In December, U.S. inflation set an annual pace of 2.9 percent, compared to 2.7 percent in November. It was the sharpest one-month increase since February 2024, The New York Times noted.
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U.S. POISED TO FURTHER INCREASE ITS RECORD NATIONAL DEBT
The U.S. will run a $1.9-trillion budget deficit in this fiscal year, on top of the $36 trillion the country already owes, the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office (CBO) reported.
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IMF BOOSTS U.S. GROWTH FORECAST FOR 2025
The U.S. economy will expand by 2.7 percent this year, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) has projected, increasing its forecast from the 2.2 percent it foresaw last October.
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GAZA DEATH TOLL
At least 47,035 Palestinians were killed and another 111,091 were injured during Israel’s 15-month campaign of genocide in Gaza.
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WILL TRUMP’S PICK TO LEAD SPY AGENCY MAKE DEEP STATE HAPPY?
U.S. President Donald Trump’s pick to lead the CIA, who will almost certainly be confirmed, told lawmakers that he envisions the agency becoming bolder in its missions when directed by the president.
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PHARMACY-BENEFIT MANAGERS MADE WINDFALL PROFITS BY HIKING DRUG PRICES: FTC
Major pharmacy-benefit managers pulled in $7.3 billion from 2010 to 2022 by driving up drug prices, according to a new report released by the Federal Trade Commission.
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RECENT RULE CHANGE WILL PUT CALIFORNIANS ON HOOK TO COVER COST OF RECENT WILDFIRES
Californians were still putting out what remained from this month’s massive wildfires in Los Angeles when they learned that they will likely be on the hook for higher home insurance payments as a result of the massive destruction—no matter how far they live from the fires.
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HERBICIDE GLYPHOSATE DANGEROUS FOR INFANTS
A commonly used herbicide called glyphosate impacted the health of newborns in rural areas across the U.S. by contributing to lower birth weights and shortened pregnancies when exposed to the mother during pregnancy, a new study said.
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DRINKING DEATHS SURGE AFTER COVID LOCKDOWNS
Officials in England are implementing new strategies in hopes to stop the surging rate of deaths attributed to alcohol that have grown exponentially since the start of the COVID-19 lockdown, when governments across Europe shut down life while leaders like former British Prime Minister Boris Johnson partied with staffers.
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TRUMP ENDS BIDEN SANCTIONS ON VIOLENT WEST BANK ISRAELI SETTLERS AS THEY RAMP UP MORE WAR
U.S. President Donald Trump wasted no time to lift sanctions that were imposed by the Biden administration on a group of West Bank settlers after violence in the territory “reached intolerable levels and constitutes a serious threat to the peace, security, and stability of the West Bank and Gaza, Israel, and the broader Middle East region.”