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Jan 18 2023
News
New Zealand leader Jacinda Ardern to resign before upcoming election
New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern announced Thursday she will stand down as leader before February 7, saying she doesn’t believe she has the energy to seek re-election in the October polls. “Nearing the end of the year I thought I really need to give myself the summer to really consider whether or not I have what it takes to continue,” she said at a news conference. “Once I realized
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Feb 24 2023
News
New US sanctions for Russia on war anniversary
The US has marked a year since Russia invaded Ukraine by announcing a new range of sanctions against Russia.
The restrictions target banks and suppliers of defence equipment both within Russia and worldwide.
Specifically, the US said it wants to stop those helping Russia exploit loopholes to get sanctioned materials.
The White House insisted it would "continue to stand
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Jan 18 2023
News
Whitmer swings through Europe on economic junket
Gov. Gretchen Whitmer is in Europe this week, serving as Michigan’s promoter-in-chief as she touts the state as a prime place to do business. Dubbed an “economic investment mission,” Whitmer spent time meeting with Norwegian officials from the Ministry of Petroleum and Energy before heading to the annual confab of global elite hosted by the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland. Included
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Mar 14 2023
News
Inflation declines to 6% in February in sigh of relief for economy
Inflation slowed to a 6% rate in the year ending in February, the Bureau of Labor Statistics reported Tuesday, a welcome sign as the Federal Reserve prepares to meet for a monetary policy meeting.
The much-anticipated numbers from the consumer price index shows that, while inflation is much too high, it is cooling in response to the Fed's aggressive interest rate hikes.
Inflation
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Mar 13 2023
Opinion
You’re Going to Miss Mitch McConnell When He’s Gone
Last week, the top Republican in the U.S. Senate, Mitch McConnell, was hospitalized after he tripped and sustained a concussion. That was alarming to me—but not as alarming as the realization that McConnell is older than both Joe Biden and Donald Trump.
No, this isn’t another column lamenting America’s gerontocracy. Indeed, McConnell has the energy and acuity of a 55-year-old man—which
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Dec 15 2022
News
Biden Official Sam Brinton’s 2nd Alleged Theft Included $1,700 In Jewelry
The Biden Administration has come under fire after Energy Department official Sam Brinton, who identifies as nonbinary, was charged in two separate instances of stealing suitcases at U.S. airports—with one bag reportedly containing $3,670 in jewelry, clothing and makeup—as GOP officials blame Biden’s “wokeness” for hiring them.
Brinton, who serves as Deputy Assistant Secretary of the
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Aug 28 2022
News
More than 20 million US households are behind on utility bills
New data indicates a staggering number of American households are currently behind on making utility payments due mainly to soaring energy costs, sparking fears that mass power shutoffs are on the horizon.
The National Energy Assistance Directors Association says more than 20 million U.S. families are behind on their utility bills, numbers NEADA executive director Mark Wolfe believes
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Jan 28 2023
News
The world economy’s inflation problem is easing
After three chaotic years, investors have several reasons to be cheerful about the world economy. In America inflation is tumbling, raising hopes of a “soft landing”, in which price growth comes under control without a recession. Fortune has smiled on Europe, where a mostly warm winter has caused energy prices to plummet. And China’s economy, freed from Xi Jinping’s destructive “zero-covid”
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Mar 02 2023
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Senate Unanimously Votes To Declassify Intel On COVID-19 Origins
The Senate voted unanimously Wednesday on a bill that requires the Director of National Intelligence to declassify all intelligence concerning the origin of COVID-19.
The “COVID-19 Origin Act of 2023,” introduced by Republican Sens. Josh Hawley and Mike Braun, was passed Wednesday night without objection. The Energy Department concluded Sunday that the pandemic most likely came from a
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Dec 29 2022
News
FDA Failed In Alzheimers Drug Approval, Congressional Report Says
According to the staff report, which showed the findings of two committees under the House of Representatives, the approval process for Aduhelm was "rife with irregularities." Most notably, the report revealed that the FDA went against recommendations and accelerated the drug's approval despite data suggesting its ineffectiveness. The investigation, conducted by the Staffs of the Committee on
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