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The job market is on such shaky ground that the Federal Reserve may soon need to cut interest rates to support the economy, Fed Chair Jerome Powell said Friday at a key central banking forum. In one of his most consequential speeches, Powell suggested the labor market could benefit from lower rates, which the Fed has kept unchanged for eight straight months. “Downside risks to employment are rising,” Powell said in prepared remarks for his keynote speech at the Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City’s annual economic symposium in Jackson Hole, Wyoming. He said the possibility of Trump’s tariffs having...

A homosexual man describes his disturbing process to purchase a child through IVF.

In a few days, car enthusiasts and film buffs will have a chance to own some incredible pieces of American cinema. After four years of existence, Colorado’s Rodz & Bodz Movie Cars & More Museum closed for a third time this month. Later this week, on Friday, August 22, more than 60 film-used and replica movie cars will cross the auction block. Along with them will be over 400 pieces of movie memorabilia and road art. It’s a sad speedbump for one of the lesser-known, but great museums in America, but these cars will get to live on with collectors....

On Wednesday, popular US food and gift chain Cracker Barrel announced that they are changing its logo after 48 years, as part of a rebranding effort. The decision to scrap the iconic logo led to backlash on social media. But this is not the first time a popular brand faced backlash for rebranding

In September 2022, U.K. Prime Minister Boris Johnson claimed he was leaving office with "unemployment…down to lows not seen since I was about 10 years old and bouncing around on a space hopper." In reality, the number of people who were economically inactive had risen by almost 400,000, and an enormous rise in the number of people claiming long-term sickness benefits was already underway. How did Johnson get away with claiming unemployment was exceptionally low? Government unemployment statistics only look at those who are actively looking for work. If someone is studying, a caregiver, or categorized as long-term sick, they...

A member of the Democratic National Committee admitted that so-called nonpartisan voter registration schemes were always, in fact, partisan. The New York Times’ Shane Goldmacher and Jonah Smith concede in an analysis on Democrats’ cratering voter registration numbers that “For years, the left has relied on a sprawling network of nonprofits — which solicit donations from people whose identities they need not disclose — to register Black, Latino and younger voters. Though the groups are technically nonpartisan, the underlying assumption has been that most new voters registering would vote Democrat.” But it’s Democrat strategist and member of the Democratic National...

Justine Lindsay, the NFL's first openly transgender cheerleader, has confirmed she will not return to the Carolina Panthers' TopCats squad for the upcoming season. Lindsay, 32, made history in 2022 when she joined the TopCats, becoming the first transgender woman to cheer in the NFL. But after three seasons on the sidelines, she is officially stepping away, telling Outsports she's moving on to focus on pageantry and charity work. 'For now, I'm focusing on my pageantry work and community involvement, striving to be recognized not just as an NFL cheerleader, but as someone making a positive impact, especially during these...

The recent federal takeover of Washington, D.C., appears to have had the intended effect of improving public safety, and the Trump administration is now on a roll, working not only to clean up the streets but to make private gun ownership great again in America's capital. One major step the administration has taken is to make the process of applying for concealed-carry permits easier. According to a recent report from Fox News Digital, Trump's Making D.C. Safe and Beautiful Task Force is doing just that. Trump established the task force — comprising members of the Departments of the Interior, Homeland...

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Ukrainian forces obliterated a critical part of Russia’s Druzhba oil pipeline overnight — as Kyiv fought back against Moscow’s ramped-up attacks despite ongoing peace deal talks. Ukraine bombed the Unecha oil pumping station in the Bryansk region late Thursday, according to the commander of Ukraine’s unmanned systems forces, Robert Brovdy. Footage posted on Telegram showed a huge inferno raging at a facility with multiple fuel tanks in the wake of the strikes. Bryansk regional Gov. Alexander Bogomaz said Ukraine had fired HIMARS rockets and drones at the region in a combined attack, setting the energy facility ablaze

This morning's sunrise raid on ex-Trump national security adviser John Bolton's DC-area home was first launched years ago — but the Biden administration shut it down “for political reasons,” according to a senior US official. The probe is said to involve classified documents....

