundation to provide “financial transparency” and “internal accountability” amidst reports that the organization's founders used funds to enrich themselves.
The supporters founded their own BLM organization called BLM10+ that represents the “original 10...
Most Americans believe the government should protect free speech, including false or offensive speech, rather than censor and regulate it.
Overall, 80 percent of Americans support free speech without government-imposed restrictions, according to Scott Rasmussen's national survey from early June.
Only 9 percent of Americans said the government should decide which...
Leftist policies in certain states allow government officials to take "transgender" children away from their parents if they determine the parents are not “supportive” enough, according to a recent report.
In Washington state, for example, children who identify as transgender can receive “gender-affirming care” without parental consent when they turn...
President Joe Biden quipped this weekend that he would get “in trouble” with his staff if he took questions from reporters out of order during his press conference at the end of the three-day G-7 summit.
The White House plans ahead of time which reporters Biden will take questions from...