Unexpectedly hot inflation reports for February are further fueling expectations that the Federal Reserve will end up cutting interest rates later than sooner. This week brought unwelcome news for the Federal Reserve, President Joe Biden, potentially the labor market, and consumers more generally. Headline data from both the consumer price index, which is the most […]
San Antonio experimented with a guaranteed basic income program that sent more than $5,000 to 1,000 families with no strings attached to the funds. Participants’ survey responses suggest the program was a success. The program offered $5,108 over the course of 25 months with no stipulations about what the money could be used for. Participants […]
Dylan Mulvaney expressed disappointment that Bud Light hasn’t picked up a comedic pitch for its next advertisement, despite the fact the brand has been working for months to distance itself from the social media star. Mulvaney, a biological man who identifies as a woman, was at the center of a panel discussion during South by […]
Pop musician Olivia Rodrigo offered free condoms and Plan B pills during her tour stop in St. Louis, Missouri, on Tuesday. Packages with the pills and condoms with the phrase: “Funding abortion? It’s a good idea, right?” were free to those who stopped by tables selling merchandise. It also included a note with a phone […]
WHITE SULPHUR SPRINGS, West Virginia — House Republican leaders swiftly rebuked comments made by Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) Thursday calling for new leadership in Israel, accusing the Democratic leader of seeking to “meddle” in foreign elections. “This is not only highly inappropriate, it’s just plain wrong for an American leader to play such […]
Delaware’s Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program will finish sending March payments worth up to $1,751 in nine days. The First State begins the distribution of SNAP payments on the second day of each month and has one of the longest distribution windows in the United States. Payments are distributed for most of the month. The first letters of recipients’ last […]
Former CNN anchor Don Lemon is doubling down on his claim that X owner Elon Musk does not care about free speech. Lemon, in his first appearance on CNN after being fired last year, discussed how Musk canceled the partnership involving The Don Lemon Show on the social media platform. “Free speech is only important […]
More than 100 cherry trees are set to be removed from the Tidal Basin in Washington, D.C., this spring. The National Park Service announced Wednesday about 140 cherry trees will be removed this May in order to construct a more secure sea wall around the Tidal Basin to protect the Thomas Jefferson Memorial and Franklin […]
Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) called for the Israeli government to hold new elections, claiming Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has “lost his way,” as the country risks becoming an international “pariah” over the war in Gaza on Thursday. “Netanyahu has lost his way by allowing his political survival to take precedence over the best […]
SAN FRANCISCO, California — Opponents of Gov. Gavin Newsom’s (D-CA) multibillion-dollar bond measure, pitched as vital to solving the state’s mental health and homelessness crisis, conceded Tuesday it would likely pass following days of doubt in an extremely close race. The concession in the nail-biter contest comes a week after Proposition 1 appeared on the […]
