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US Corrects Productivity Data From 2019 Through 2023
The U.S. Labor Department Friday corrected productivity data from 2019 through 2023 after a computation error in off-the-clock hours worked ratios biased downward the labor hours levels underlying the productivity and costs data published last month.
Fri, 26 Apr 2024 14:36:16 EDT
State Department Delaying Sanctions Against IDF Battalion
The State Department is delaying imposing sanctions on the IDF's Netzah Yehuda battalion over alleged human rights breaches while it reviews new information provided to the U.S. by Israel, reports Axios.
Fri, 26 Apr 2024 14:11:08 EDT
Longtime CNN Anchor Poppy Harlow to Leave Network
Longtime CNN news anchor Poppy Harlow announced Friday she is leaving the network where she has worked since 2008 following the cancelation of the program she co-hosted.
Fri, 26 Apr 2024 13:55:11 EDT
Trump Declares: 'I Want to Debate Biden'
Donald Trump, who didn't debate his rivals in the Republican primary race, says he's ready to take on President Joe Biden to accept a one-on-one match ahead of November's general election - offering to debate the incumbent "anytime, anyplace."
Fri, 26 Apr 2024 13:41:58 EDT
Britain's King Charles III to Resume Public Duties Next Week
King Charles III will resume his public duties next week following a three-month break to focus on his treatment and recuperation after he was diagnosed with an undisclosed type of cancer, Buckingham Palace said Friday.
Fri, 26 Apr 2024 13:40:52 EDT
Report: Democrat Dark Money Funds Latino Voter Turnout
A partnership between TelevisaUnivision and nonpartisan groups to register and mobilize Hispanic voters allegedly is bankrolled by Democrat-allied "dark money" groups that gave $26.8 million over the past decade, the Washington Examiner reported.
Fri, 26 Apr 2024 13:24:40 EDT
FDA: Bird Flu Traces Found in 1 in 5 Milk Samples
One in five commercial milk samples tested in a nationwide survey contained particles of the H5N1 virus, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration said late on Thursday, suggesting the outbreak of bird flu is more widespread than previously thought. The agency said there is no...
Fri, 26 Apr 2024 12:46:06 EDT
N.Y. Lawmakers Seek College Antisemitism Monitors
Rep. Ritchie Torres, D-N.Y., and Rep. Mike Lawler, R-N.Y., want the federal government to do more to fight antisemitism at college campuses amid a surge of anti-Israel protests.
Fri, 26 Apr 2024 11:38:11 EDT
Blinken: Evidence China Trying to Interfere In Elections
The U.S. has seen evidence of Chinese attempts to "influence and arguably interfere" with the upcoming elections, U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken disclosed on Friday.His comments came during an interview with CNN at the end of his three-day trip to China. Blinken had...
Fri, 26 Apr 2024 11:14:54 EDT
Biden: 'I'm Happy to Debate' Donald Trump
President Joe Biden said Friday said that he's willing to debate presumptive GOP nominee Donald Trump before November's election - after previously expressing reservations about the idea in the past.
Fri, 26 Apr 2024 10:47:31 EDT
Rep. Schiff's Bags Stolen in San Francisco Garage
Rep. Adam Schiff, D-Calif., was headed for a posh dinner party Thursday in San Francisco when thieves swiped his baggage from his car in a parking garage, the San Francisco Chronicle reported.
Fri, 26 Apr 2024 10:40:25 EDT
Trump Wishes Melania 'Happy Birthday' Amid 'Rigged' Trial
Former President Donald Trump will be spending his wife's birthday apart from her. Outside a New York City courthouse on Friday, Trump made sure to wish Melania Trump, the former first lady, a happy birthday.
Fri, 26 Apr 2024 10:06:17 EDT
White House Trying to Hide Biden's Walking Woes
President Joe Biden, who used to walk alone across the South Lawn of the White House as he departed and returned to the White House on the Marine One helicopter, is now seen accompanied by aides, Axios noted.
Fri, 26 Apr 2024 09:07:58 EDT
Zelenskyy Presses US, Allies for Patriot Missiles
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Kyiv needs Patriot missiles to create an air shield against further Russian missile attacks, and it's likely he'll get them in an additional $6 billion aid package expected to be announced by the U.S. as soon as Friday.
Fri, 26 Apr 2024 08:38:13 EDT
Inflation Rises to 2.7%, in Line With Expectations
U.S. inflation rose moderately in March, but that is unlikely to change financial markets' expectations that the Federal Reserve will hold off cutting interest rates until September.
Fri, 26 Apr 2024 08:30:07 EDT
Anti-Trump Legal Pundits Meet for Private Weekly Call: Report
A group of anti-Donald Trump legal analysts from cable television outlets meet every Friday on a weekly Zoom call to discuss the former president's legal problems, Politico is reporting.
Fri, 26 Apr 2024 08:12:08 EDT
Biden's Cannibals Story Leaves White House in the Lurch
Joe Biden raised eyebrows when he hinted that cannibals on the island of New Guinea may have eaten his uncle's body after he was shot down during World War II.
Fri, 26 Apr 2024 07:47:14 EDT
Ukraine Probes Corruption as Russia Gains on Battlefield
A Ukrainian court on Friday ordered the detention of the country's farm minister in the latest high-profile corruption investigation, while Kyiv security officials assessed how they can recover lost battlefield momentum in the war against Russia.Ukraine's High...
Fri, 26 Apr 2024 07:38:32 EDT
Proposed US Abortion Restrictions Following 'Liberal' Europe
The Supreme Court's decision in Dobbs v. Jackson in 2022 reversed nearly a half-century of legal holding on abortion in the United States and returned the authority to regulate the practice to the states.
Fri, 26 Apr 2024 07:15:47 EDT
Fmr British PM Truss: Conservatives Must Unite Against Radical Institutions
Former British Prime Minister Liz Truss says conservatives on both sides of the Atlantic must unite to resist radical ideologies or face the collapse of Western civilization as it has been known.