Katie Porter Extends Lead Over Mimi Walters in CA45
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There’s Still No Inflationary Pressure in the Economy
Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. In case you like to keep track of this stuff, here are the inflation numbers for October: Ordinary CPI ticked up to 2.5 percent thanks to higher gasoline prices. However, oil prices are tumbling as we speak, so this will come down next month. Core…
Military Experts Say We Should Cut Medicare to Fund Bigger Military
Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. Here is a very brief history of the US military: 1976: “Team B” report concludes that we are woefully underprepared to fight the Soviet Union and that we need an enormous defense buildup. 2001: After 9/11, military concludes that we are too focused on old-fashioned…
A Gunman Opened Fire. This Man Acted Quickly—And Saved Dozens of Lives.
Holden Harrah, left, hugs Matt Wennerstom, right, after the mass shooting at Borderline bar in Thousand Oaks, California.Al Seib/Los Angeles Times/Getty Images Matt Wennerstrom was at a bar with his friends when a gunman started firing. First, the 20-year-old ushered people behind a pool table. Then, as the gunman reloaded, Wennerstrom threw a barstool through…
The Acting Attorney General Helped an Alleged Scam Company Hawk Bizarre Products
Matthew Whitaker at a Justice Department roundtable on August 29, 2018.Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. In November 2014, a Miami Beach-based firm, World Patent Marketing, announced the “marketing launch” of a “MASCULINE TOILET,” which boasted a specially designed bowl to help “well-endowed men” avoid unwanted contact with porcelain…
Florida’s Machine Recount Is Almost Over. Here Comes the Really Messy Part.
Republican and Democratic protesters demonstrate outside the Supervisor of Elections office in Broward County, Florida, on November 9.Emilee Mcgovern/SOPA Images via ZUMA Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. The machine recount currently underway in Florida is a cakewalk compared to what will unfold here in Broward County when the hand recount…