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Watch live: Biden speaks about the highest inflation since 1981
[The stream is slated to start at 1:45 p.m. ET. Please refresh the page if you do not see a player above at that time.] President Joe Biden is set to speak about the latest inflation report, which showed that prices in the U.S. rose at their fastest annual pace since the early 1980s. Government […]
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Peter Thiel bitcoin fellow Erik Finman tries to sway 2022 midterms with up to $20 million for GOP campaigns
Erik Finman, who became a bitcoin millionaire by the time he was 18, is spending up to $20 million on Republican candidates running for Congress in the 2022 midterm elections. Finman, 23, said he wants to donate $10 million toward GOP candidates and political action committees, including Saving Arizona, a super PAC backing Trump-endorsed Arizona […]
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Inflation rose 8.6% in May, highest since 1981
Inflation accelerated further in May, with prices rising 8.6% from a year ago for the fastest increase since December 1981, the Bureau of Labor Statistics reported Friday. The consumer price index, a wide-ranging measure of goods and services prices, increased even more than the 8.3% Dow Jones estimate. Excluding volatile food and energy prices, so-called […]
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Fired Fox News editor Chris Stirewalt says he will testify before Jan. 6 riot committee
Former U.S President Donald Trump is seen on video during the hearing of the U.S. House Select Committee to Investigate the January 6 Attack on the United States Capitol, on Capitol Hill in Washington, U.S., June 9, 2022. Jonathan Ernst | Reuters A former Fox News political editor who was fired by the cable network […]
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Watch live: Jan. 6 committee to release new findings about Trump’s role in Capitol riot
The House select committee investigating the Jan. 6 Capitol riot is set to begin laying out its initial findings in the first in a series of public hearings beginning Thursday night. The hearing will feature new information that the committee says will show former President Donald Trump “at the center” of a coordinated effort to reverse President Joe […]
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Jan. 6 Capitol riot committee to reveal new details showing Trump ‘at the center’ of effort to overturn Biden win
The House select committee investigating the Jan. 6 Capitol riot is set to begin the first in a series of public hearings Thursday night, releasing new information it says shows former President Donald Trump “at the center” of a coordinated effort to reverse President Joe Biden’s 2020 election victory. The new details will show how […]
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House passes sweeping gun bill to raise assault rifle purchase age to 21; plan faces long odds in the Senate
Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) speaks at a rally with gun violence prevention organizations, gun violence survivors and hundreds of gun safety supporters demanding gun legislation, ouside the United States Capitol in Washington, June 8, 2022. Evelyn Hockstein | Reuters The House on Wednesday passed a sweeping gun bill that would raise the […]
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Watch live: Actor Matthew McConaughey joins White House press briefing on guns
[The stream is slated to start at 1:45 p.m. ET. Please refresh the page if you do not see a player above at that time.] Actor and gun-policy advocate Matthew McConaughey will join White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre on Tuesday for the Biden administration’s daily press briefing. His White-House appearance comes a day after […]
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To boost solar, Biden looks the other way on potential Chinese trade violations
U.S. President Joe Biden’s move to prohibit new tariffs on the solar panels also took the teeth out of an investigation by the Commerce Department that was required by law. Logan Cyrus | The Washington Post | Getty Images Facing paralysis of the U.S. solar industry, President Joe Biden has ordered that potential trade violations by Chinese solar panel […]
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Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton launches Twitter bots probe after Musk’s public complaints
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton speaks during a news conference after the U.S. Supreme Court heard oral arguments in President Joe Biden’s bid to rescind a Trump-era immigration policy that forced migrants to stay in Mexico to await U.S. hearings on their asylum claims, in Washington, U.S., April 26, 2022. Elizabeth Frantz | Reuters Texas […]
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