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The number of people looking for a job in the Federal Reserve’s latest labor market survey rose to its highest level since 2014, the U.S. central bank reported Monday, as fears simmer about a broader slowdown in the economy. The proportion of respondents seeking employment over the past four weeks jumped to 28.4 percent from 19.4 percent in July of last year, according to the Fed’s Survey of Consumer Expectations (SCE) labor market survey. The increase in job seekers was most noticeable among people who are older than 45, who don’t have a college degree, and whose income is below...

Russian troops have been seen taped to trees and beaten by furious commanders as punishment for being drunk on the frontllines of Vladimir Putin's brutal invasion of Ukraine, new footage has revealed. Footage posted online showed the troops being tied to trees in an unknown forest near the front. A foul-mouthed officer berates the soldiers for getting drunk on duty, a major problem in Putin's ranks. He barked: 'What the f*** were you doing?' He told one: 'I think you're f***ing lost.' The officer then asked another: 'Are you a drunk too?' Then he orders an underling to beat the...

The war unleashed by the Russian Federation in Ukraine is having a devastating impact on Ukraine. Despite unprecedented support from the United States and European countries, Ukrainians’ standard of living is declining, exacerbating preexisting issues. Yet, according to recent polls, corruption tops the list of domestic problems for Ukrainians. The current administration is trying various mechanisms to combat corruption, but are they enough? For Ukraine, the problem of corruption is most acute among European countries. This can be explained by the slow post-Soviet changes in the country’s economy, frequent changes of ruling groups that politicize governmental institutions, and an entrenched...

COLUMBUS, Ohio (WJW) — Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine tested positive for COVID-19 Tuesday morning, his office announced. “He started experiencing mild, cold-like symptoms yesterday, including sneezing and a runny nose,” his office said in a statement. “His symptoms worsened slightly during the night, but the governor is working remotely from home today.” He had reportedly taken a test on Sunday for the virus and that test came back negative.

How do voters know the prestige press is hopelessly partisan? For three weeks, Kamala Harris has been refusing all requests for interviews or press conferences, and that goes unpunished. Donald Trump held a press conference, and he was absolutely punished. Taxpayer-funded National Public Radio demonstrated their ultraliberal tilt for the millionth time — at least that’s how it feels. NPR political director Domenico Montanaro organized a team to pore over Trump’s Aug. 8 press conference transcript and “found at least 162 misstatements, exaggerations and outright lies in 64 minutes. That’s more than two a minute. It’s a stunning number for...

Shukr had been wanted by the US for orchestrating the bombing that killed 241 American servicemen at a US Marines barracks in Beirut in 1982, before Hezbollah was officially founded.

The presidential campaign of Dr. Cornel West announced Tuesday that it would contest the disqualification of West and his running mate, Dr. Melina Abdullah, from appearing on the Michigan state ballot in court. The disqualification stemmed from procedural concerns raised in an earlier challenge. In a press release, the campaign called the challenge baseless, dismissing it as a tactic initiated by the Democratic National Committee and the Michigan Democratic Party to distract voters and suppress opposition to the Biden administration’s policies, particularly regarding the situation in Gaza. The campaign further noted that it has received “overwhelming support” from Michigan voters...

During an interview with CBS News on Monday, Rep. Jennifer McClellan (D-VA) responded to criticisms of 2024 Democratic presidential candidate Vice President Kamala Harris’ “price gouging” proposal by stating that when Democrats are in the White House, “costs go down.” Host Lindsey Reiser asked, “Harris is receiving some criticism for her economic proposals unveiled Friday, particularly when it comes to the proposed federal price gouging ban. The Washington Post editorial board published an op-ed saying, ‘The times demand serious economic ideas. Harris supplies gimmicks.’ Economist Jason Furman, who was in the Obama administration, told [The New York Times], ‘I think...

Establishment media outlets are signaling that Democrat presidential nominee Vice President Kamala Harris’s honeymoon phase is over after the first day of the Democratic National Convention (DNC) saw major issues with logistics and operations. Several media figures from across the spectrum began publicly criticizing and even openly mocking Democrats for their mistakes at the DNC, particularly with regard to press operations and workspace but also with regard to the flow of convention programming that went far too long on Monday evening. The derailed convention programming, which was far behind schedule, led to President Joe Biden–the sitting president of the United...

Vice President Kamala Harris, the Democratic nominee for president, made a surprise appearance at the Democratic National Convention on Monday night, taking the stage to thank President Joe Biden after he was reportedly shoved out of the race a month ago. “This is going to be a great week, and I want to kick us off by celebrating our incredible President Joe Biden, who will be speaking later tonight. Joe, thank you for your historic leadership, for your lifetime of service to our nation, and for all you will continue to do, we are forever grateful to you. Thank you,...

