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‘Front loading’: Fed signals sharp rate hike next month

The Federal Reserve must move faster than it has in the past to rein in high inflation, Chair Jerome Powell said Thursday, signaling that sharp interest rate increases are likely in the coming months, beginning at the Fed’s next policy meeting in May. In a panel discussion held by the… Read More

CNN+ dead after just 23 days. Biggest media failure in history?

CNN launched its streaming service, CNN+, on Mar. 29. Three weeks later, the network is already pulling the plug on its $100 million investment — the most spectacular media failure in recent history. On Thursday, CNN’s incoming chief executive Chris Licht issued a memo announcing the plan to shut down… Read More

Michelle Obama to speak at LA nonprofit

Michelle Obama will deliver the keynote address at a democracy summit sponsored by a national, nonpartisan voting organization she helped create, the group announced Wednesday. The former first lady’s June 13 remarks to When We All Vote’s inaugural Culture of Democracy Summit in Los Angeles will be her first in-person… Read More

Jeffrey Epstein’s warden quietly retired during investigation

The warden who ran the federal jail where disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein died was allowed to quietly retire from the Bureau of Prisons in February. His retirement came in the midst of an investigation examining how one of the government’s highest-profile inmates could allegedly take his own life in custody…. Read More

Frustrated Bill O’Reilly curses and threatens in explosive video

Even stars like former Fox News host and conservative commentator Bill O’Reilly get frustrated at the airport, it seems. A new video from The Daily Mail shows O’Reilly dealing with the same problem that has imbittered almost every American at one point or another — and the tension eventually boils… Read More

Dems wild 2022 election plan leaks

by Frank Holmes, reporter Democrats have a serious problem on their hands in this November’s midterm elections: In order to save their job, they have to say that they’re doing great. Everything — from inflation, to immigration, to keeping kids masked in public — says that’s not going to work…. Read More

Cheers erupt after judge ends federal mask mandates

Travelers shed their masks and cheered as pilots and conductors announced that a federal judge in Florida had struck down a national mask mandate on airplanes and mass transit. “Feel free to burn them at will,” a New Jersey conductor told passengers boarding a commuter train Tuesday, drawing light laughter…. Read More

New study: Most who tear Achilles tendon can skip surgery

It’s a weekend warrior’s nightmare. You’re playing hoops in the driveway and go up for a lay-up. You land and hear a pop: you’ve torn your Achilles tendon. Do you have surgery or hope it heals with just a cast and rehab? New research says both options led to similar… Read More

Congress sees bipartisan push on mental health crisis

A major effort to overhaul care for people in the United States with mental health and drug problems is gaining traction as Congress and the Biden administration work on overlapping plans to address concerns across dividing lines of politics, geography and race. Top goals include responding to the mental health… Read More

Comedian Gilbert Gottfried dead at 67

Gilbert Gottfried, the actor and legendary standup comic known for his raw, scorched voice and crude jokes, has died. He was 67. Gottfried died from a rare genetic muscle disease that can trigger a dangerously abnormal heartbeat, his publicist and longtime friend Glenn Schwartz said in a statement. “In addition… Read More