The Inflation Rate is Holding Pretty Steady These Days
Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. Apropos of nothing in particular except the tedium of today’s news, here’s a chart that shows not the historical growth of inflation, but the acceleration of inflation. That is, the growth of the growth rate from year to year. To make the chart readable, I’ve…
Arkansas Kicks Another 4,000 Off Medicaid Rolls Because of Work Requirements
Arkansas has purged another 4,000 recipients from its Medicaid program.Andrew DeMillo/AP Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. For the second month in a row, over 4,000 Medicaid beneficiaries lost their health insurance after failing to meet work requirements for the program. The newest numbers, released Monday in a state report, come on the…
Duncan Hunter Releases Letter From Retired Generals Calling His Democratic Rival a “National Security Risk”
Joe Raedle/Getty Images Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. Duncan Hunter, the embattled Republican congressman fighting to hang onto his San Diego seat after he was indicted for campaign finance violations, has released a letter written by three Marine Corps officers claiming Hunter’s opponent, Ammar Campa-Najjar, is a “national security risk.”…
Democrats Are Hauling In Unprecedented Funds for the Midterms
Democratic House candidate Abigail SpanbergerAP Photo/Steve Helber Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. As Democrats continue to wring their hands over whether they can turn out voters on Election Day, yet another candidate is reporting a remarkable multi-million dollar fundraising haul, adding to the arguably historic numbers reported by a number of campaigns already. One…
Trump’s Top Economic Adviser Says the United Nations “Overestimates” Climate Change
AP Photo/Susan Walsh Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. Donald Trump’s top economic adviser downplayed the seriousness of the major United Nations climate report released earlier this month that detailed imminent catastrophic consequences if climate change isn’t addressed quickly, saying it sounds like an “overestimate”. “I won’t say it’s a scare tactic, but I…
Saudis Threaten to Retaliate if Punished for Journalist’s Disappearance
Donald Trump meeting with Saudi crown prince Mohammed Bin Salman in March 2018.Kevin Dietsch / Pool via CNP Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. Saudi Arabia’s government angrily reacted to warnings from President Donald Trump that it may face punishment for the death of journalist Jamal Khashoggi, threatening the kingdom “will respond with greater…