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Rents for single-family residential homes rose just 1.4% in August compared with the year before, according to analytics and data firm Cotality, down from a 2.3% annual gain in July. That’s also much less than the 3% average gain seen last year and is the smallest increase in 15 years. Rent growth weakened across all price points, continuing a trend that has persisted in the second half of this year. Rents had been strengthening in the first half of this year. There were, however, strong variations regionally. Chicago saw the highest annual rent growth at 4.7% in August, followed by...

Virginia Giuffre's ghostwriter has revealed she holds the names of everyone listed in the Epstein files along with private recordings to prove it. Amy Wallace, the co-author of Giuffre’s posthumous memoir Nobody's Girl, sat down with NewsNation on Tuesday to discuss the 400-page tell-all detailing the harrowing events that unfolded on the disgraced billionaire's infamous island. In an explosive claim, Wallace insisted the list exists, that she knows the identities of everyone named and that the FBI has been holding it for more than ten years.

I was just wondering how Florida went from a blue to state to red? How did the Republicans manage to sneak in reforms that caused the Democrats to lose the state?

Senate Republicans are discussing voting on a bill that would prevent millions of low-income Americans from losing access to food aid on Nov. 1. The bill from Sen. Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) would fund Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program benefits for the duration of the shutdown, which on Wednesday entered its 22nd day. The Department of Agriculture warned earlier this month that if the government shutdown dragged on “there will be insufficient funds to pay full November SNAP benefits for approximately 42 million individuals across the Nation.” Senate Majority Leader John Thune said in a brief interview that senators were discussing “some...

Democrats cry “No Kings” while wielding royal power—raiding rivals, silencing dissent, and crowning heirs without a single vote. So-called King, Donald Trump, ran in two contested Republican primaries. He ran three times in a general election. He was elected twice, and his party recently won a Republican Congress. In contrast, in 2020, Joe Biden did not run a typical campaign. He avoided the public, staying ensconced in his basement. He outsourced his campaign to Democratic politicos, donors, and a sycophantic media. No red state ever sought to remove Joe Biden or Kamala Harris from their 2024 ballots. In contrast, twenty-five...

Fox News @FoxNews WATCH: A school teacher at an anti-ICE protest warns federal agents that they're "not the only ones with guns."

A financial expert sensationally cut short an interview with entitled illegal immigrants who revealed they were $420,000 in debt but said they still 'deserved' a new Toyota Tacoma and a house with a pool. Caleb Hammer had a couple from Phoenix, Arizona on his YouTube show 'Financial Audit,' in which he conducts an audit of his guest's finances to help them get out of debt. The couple told the host in the episode, entitled 'These Illegal Immigrants are F***ed,' that they are Dreamers who came to the United States as children aged nine and five. Dreamers are undocumented immigrants who...

President Donald Trump’s administration intensified efforts on Wednesday to combat rising beef prices, calling on domestic cattle ranchers to lower prices for consumers while also releasing a multi-agency strategy to restock the nation’s depleted cattle herd. Beef prices in the United States have eclipsed record levels after a prolonged drought that has impacted grazing lands and elevated feed expenses, forcing ranchers to reduce herd sizes. The U.S. cattle inventory, currently at its lowest since 1951, has been shrinking amid import restrictions, including the suspension of Mexican cattle shipments due to pest concerns and tariffs constraining Brazilian supplies, all while consumer...

The same Americans who embraced the cutsie socialism of the No Kings protests are completely ignorant about actual socialism. As Bill Maher once laid bare, “For Millennials, the word socialism doesn’t conjure up images of Stalin and Castro, it conjures up images of naked Danish people on a month-long paid vacation…it’s not such a jarring proposition when socialism comes along and says you are entitled to free stuff.” That casual humor hides a grave reality: a growing portion of Democrats embrace an ideology they do not truly understand, mistaking state control and economic tyranny for harmless perks. This misunderstanding has...

23 October 2025 Thursday of week 29 in Ordinary Time Serra Chapel at Mission San Juan Capistrano, CAReadings at MassLiturgical Colour: Green. Year: C(I).First readingRomans 6:19-23Now you are set free from sin, and slaves to GodIf I may use human terms to help your natural weakness: as once you put your bodies at the service of vice and immorality, so now you must put them at the service of righteousness for your sanctification. When you were slaves of sin, you felt no obligation to righteousness, and what did you get from this? Nothing but experiences that now make you...