Beginning with the Obama administration, Muslims murdered over 125,000 Christians in Nigeria. This revelation in the latest report from the International Society for Civil Liberties and the Rule of Law documents a Christian genocide that has been taking place in Africa, enabled by Barack Obama and the State Department, and carried out with the complicity of the media. Even as over 125,000 Christians were murdered, over 1,000 Christian communities shattered and 19,000 churches destroyed, the media has buried the regular massacres, including the latest massacre in which 160 Christian villagers, many of whom were burned alive, were killed, on the...

I must admit that I was a bit disappointed that Trump wasn't doing ride-alongs yesterday. Nevertheless, this'd be a great idea and would gather a worldwide audience. I'd especially like to see him doing busts on Schiff and the like. The pic below is an available AI image (hence the fake label) and is only thing I could find that sorta captures it.

On June 21, 2024, Governor DeSantis of Florida signed HB87, restoring the right of people to protect themselves, their pets, and their homes against aggressive black bears. The law went into effect on July 1, 2024.From July to December 2024, FWC recorded four instances where people killed bears, but were not charged because of the new law. There were seven situations where people were charged with illegal kills. In 2021, during the same period, there were 17 illegal kills recorded; in 2022, there were seven illegal kills recorded during the same period. In 2023, there were seven illegal kills recorded...

Selling Mega Mansions host Camille Anderson took to social media this week to talk about the issue of crime in Los Angeles, after she said she was "body slammed" while being mugged in Beverly Hills. Anderson, best known for hosting the reality show that follows estate agents trying to sell luxury homes, posted a video on Instagram describing the incident earlier this week. "I was thrown to the ground very forcefully, like body slammed to the ground," she said, adding there were multiple "grown adult men that did this." Newsweek reached out to the Beverly Hills Police Department outside of...

DC Superior Court Judge Kendra Briggs, a Biden appointee, released two of the ‘teens’ who attacked former DOGE member Edward Coristine, AKA “Big Balls.” Earlier this month, 19-year-old Edward Coristine was severely beaten in DC after he jumped into action to save his significant other’s life. Trump posted a photo of Coristine after he was beaten bloody by the mob of teens. The President has since federalized DC to crack down on crime. A police report revealed more details about Edward Coristine’s heroic actions defending his girlfriend from a pack of 10 teens during an attempted carjacking early Sunday morning....

"I am going to lead a movement to get rid of MAIL-IN BALLOTS,” President Trump declared Monday in a Truth Social post. Later that day, he promised an executive order “to end mail-in ballots because they are corrupt. You know we are the only country in the world, I believe, I may be wrong, just about, the only country in the world that uses them because of what happened, massive fraud all over the place.” Trump has remained consistent; even before the 2020 election, he warned: “There is a lot of dishonesty going on with mail-in voting.” Trump doesn’t need...

In my career, I’ve rarely seen a more biased policy debate than the reaction to Trump’s trade agenda. Democrats want him to fail. Old-guard Republicans hate tariffs. Almost no one is evaluating the strategy on its own merits. One of my goals in this specific public discussion is to surface alternative scenarios. And there is a plausible path where tariffs—paired with industrial policy—strengthen, rather than weaken, the U.S. economy.What the consensus said (in April 2025, and largely still today): Tariffs will drive up prices Growth will slow Trade partners will retaliate Reshoring won’t happen Long-term damage will be severe But...

Rob Manfred sent the collective heads of baseball traditionalists everywhere spinning Sunday night when he openly discussed the idea of realignment during the ESPN broadcast of the MLB Little League Classic. The idea unquestionably would create one of the biggest shake-ups in baseball and likely end the long-standing American League and National League format that MLB has operated under for more than 100 years. “I think if we expand, it provides us with an opportunity to geographically realign,” Manfred told ESPN. “I think we could save a lot of wear and tear on our players in terms of travel. And...

he FBI has raided the Maryland home of Trump’s former National Security Adviser, John Bolton. On Friday morning, at 7 a.m., FBI agents raided Bolton’s Bethesda, Maryland, home in an investigation that FBI Director Kash Patel is leading. The investigation is reportedly linked to a classified documents probe years ago, but was later shut down under the Biden administration. LOOK: BREAKING: Federal agents are RIGHT NOW in John Bolton’s home “going through things” following an early morning FBI RAID in the DC area over national security concerns. Yes. We did, indeed, vote for this. This is Bolton’s primary residence. “This...