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US consumer confidence inches higher in the face of soaring gasoline prices
1+ hour, 3+ min ago (485+ words) The Conference Board said Tuesday that its consumer confidence index inched up to 92. 8 in April from 92. 2 in March. Though the gauge measuring American consumers" confidence has ticked up the past two months, the reading remains mired near its lowest level…...
Southern Poverty Law Center says its informant program was not kept secret from law enforcement
1+ hour, 44+ min ago (537+ words) The Alabama-based nonprofit was indicted last week on charges of fraud and money laundering. Prosecutors said the group misled donors by using their money to pay informants who served as leaders in the very hate groups the organization was founded…...
Starmer's ex-chief of staff says sorry over Mandelson appointment as UK leader faces more pressure
3+ hour, 44+ min ago (911+ words) Morgan Mc Sweeney told lawmakers on the House of Commons Foreign Affairs Committee that it had been "a serious error of judgment" to back Mandelson, whose ill-fated appointment has left Starmer fighting for his job. The committee is investigating how…...
Trump pursues new import taxes to replace the tariffs the Supreme Court rejected
10+ hour, 46+ min ago (866+ words) Now the administration is scrambling to put more durable tariffs in place to keep revenue flowing into the U. S. Treasury and to shore up the president's protectionist wall around the American economy. Starting this week, the Office of the U. S. Trade Representative…...
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6+ hour, 20+ min ago (15+ words) Lawsuit that alleges Boston is inflating commercial property taxes goes to court this week'Boston Herald...
Battenfeld: Democrats rush to evade blame for inciting latest violence
1+ hour, 30+ min ago (553+ words) Hypocritical Democrats and their sycophants in the media are rushing to evade blame for inciting political violence in the country including the latest assassination attempt of President Trump. White House officials yesterday called out three Massachusetts lawmakers " Ayanna Pressley, Elizabeth…...
Editorial: Alleged WH shooter embraced far left lessons
3+ hour, 20+ min ago (521+ words) Butler, PA was a wake-up call. The White House Correspondents" Dinner shooting Saturday night was what happens when leaders hit the snooze button. Our country can"t afford to sleep in any longer. Pols on the left labeled Trump a…...
Silverstein: Path to clean energy in dangerous waters
7+ hour, 39+ min ago (460+ words) For decades, energy vulnerability had one name: the Strait of Hormuz. Now, it has a new one: the Red Sea. Different waters, same problem. Americans have long been told that clean energy will free us from the world's most dangerous…...
High school roundup/scores: Owen Miller's heroics lifts St. John's (S) in thriller
13+ hour, 42+ min ago (1294+ words) Owen Miller put on his cape for St. John's Shrewsbury on Monday as he blasted a walk-off solo home run in a 3-2 Catholic Conference win over BC High. In other Catholic Conference baseball action, junior Liam Mc Kinney fired a…...
Texas police can arrest people suspected of entering country illegally, federal court rules
18+ hour, 38+ min ago (542+ words) By ALEJANDRO SERRANO/The Texas Tribune A 2023 Texas law that lets state police arrest people suspected of entering the country illegally can go into effect after a federal appeals court on Friday lifted a lower court ruling that had stopped…...