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Consumer prices rose 0.4 percent in April to hit an annual increase of 4.9 percent, according to inflation data released Wednesday by the Labor Department. That’s the lowest annual inflation rate since April 2021. The consumer price index (CPI), which measures everything consumers spend money on from rent to gasoline, showed inflation accelerating slightly in April, in line with expectations but falling on an annual basis. Economists had been expecting prices to accelerate by 0.4 percent in April, up from 0.1 percent in March, and projected annual inflation to hold steady at a 5 percent.

A New York Times opinion writer has been ripped for claiming that straphangers scared of “half-naked lunatics” menacing Big Apple subways need therapy for “imaginary monsters.” Elizabeth Spiers sparked incredulity with her condescending response to the suggestion that a “polite society” is “one where people can safely ride the subway to work or take their children out in public without being accosted & menaced by half-naked lunatics.” “Hi – New Yorker here,” wrote Spiers, who is also a Democratic pollster and NYU journalism professor. “I’ve safely ridden the subway for 23 years and my child has never been menaced by...

More than 500 antisemitic acts targeting Jewish people, including assault, vandalism and harassment, were committed in California last year, an increase of more than 40% from 2021, underscoring a proliferation of hate crimes and extremism in the state, according to a report released Tuesday by the Anti-Defamation League.

Immigration and Customs Enforcement has been releasing illegal immigrants, including those with criminal records, from custody to clear space for the looming surge of more migrants at the border, in the latest sign of the government’s scramble to prepare for the onslaught. ICE cut its detention population to fewer than 23,000 at the start of the month, down from more than 28,000 six weeks earlier. That includes hundreds of people with criminal records whom ICE has released. Acting ICE Director Tae Johnson told Congress last month that he wanted to cut the population to as few as 21,000 people to...

The House Oversight and Accountability Committee on Wednesday directly challenged President Joe Biden’s claims about his family’s overseas business deals, providing fresh evidence his son Hunter got money directly from China, was involved in a business deal with a Romanian figure accused of corruption and helped arrange for one of his foreign business associates to meet with his father’s vice presidential office. In his second interim report, Chairman James Comer, R-Ky., said his committee was increasingly concerned that Hunter Biden and his partners engaged in a pattern of making lucrative business deals with foreign figures suspected of corruption in countries...

Republican presidential candidate and former Arkansas Gov. Asa Hutchinson (R) said Tuesday on MSNBC’s “The 11th Hour” that Republicans need to take a Manhattan jury finding former President Donald Trump liable for sexual abuse “very seriously.” Hutchinson said, “I practiced law for 25 years. Anytime a jury comes back with a verdict I respect the verdict of the jury. Jury verdicts reflect the community, they reflect America, and they also have the credibility of witnesses and the truth of the allegations, and they found unanimously that the allegations of sexual assault or true. So, I believe that we all, as...

They are selling this stuff for BABIES! [Warning: Language] VIDEO AT LINK.................... That's Scarlett Johnson, one of the people at Moms for Liberty, and it's a store in WISCONSIN, not Los Angeles or New York! Kids who can't even read or understand what's being said are going to say, "Ooh! I want the rainbow shirt!" or "I like the colorful drawings." I'm starting to realize why the LGBT cult picked the rainbow – because they wanted to market their sex fetishes to kids. This video was take at the @Target in Grafton, Wisconsin. Target is selling t-shirts for children with...

The Bible In Paintings ~ Encouragement for Applying and Appreciating God's Word ~ •Drawings•Engravings•Facades•Frescoes•Illuminations•Miniatures•Mosaics•Photographs•Reliefs•Statues•Tapestries•Windows• JESUS' LETTERS TO THE SEVEN CHURCHES ֎ Featuring 20 Paintings, 1 Relief, 1 Tapestry and 10 Windows ֎ REVELATION «Chapters 1-3» “Write, therefore, what you have seen, what is now and what will take place later. The mystery of the seven stars that you saw in my right hand and of the seven golden lampstands is this: The seven stars are the angels of the seven churches, and the seven lampstands are THE SEVEN CHURCHES. 1 JEAN BONDOL "The Seven Churches" 2 JOHN THORNTON "The...

Pray For The Peace of JerusalemLuke 6 The Wise and Foolish Builders 46 “Why do you call me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ and do not do what I say? 47 As for everyone who comes to me and hears my words and puts them into practice, I will show you what they are like. 48 They are like a man building a house, who dug down deep and laid the foundation on rock. When a flood came, the torrent struck that house but could not shake it, because it was well built. 49 But the one who hears my words and does...

WASHINGTON (AP) — Consumer prices in the United States rose again in April, and measures of underlying inflation stayed high, suggesting that rising costs could persist for months to come. Prices rose 0.4% from March to April, the government said Wednesday, up from 0.1% from February to March. Compared with a year earlier, prices climbed 4.9%, down slightly from March’s year-over-year increase. Compared with a year ago, core prices rose 5.5%, just below a yearly increase of 5.6% in March.