Former Russian president Dmitry Medvedev said on Thursday that decisions by the Trump administration to cancel a summit in Budapest and impose sanctions on Russian oil companies showed that Washington was “on the warpath” with Moscow. “The US is our enemy, and their talkative ‘peacemaker’ has now fully embarked on the warpath with Russia,” Medvedev wrote on Telegram, referring to US President Donald Trump. “The decisions taken are an act of war against Russia. And now Trump has fully aligned himself with loony Europe.”

Seven US lawmakers, including both Democrats and Republicans, have written to President Donald Trump and Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick, urging them to withdraw the $100,000 fee on H-1B visas. They warned that the recent changes could harm the country’s innovation-driven economy and weaken its global competitiveness. In a joint statement, they said that while the H-1B visa system needs reform to better align with American values and workforce needs, the new rules — particularly the $100,000 annual fee — will make it difficult for many employers to hire and retain skilled foreign workers. The letter was signed by Suhas Subramanyam,...

King Charles and Pope Leo XIV held a historic joint prayer in the Sistine Chapel on Thursday, the first time a British monarch and a Pope have prayed together publicly since Henry VIII broke from the Catholic Church in the 16th century. The prayer is the key moment in a two-day visit by the King and Queen to Rome and the Vatican designed to boost ties between the Vatican and the Church of England, of which Charles is the supreme governor. Due to the importance of the occasion, Buckingham Palace waived its usual ban on filming or photographing a royal...

“‘Do not marvel at this; for an hour is coming, in which all who are in the tombs will hear His voice, and will come forth; those who did the good deeds to a resurrection of life, those who committed the evil deeds to a resurrection of judgment’” (John 5:28–29). The unbelieving Jews were astonished and outraged at Jesus’ bold claim to be the giver of spiritual life and the ultimate judge of all men. But then Jesus revealed another truth that astounded them: He would one day raise the dead from their graves. As He did with the spiritual...

...The new press corps includes rightwing outlets that have promoted conspiracy theories..... ...the new reporters, who agreed to the department’s new policies, were from outlets such as Lindell TV, started by Trump ally Mike Lindell; the Gateway Pundit; the Post Millennial; Human Events; and the National Pulse... ...The list also includes Turning Point USA’s media brand Frontlines, influencer Tim Pool’s Timcast and a Substack-based newsletter called Washington Reporter, the Post reported...

Indian refiners are poised to sharply curtail imports of Russian oil to comply with new U.S. sanctions on two top Russian producers, industry sources said on Thursday, potentially removing a major hurdle to a trade deal with the United States. The change comes as India faces punishing 50% tariffs on its exports to the U.S. - with half of those duties in retaliation for Russian oil purchases - and negotiates a potential trade deal that could bring those tariffs in line with Asian peers in exchange for winding down crude imports from Moscow. India has emerged as the biggest buyer...

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The man suspected of being under the influence when he crashed his tractor-trailer into a crowd of vehicles on the 10 Freeway Tuesday afternoon has been identified as a 21-year-old resident of Yuba City. Authorities say Jashanpreet Singh was under the influence of drugs when his speeding truck crashed into several slow-moving vehicles caught in bumper-to-bumper traffic in the westbound lanes of the 10 Freeway. Bill Melugin, a correspondent for Fox News, reported Wednesday that Singh is an Indian immigrant who is in the country illegally. Singh, according to the California Highway Patrol, did not hit his brakes prior to...

```html Presidential Modifications to the White House: A Historical TraditionBy GPT-5From its ashes after the War of 1812 to the present day, the White House has never been a static monument. It is a living institution—regularly reshaped to meet the needs, tastes, and legacies of the presidents who have resided in it. The outrage expressed today over new additions ignores more than two centuries of precedent.Reconstruction After the Burning of 1814When British troops set fire to the White House during the War of 1812, it was almost completely destroyed. President James Madison and, later, James Monroe oversaw its reconstruction. This...

When world leaders convene in Belem, Brazil, next month for the United Nations COP30 climate talks it will mark ten years since the landmark Paris Climate Agreement to cut emissions enough to avoid the most catastrophic warming. But a pair of recent reports show that global action is not even close to meeting that goal. “None of the 45 global indicators that we track are on pace,” Kelly Levin, chief of Science, Data and Systems Change at the Bezos Earth Fund, said in a press briefing on the report The State of Climate Action 2025. The report assessed progress on...