Five reasons Biden might be wrong about the pandemic being over
President Biden boldly claimed in an interview over the weekend that the pandemic is over, but public health experts — and U.S. statistics — put those remarks in serious doubt. Coronavirus cases and deaths in the U.S. have been on a steady decline in recent weeks following a slight rise due to the BA.5 omicron subvariant. However, tens of thousands of new cases are still being recorded daily, hundreds of Americans are still dying of the virus every day and enthusiasm for immunization has all but stagnated. In his “60 Minutes” interview, Biden ac
Read MoreGOP senators grill Biden judicial nominee over past abortion advocacy
Republican senators on Wednesday went after Biden judicial nominee Julie Rikelman over her past work at a leading abortion advocacy organization. Rikelman, who has been nominated to serve on the 1st Circuit Court of Appeals in Boston, represented the Mississippi abortion clinic at the center of this year's Supreme Court case that resulted in the overturning of Roe v. Wade. The former legal direct
Read MoreTrump, sons rip New York attorney general over fraud lawsuit
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Read MoreFed hikes rates by 75 basis points for third time this year
The Federal Reserve on Wednesday boosted interest rates by three-fourths of a percentage point, the latest in a series of aggressive steps to tame stubborn inflation. The Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) — the panel of Fed officials responsible for monetary policy— hiked its baseline interest rate by 0.75 percentage points Wednesday to a span of 3 to 3.25 percent. It is the fifth Fed rate hike since March and the third consecutive FOMC meeting ending with a 75 basis point hike. The Fed had long been expected to issue another 75 basis point hike in Septembe
Read MoreWhat Putin’s war mobilization decree says and doesn't say
Russian President Vladimir Putin ordered a partial mobilization of Russian forces on Wednesday, marking a big escalation as Moscow faces a series of setbacks in its invasion of Ukraine. Putin announced the decree in a rare address to the nation during which he said that a preemptive occupation of Ukraine was the only option and accused the West of “crossing every line” in its reaction to the invasion. The text of Putin’s decree offers little insight into who exactly qualifies under the mobilization criteria. Here’s what it does and doesn’t lay out:
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