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Stocks surged on Wednesday after the latest consumer price index report showed core inflation unexpectedly slowed in December, and major U.S. banks kicked off quarterly earnings reporting season with blowout results. The Dow Jones Industrial Average traded 630 points higher, or 1.5%. The S&P 500 climbed 1.6%, and the Nasdaq Composite rallied 2.2%. December’s consumer price index showed that core inflation, which excludes food and energy, rose 3.2%, the Bureau of Labor Statistics reported Wednesday. This was a notch down from the previous month and lower than the 3.3% estimated by economists surveyed by Dow Jones. Headline inflation increased 2.9%...

Europe must “take responsibility” for its own security, Poland has told its fellow EU member states, as Warsaw takes over the rotating presidency of the bloc at a time of increasing geopolitical uncertainty. ...“There is awareness among European countries that the next few months will be a very difficult time … That’s why we think that this particular moment is the right time to say loudly that it’s time to take responsibility for our future and our security,” said Poland’s Europe minister, Adam Szłapka. “Security is something that we need to think about every day,” he said, adding that Poland...

The FDA today has issued an order today that will ban Red No. 3 from food products and ingested drugs. The dye, which was approved to use in 1907, has been banned in cosmetics and topical drugs since 1990 over evidence that it can cause cancer. Its use in food is already banned or restricted in Australia, Japan and countries in the EU. Red No. 3. is commonly found in candy, gum, and cookies, including Brach’s candy corn, Betty Crocker sprinkles, and strawberry Ensure. Food manufacturers will have until January 15, 2027 to remove it from all products, while makers...

A federal appeals court decided this week to allow Davina Ricketts, a former North Carolina high school student, to continue pursuing her racial discrimination lawsuit against the Wake County Public School System, its board of education, and numerous school officials. Ricketts alleges that school and district officials did not intervene and were “deliberately indifferent” to the racial harassment and cyberbullying she endured from other students during and after a student council election in 2016.... When election day came, Ricketts discovered her name and the names of the other three Black candidates were not on the junior class ballot. The omission...

Colossal, a leading Texas-based biosciences company working to combat environmental dangers and revive extinct species, has reached a new funding milestone that it says will accelerate its pioneering de-extinction efforts and advancements in genetic engineering. On Wednesday, the company announced it had secured $200 million in Series C funding led by TWG Global, bringing its valuation to $10.2 billion. Founded by entrepreneur Ben Lamm and geneticist Dr. George Church, Colossal Biosciences has quickly become a leader in developing technologies that aim to reverse species extinction using cutting-edge CRISPR technology. Since its launch in September 2021, the company has already achieved...

In this edition of The Daily Signal’s “Victor Davis Hanson: In His Own Words,” Hanson delves into former President Donald Trump's negotiation techniques, which critics call “trolling.” Hanson discusses how Trump's strategies, as described in 'The Art of the Deal,' play out in various geopolitical scenarios: renaming the Gulf of Mexico, purchasing Greenland, renegotiating the Panama Canal Treaty, and making Canada a state: “In the case of renaming the Gulf of Mexico, the Mexican president showed a map recently of the southwest of the United States being part of Mexico. That was her counter. That's kind of a bad troll,...

Gen Zers are increasingly becoming pet parents now that raising human babies feels like more of a pipe dream—and it’s propelling a job into the spotlight. Veterinarians have struck gold, ranked at No. 1 on this year’s Best Jobs of 2025 report from Indeed. The study looks into which roles offer the highest salaries, sustained growth, and flexibility—and thanks to generous Gen Z pet parents who only want the best for their fur babies, veterinarians have made (and topped) the list of best gigs for the first time ever since data collection started in 2019. Out of the 25 ranked...

Big bank profits surged in the fourth quarter and Wall Street roared back to life, with net income rising 50% at JPMorgan Chase and more than doubling at Goldman Sachs. The banks benefited as big corporate clients grew optimistic about the economy and the incoming Trump administration, spurring a return to dealmaking, fundraising and trading. Via Double Pedestal Executive Bowfront L Shaped Desk - 72"W Matte Cherry Laminate/Soft Black Office Desk For Ergonomic Working And PC Use National Business Furniture

‘LA cannot go forward with the status quo. LA is no longer what it was. It has to be different,’ Maria Shriver . ... a number of celebrities — many of them reliably Democratic — are speaking out against state officials, criticizing their response to the deadly blazes. Most of the anger has been directed at Los Angeles’ mayor, Karen Bass, who left for a trip to Ghana after the city was warned that the powerful Santa Ana winds that fueled the flames were coming. She was thousands of miles away during the initial destruction... Maria Shriver, publicly said that...