Former Bachelorette star Josh Seiter has called for the franchise to cast a transgender lead on its next season. Seiter, 37, who came out as a transgender woman in May, told DailyMail.com it was important for the dating franchise to reflect the diversity of modern America. 'America is changing. It's not just a bunch of middle-aged cis white people anymore, and the LGBTQIA community makes up a large portion of our country now. Yet we've seen zero representation for trans women and men on the franchise,' Seiter explained. The Chicago native said she was pleased to see the franchise become...

Billionaire Elon Musk has suggested he will step up to the mark if appointed to a White House role by Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump. Trump said yesterday if he is elected president in November he would be open to naming the Tesla CEO to a cabinet or advisory role. 'He's a very smart guy. I certainly would, if he would do it, I certainly would. He's a brilliant guy,' Trump said in an interview with Reuters. Musk responded to the comments on X today with just five words: 'I am willing to serve.'

Donald Trump’s running mate, Senator J. D. Vance of Ohio, maintains that a weaker dollar is necessary for creating more manufacturing jobs. Additionally, in April, former U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer and other Trump advisers floated a proposal to “devalue” the dollar, arguing that a cheaper dollar would boost U.S. exports and reduce the trade deficit. A dollar devaluation would be a radical change in U.S. exchange-rate policy, which, for decades, has been to let the value “float” and be determined by market actors in foreign-exchange markets. It’s far from clear whether a new Trump administration would actually pursue devaluation...

The Biden-Harris administration has called voter photo identification laws “burdensome” and “unnecessary.” The administration has let hundreds of thousands of unvetted illegal immigrants pour across the border with no questions asked about who they are. But the administration’s political party has implemented identification requirements for anyone who wants to attend the Democratic National Convention (DNC).Individuals seeking to get into the DNC must show proof of identity “for security screening” to pass through a security perimeter and physical barriers, NewsNation reported. In fact, Chicagoans who live in the “areas around the United Center and McCormick Place” where roads will be closed...

The Biden-Harris Department of Justice (DOJ) on Friday requested the U.S. Supreme Court “deny” Republicans’ bid to enforce an Arizona law requiring individuals to prove they’re U.S. citizens when registering and voting in elections.Arguing on behalf of the administration, U.S. Solicitor General Elizabeth Prelogar requested that the nation’s highest court instead allow a lower court decision — one prohibiting the implementation of provisions of the statute in question — to remain in effect for the November election.As The Federalist previously reported, the 2022 law mandated residents to show documentary proof of citizenship (DPOC) when registering via state voter registration forms....

Iran is in no position to fight a long-term war with Israel and even asked the US to intervene to prevent a possible large-scale Israeli retaliation to any Iranian attack, according to Mohsen Sazegara, founder of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), in an exclusive interview with The Jerusalem Post. The IRGC was founded shortly after the 1979 revolution in Iran to protect the Islamic Republic’s religious control over the country, and to act as a counterbalance to the regular Iranian Army, many of whose officers were still loyal to the Shah of Iran, and therefore could not be trusted...

In an interview with a Chicago radio station, Chicago Teachers Union President Stacy Davis Gates claimed that her students’ awful reading and math scores should be ignored because testing is “junk science” rooted in “white supremacy.” “The way in which we think about learning and think about achievement is really and truly based on testing, which at best is junk science rooted in white supremacy,” Gates said in the interview, the Wall Street Journal reported.“If you have another hour, I can get into why standardized tests are born out of the eugenics movement,” she added. “And the eugenics movement has...

Daily Readings from the USCCBAgain I say to you, it is easier for a camel to pass through the eye of a needle than for one who is rich to enter the Kingdom of God.” When the disciples heard this, they were greatly astonished and said, “Who then can be saved?” Jesus looked at them and said, “For men this is impossible, but for God all things are possible.” Matthew 19:24–26According to one tradition, the “eye of the needle” referred to a gate in the wall of Jerusalem. During the day, there was a large gate that was open through...

Recycling food scraps back into food you can eat sounds disgusting at first. But I’m sure everyone hearing about Japan’s way of tackling waste would want to know how the process works and how the resulting food tastes. It turns out the process is not disgusting at all once you get to learn about it. It’s ingenious, and everyone should be doing it. Spoiler alert: people don’t aren’t being fed the liquid mass that results from fermenting food scraps with this technology. Instead, pigs get the liquid ecofeed, and then people ultimately eat the pigs. The technology aims to fix...

The pro-Palestinian protests outside the Democratic National Convention (DNC) in Chicago, Illinois, were “mostly peaceful,” the Chicago Tribune proclaimed in a Monday headline despite multiple arrests being made. The headline echoed a CNN chyron from the 2020 cycle: “Fiery But Mostly Peaceful Protests After Police Shooting.” This line came during a report that showed a building engulfed in flames amid violent protests in Kenosha, Wisconsin. You cannot make this up… A CNN reporter is standing in front of a building engulfed in flames and CNN's chyron reads: "FIERY BUT MOSTLY PEACEFUL PROTESTS AFTER POLICE SHOOTING" pic.twitter.com/4OHvKnh63u — Caleb Hull (@CalebJHull)...