By Jack Phillips The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is sending a team to investigate a measles outbreak at a Chicago center housing illegal immigrants, the federal agency confirmed Tuesday. “CDC is sending a team of experts to support the local response to the recent measles cases with arrival expected tomorrow,“ the […]
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Inflation Comes Hotter Than Expected for Second Straight Month
By Andrew Moran The U.S. annual inflation rate has risen to a higher-than-expected 3.2 percent, underscoring the challenges policymakers face in reducing it to the 2 percent target. Economists had projected the consumer price index (CPI) to climb 0.4 percent in February, up from the previous month’s 0.3 percent reading. According to the Bureau of […]
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Trump, Biden Poised to Clinch Nominations in March 12 Primaries
By Janice Hisle and Emel Akan In primary elections on March 12, incumbent Democrat President Joe Biden and his Republican challenger, former President Donald Trump, appear likely to score enough delegates to become their respective party’s presidential nominees. Pollster Rich Baris dubbed March 12 “mini Super Tuesday” because several states are holding presidential-preference contests. These […]
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Half of Loan Applicants Rejected Since Fed Started Raising Rates
By Andrew Moran Half of loan or financial products applicants have been denied since the Federal Reserve first started raising interest rates in March 2022, according to a new study by Bankrate. Seven percent of applicants have been rejected for more than one financial product, the survey found. Younger generations and parents of minors were […]
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Absence of 3 Conservative Judges From State of the Union Address Turns Political
By Alice Giordano Three of the Supreme Court’s most conservative justices were conspicuously absent from President Joe Biden’s State of the Union (SOTU) address. The no-shows of Associate Justices Clarence Thomas, Amy Coney Barrett, and Samuel Alito followed just one week after the high court agreed to review the argument by former President Donald Trump […]
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Biden Loses American Samoa Caucus to Obscure Candidate
By Jack Phillips President Joe Biden suffered one loss on Super Tuesday. It was to little-known candidate Jason Palmer in the Democratic Primary’s caucus in American Samoa, a U.S. territory in the Pacific Ocean. The Democratic Party in American Samoa issued a statement on March 5, saying that Mr. Palmer received 51 votes, and the […]
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Millions Head to the Polls for Super Tuesday
By The Epoch Times Staff What’s happening today: Mail-in Voting Affects California In-Person Turnout BAKERSFIELD, Calif.—Turnout here has been affected by mail-in and early voting according to poll workers at Faith Temple Church, which houses four precincts in California’s 22nd Congressional District. Each California voter received a ballot by mail for the first time this […]
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Trump Says Biden’s Border Policies Are a Conspiracy to Grab Power ‘For Generations’
By Tom Ozimek Former President Donald Trump said Saturday that President Joe Biden’s open border policies amount to a conspiracy to flood the country with illegal aliens and, over time, expand the Democrat voter base in a bid to grab power “for generations.” President Trump made the remarks during a rally in Greensboro, North Carolina, […]
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Top Wall Street Economist Thinks Fed Will Not Cut Rates in 2024
By Andrew Moran The Federal Reserve will not cut interest rates as the U.S. economy remains solid and underlying inflationary pressures persist, says a top Wall Street economist. Torsten Sløk, the chief economist at Apollo, might have raised some eyebrows on the New York Stock Exchange to close out the trading week and kick off […]
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Immigration Officials Report Skyrocketing Illegal Northern Border Crossings
By Allan Stein Thousands of miles away from the U.S.-Mexico border, another illegal immigrant crisis is playing out at the northern boundary with Canada. Illegal crossings along the 5,525-mile northern border increased nearly seven-fold over the past three years under the Biden administration. According to U.S. Customs and Border Protection, the agency apprehended 189,401 illegal […]
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More Red Meat and Good Health? This Is Where the Atlantic Diet Fits In
By George Citroner For years, the Mediterranean diet has hogged the healthy-eating spotlight, emphasizing fresh produce, fish, and olive oil. But new research is spotlighting a lesser-known but potentially equally beneficial diet with a surprise allowance for more red meat: the Atlantic diet. Emerging research suggests it can also reduce your risk of chronic illnesses […]
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US Economic Growth Revised Downward, Inflation Adjusted Upward in 2nd GDP Estimate
By Andrew Moran U.S. economic growth for the fourth quarter was revised downward for the final three months of 2023, missing market expectations. Despite revisions in the second estimate of the gross domestic product figures, the national economy still showed robust growth. The economy expanded by 3.2 percent in the October-to-December period, down from the […]