Inflation picked up speed in December as the U.S. economy showed unexpected signs of strength at the end of 2024. The consumer price index (CPI) rose 0.4 percent in the final month of 2024 and ended the year up 2.9 percent, according to data released Wednesday by the Labor Department. Economists expected the annual inflation rate to hit 2.9 percent and prices to rise 0.3 percent on the month, according to consensus estimates. The new inflation numbers come as the Federal Reserve faces a crossroads with President-elect Trump set to take office Monday. The Fed ended 2024 with three consecutive...

Ancient texts speak of a strange and valuable metal known as orichalcum. The mystical material was often dismissed as a fantastical invention – until they discovered a large cache of the stuff in the Mediterranean Sea. Orichalcum’s name is derived from the Greek for "mountain copper.” One of its most prominent mentions comes in the legend of Atlantis by Plato, in which it is described as “more precious [...] than anything except gold.” The dialogue, called Critias, explains how the mythical citadel of Atlantis was adorned with walls, pillars, and floors that were coated in orichalcum, endowing the building with...

On Monday 15 January 2025, American pianist Ruth Slenczynska celebrated her 100th birthday. At this landmark age, Slenczynska has achieved an astonishing nine-decade long career, having started performing as a child prodigy in the 1920s. Three years ago, Slenczynska announced she had re-signed to the record label Decca Classics, for her first album with the company since the 1960s. Slenczynska’s new solo piano album, My Life in Music, was released in March 2022. When asked about the album, Slenczynska responded: “Whoever heard of a pianist my age making another album? “Music is meant to bring joy. If mine still brings...

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Let’s be clear about two things 1. The Hamas Surrender Deal is the same deal the Biden administration has been pushing all along which consists of Israel giving Hamas everything it wants in exchange for the release of living or dead hostages. The final terms haven’t yet been made public, but a leaked draft calls for exchanging live terrorists for dead hostages, an Israeli withdrawal, and Qatar being allowed to ‘reconstruct’ Gaza. Attempts to ‘sell’ the deal hinge on such details as whether Israel will be able to go back into Gaza which will be subject to interpretation. Based on...

The Supreme Court will be issuing one or more Opinions at 10 a.m. this morning.A list of the cases for this term are listed at the link below:October 24 term Some expect the decision on the Tik-Tok ban today. Attorneys at scotublog will be live-blogging the release of Opinions at the article link.

The election’s over and Florida was probably never up for grabs, so it’s time for leftists to do what they love for the one they love. And leftists of a certain age love no country more than Communist Cuba. And so on the way out the door, they’re lifting Cuba’s terror sponsor status. And refusing to enforce a law that allows Americans to sue for property that was stolen from them. (I reported earlier on Kamala’s family ties to that sort of business.) While they would have done it anyway, part of this is likely a calculated jab aimed at...

WASHINGTON, Saturday, Jan. 14. The Richmond Dispatch, of the 12th inst., says: "It was reported yesterday that Mr. BLAIR, the Yankee Peace Commissioner, had arrived in this city, and had had, during the day, an interview with the President and Secretary of War. He has not, we are assured, come to the city, and it is all stuff about the Secretary of War having sent him a pass to visit Richmond; but we do not doubt that he is in GRANT's camp. We have never yet seen any evidence going to show that he designed coming to this city. A...

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said on Wednesday that Israel must withdraw its forces from Syria or it will cause “unfavorable outcomes for everyone.” “The aggressive actions of the forces attacking Syrian territory, Israel, in particular, must come to an end as soon as possible,” he said during a meeting of his party in Ankara. “Everyone should take their hands off Syria and we, along with our Syrian brothers, will crush the heads of Islamic State, the YPG and other terrorist organizations in a short time.”

9:30 a.m.: Pam Bondi, Justice DepartmentThe former Florida attorney general makes the first of two scheduled appearances before the Senate Judiciary Committee. She was Trump’s pick for attorney general hours after his first choice, former Florida Rep. Matt Gaetz, withdrew from consideration. Gaetz was facing questions about a federal sex trafficking investigation and a House Ethics Committee inquiry into allegations that he paid for sex, including with a 17-year-old girl. Bondi is a longtime fixture in Trump’s orbit. The attorney general will be one of the most closely watched Cabinet members, given the concern among Democrats that Trump will look...

An 8-year-old boy in central Florida died after he was attacked by two dogs near the entrance of a subdivision, .. The boy was attacked by the loose dogs Monday evening near Deland, Florida, located halfway between Orlando and Daytona Beach, the Volusia County Sheriff’s Office said .. Nearby residents administered CPR to the boy and called 911, but they were unable to save him ... The dogs were captured and were being held by the county’s Animal Services agency. Authorities said one was a pit bull and the other a mixed breed. ... his is a tragedy beyond comprehension,...