The November midterm elections in the United States saw Californians continue to embrace progressive leadership, but voters in one of the state’s most populous counties are so frustrated with this political direction that they voted to consider seceding and forming their own state. An advisory […]
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Fact check: White House deletes misleading tweet about Social Security
Washington CNN — President Joe Biden keeps touting the size of next year’s increase in Social Security payments. But his boasts leave out critical context: Biden doesn’t explain that the reason the 2023 increase will be unusually large is that the inflation rate has been […]
‘Comeback kid’ Lars Løkke Rasmussen at center of Danish politics once again – POLITICO
COPENHAGEN — Danish politics has a new kingmaker, if not a new king. As the Danes head to the ballot boxes on Tuesday, former Prime Minister Lars Løkke Rasmussen’s new party has surged into third place in the polls — projected to win 21 out of the […]
Graham’s 15-week abortion bill further complicates Republican midterm messaging
CNN — Republican Senate candidates eager to make the 2022 midterms about inflation, crime and President Joe Biden’s first term have a new dilemma in Sen. Lindsey Graham’s bill that would ban abortions after 15 weeks of pregnancy. The bill, which the South Carolina Republican […]
Fraud claims, inflation hanging over political parties going into November
LAS VEGAS (KLAS) — Dr. Rebecca Gill, a UNLV assistant professor of political science, analyzes what allegations of election fraud will mean going into the November election. Former Nevada Attorney General Adam Laxalt and other candidates continue to press their claims that there was election […]
Marshall calls on end to political grandstanding as inflation continues to spike
TOPEKA, Kan. (WIBW) – Senator Roger Marshall has called for an end to political grandstanding as inflation increased more than 8% since 2021. U.S. Senator Roger Marshall (R-Kan.) says the U.S. Department of Labor has announced the Consumer Price Index increased 8.3% in just one […]
US Added 428,000 Jobs in April Despite Surging Inflation | Political News
By PAUL WISEMAN, AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — America’s employers added 428,000 jobs in April, extending a streak of solid hiring that has defied punishing inflation, chronic supply shortages, the Russian war against Ukraine and much higher borrowing costs. Friday’s jobs report from the […]