By Arjun Singh WASHINGTON—President Donald Trump on Jan. 29 signed into law the Laken Riley Act, the first piece of legislation to receive his assent during his second term. The act is named after the late Laken Hope Riley, a 22-year-old nursing student at Augusta University in Athens, Georgia. Riley was murdered on Feb. 22, […]
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Trump Administration Puts Immediate Pause on FDA, CDC, and HHS Reports and Posts
By Jack Phillips The Trump administration has placed a freeze on many federal health agency communications with the public until at least the end of the month. In a Jan. 21 memo, Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Acting Secretary Dorothy Fink told agency staff officials that an “immediate pause” had been ordered on […]
Posted inEconomy
Gold Prices Settle Shy of Record High as Dollar Slide Boosts Metal
By Andrew Moran Gold prices registered their fourth consecutive weekly gain, ending the Jan. 24 trading session shy of the all-time high recorded in October. February gold futures rose $12.30, or 0.44 percent, to $2,777.30 per ounce on the COMEX division of the New York Mercantile Exchange. The precious metal posted a weekly boost of […]
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Stocks Rally for 2nd Week Ahead of Big Tech Earnings and Fed Meeting
By Panos Mourdoukoutas U.S. stocks dropped on Friday but closed higher for the week, ahead of Big Tech earnings and the Federal Reserve meeting next week. Once again, the gains were broad, led by techs and the Dow shares. However, analysts are skeptical about the fate of the rally, which may have come too fast, […]
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Inherited an IRA? Avoid These Common Mistakes That Can Cost You
By Tribune News Service and Donna Fuscaldo, From Kiplinger’s Personal Finance If you inherited an individual retirement account (IRA), that windfall may cost you money if you aren’t careful. That’s because there are rules around inherited IRAs to ensure the money in the account is eventually taxed and the IRS gets paid. Run afoul of […]
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White House Office of Gun Violence Prevention Webpage Goes Dark on Trump’s 2nd Day
By Michael Clements Second Amendment advocates are celebrating, and gun control activists are decrying the apparent closing of the White House Office of Gun Violence Prevention. The Trump administration has not confirmed that the office, opened by an executive order from then-President Joe Biden in 2023, is closed. The office’s website was down the day […]
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An Overview of Trump’s Dozens of Executive Actions
By Nathan Worcester, Jacob Burg, John Haughey, Darlene McCormick Sanchez, Ryan Morgan, Savannah Hulsey Pointer, Andrew Moran President Donald Trump set a breakneck pace on the first day of his second term, taking numerous executive actions and rescinding 78 executive orders from his predecessor, while also pardoning roughly 1,500 people charged in connection with the Jan. 6, 2021, breach at the […]
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Credit Card Delinquency Rising the Most in These US States
By Naveen Athrappully Credit card delinquencies have jumped across the United States, with Wyoming, Rhode Island, and Alaska seeing the largest increases, according to the latest data from personal finance company WalletHub. An analysis of consumer delinquency rates between the third quarters of 2023 and 2024 showed that credit card delinquencies rose in all 50 […]
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Trump’s Return to White House Promises Rapid Change
By Lawrence Wilson and Ivan Pentchoukov President-elect Donald J. Trump returns to the White House as a seasoned executive intent on ending a decades-long approach to governance in ways that could reshape the presidency and the country well into the future. Trump plans an about-face from the expansion of domestic programs and regulations and globalist […]
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Americans Remain in Dark Over Origins of Mysterious Drones
By Janice Hisle For the past decade, Jennifer Krazinski felt safe living in a home “tucked away, off of a dirt road,” in Hewitt, a northern New Jersey suburb. But what she recently saw in the night sky left her disquieted. Near her house, Krazinski noticed flying objects with blinking red-and-white lights, emitting a whirring […]
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Trump Inaugural Events Kick Off Today: What to Know
By Jacob Burg Four days of celebrations surrounding President-elect Donald Trump’s second inauguration start on Jan. 18. They begin with a reception and fireworks at Trump National Golf Club in Sterling, Virginia, on Saturday and end with the National Prayer Service on Tuesday. Both Trump and Vice President-elect JD Vance will be sworn in at […]
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ICE Arrests 9 Illegal Immigrants for Crimes Including Rape, Homicide, Sexual Assault
By Mary Lou Lang Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) said it has arrested or removed nine criminal illegal immigrants. Their crimes include homicide, rape, drug trafficking, sexual assault, battery, and indecent exposure. ICE Enforcement and Removal Operations (ERO) Philadelphia announced on Jan. 15 the arrest of a 53-year-old citizen of Ecuador in Bangor, Pennsylvania, who […]
