By Rudy Blalock Huntington Beach’s recently approved measure requiring voter ID in local elections has prompted a legal challenge from top California leaders. Attorney General Rob Bonta and Secretary of State Shirley N. Weber, the state’s chief elections official, announced the lawsuit at an April 15 news conference, challenging the city’s Measure A, which gives […]
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Federal Reserve Chair Powell Cites Lack of Progress in Reaching Inflation Goal
By Chase Smith In a discussion on U.S. and Canadian economic policies, Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell said there has been a significant decline in inflation over the past year but expressed concern over recent data. “We took a cautious approach and sought greater confidence so as not to overreact to the string of low […]
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Common Household Chemicals Attack Critical Brain Cells, Research Warns
By George Citroner Could the products designed to protect us actually be undermining our brain health? New research points to common household chemicals used as flame retardants and disinfectants as harmful culprits. In a recent study, scientists tested thousands of potentially hazardous chemicals and found two specific types that harm brain cells, Paul Tesar, who […]
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GOP Leaders in Pennsylvania Embrace Mail-In Voting, Drop Boxes
By Beth Brelje Voting has changed in the United States, and the Pennsylvania Republican Party wants voters to change with it by becoming mail-in voters. Elections used to happen on a single day, and only a minority of people voted by absentee ballot. They were mostly military voters stationed out of the country, and people […]
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How Major US Stock Indexes Fared April 15
By The Associated Press U.S. stocks slumped after higher yields in the bond market cranked up the pressure on Wall Street. The S&P 500 fell 1.2 percent Monday. The Dow Jones Industrial Average slipped 0.7 percent, and the Nasdaq composite dropped 1.8 percent. Stocks had been up earlier in the day, rising as oil prices […]
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Americans Becoming More Concerned About Job Loss and Ability to Pay Off Debt
By Patricia Tolson The fear among Americans about losing their jobs and being unable to pay their bills is at the highest level in years. Results of the latest Survey of Consumer Expectations, released on April 8 by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York’s Center for Microeconomic Data, show that concern among Americans about […]
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Elon Musk Calls Trump Trial ‘Obviously a Corruption of the Law’
By Tom Ozimek Elon Musk has called the New York “hush money” trial against former President Donald Trump “obviously a corruption of the law” and an act of “lawfare,” as the first-ever criminal trial against a former U.S. president kicked off in a Manhattan courtroom. Mr. Musk made the remark in a post on X […]
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Trump Makes Accusation Against Judge 1 Day Before ‘Hush-Money’ Trial Begins
By Jack Phillips Former President Donald Trump on Sunday accused the judge overseeing the “hush-money” case of giving his lawyers a short period of time to review “hundreds of thousands” of documents a day before his New York trial is scheduled to start. In a post on Truth Social, the former president alleged Judge Juan […]
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Tax Day Is Monday: What to Know About Deadlines, Extensions, and Refunds
By Jack Phillips Monday, April 15 is the deadline to file federal income tax returns and extensions to the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) for most people. The IRS said on April 12 that it has received more than 100 million returns, but millions more returns are expected to be filed by the end of April […]
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Price Hikes, Job Losses in Wake of California’s New Minimum Wage for Fast-Food Workers
By Travis Gillmore Though California’s new minimum wage for the fast-food industry puts more money into some workers’ pockets, it has ignited a firestorm of menu price hikes, mass layoffs, and reduced work hours across the state. After Assembly Bill 1228—signed into law by Gov. Gavin Newsom in 2023—took effect April 1, the minimum wage […]
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Woman Who Went Viral for Hugging Trump at Chick-fil-A Explains Why Black Voters Support Him
By Tom Ozimek A woman who recently went viral for hugging former President Donald Trump at a Chick-fil-A in Georgia and telling him not to worry about dishonest media coverage has revealed why she thinks black voters are increasingly backing the former president in the upcoming election. President Trump met with supporters at the restaurant […]
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New Bill to Deport Migrants Caught Squatting in People’s Homes Introduced to Congress
By Bill Pan As stories of illegal immigrants-turned-squatters make national headlines, a new bill in Congress would make it a deportable offense for foreign nationals to squat in American homes. The bill, dubbed SHIELD (Safeguarding Homes from Illegal Entry, Living and Dwelling) Act, was introduced Friday by Rep. Dan Meuser (R-Pa.). The two-page proposal designates […]