Twitter CEO Elon Musk warned users of the Facebook-owned WhatsApp that it is secretly accessing their device microphones without their knowledge and violating their privacy. Twitter’s director of engineering, Foad Dabri, posted a photo documenting his WhatsApp timeline which showed Zuckerberg’s messaging app was accessing his phone’s mic while he was asleep. Elon Musk responded to the tweet, simply stating, “WhatsApp cannot be trusted.” The WhatsApp Company later responded to the Twitter post claiming it had reached out to the Twitter engineer about the issue. As expected, the company would not accept any blame and attempted to write the issue...

(Daily readings from the USCCB)“I am the vine, you are the branches. Whoever remains in me and I in him will bear much fruit, because without me you can do nothing.” John 15:5The first amazing thing to recognize in this passage is the simple fact that God wants to produce good fruit in your life. He also wants to bring His grace and mercy into the world through you. The vine does not produce the fruit alone but does so through the instrumentality of the branches. So if we take this teaching at face value, God is saying that He...

Another dismal economic report under “Middle class” Joe Biden. April’s inflation report is out and … it sucks. Core inflation (CPI less food and energy) remains elevated at 5.5% YoY, much higher than The Fed’s target rate of 2%. Even worse, US REAL average weekly wage growth is negative again at -1.1% YoY, negative growth for the 25th straight month. Turns out that core inflation is higher than overall inflation. 4.9% YoY compared to core of 5.5% YoY.

A San Diego man whose livestream captured two U.S. Navy ships nearly colliding in the local harbor has been ordered by the military branch to take the cameras down. Barry Bahrami says he was told by the Navy Criminal Investigative Service and National Park Service that he cannot have a live stream because it shows military activity in the area. The man told one local San Diego outlet that his group has been filming for a decade, but was only ordered after the near-miss incident was captured. 'We were there for 10 years and then to suddenly make up a...

Transgender-identifying sprinter Halba Diouf, a biological male who claims to be a woman, fumed over World Athletics’ decision to ban biological males from competing against women in the Summer 2024 Paris Olympics. The French native began transgender procedures in 2021 and planned on competing in the women’s 200-meter race but is now barred from the competition. “I cannot understand this decision as transgender women have always been allowed to compete if their testosterone levels were below a certain threshold,” Diouf claimed in an interview. “The only safeguard transgender women have is their right to live as they wish, and we...

Livestream begins: May 10, 9:00 am EDT LIVE: Republicans Hold Press Conference: Investigation into Biden Family’s Business Schemes. 5/10/23

How to Bring People to God and ReligionReason-based—not faith-based—arguments and explanations for the moral greatness and the incomparable wisdom of the Bible are the only way to go.There are four primary reasons fewer and fewer people in America and the West take God, the Bible, or religion seriously.1) The belief that science disproves religion.2) The belief that reason and feelings supplant God and the Bible as the only necessary vehicles to morality.3) The “progressive” ideologies of at least 100 years that seek to replace religion.4) The failure of religious people to convince the next generation to be religious.As I have...

The twelve apostles included "Simon, who is called Peter" (Matt. 10:2). God knows how to get results. God makes leaders by taking people with the right raw material, putting them through the right experiences, and teaching them the right lessons. That's how he trained Peter, and the results were astonishing. In the first twelve chapters of Acts we see Peter initiating the move to replace Judas with Matthias, preaching powerfully on the Day of Pentecost, healing a lame man, standing up to the Jewish authorities, confronting Ananias and Sapphira, dealing with Simon the magician, healing Aeneas, raising Dorcas from the...

Mental and spiritual self-care is a hot topic. On Instagram, the hashtag “loveyourself” has been used around 42 million times. However, in modern culture, self-care is attached to a “me” mentality. Is there even such a thing then as biblical self-love? Can Christians unselfishly practice self-care? The answer is a resounding “Yes!” When a new buzzword like “mindfulness” (self-care techniques) crops up in the culture, we think it’s a new idea. However, true biblical self-care is addressed and exampled throughout the New Testament. The approach diverges from that of Eastern religions in that the focus is God-centered, not centered on...

Bud Light’s sales slump has seemingly started to impact other beverages under the Anheuser-Busch brand, according to reports. Sales of Bud Light have fallen 23.4% compared to this time a year ago, according to The New York Post. The brand experienced a 21.4% drop in sales the week before, according to Bump Williams Data. Bud Light in-store sales have also reportedly dropped by over 26% in the week that ended April 22. The backlash against Anheuser-Busch seems to be affecting beers outside of Bud Light. Michelob Ultra, another successful beer brand under Anheuser-Busch, has seen their sales numbers erode in...