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TOLEDO, Ohio — Republicans excitedly declared in July that Donald Trump’s decision to pick Sen. JD Vance as his running mate would help them win battleground congressional districts in Ohio. Three months later, that doesn’t seem to be playing out in one of the state’s toughest elections — where the GOP is looking for any boost it can get as it tries to oust the longest-serving woman in the House. Republicans had seen Rep. Marcy Kaptur’s seat as one of their top pickup opportunities. And several factors went their way this cycle: The party drew a redder district in recent…

Hurricane Milton, a monstrous storm set to hit western Florida Wednesday night, is poised to deplete the finances of the government’s chronically indebted flood insurance program. Congress is already bracing for a fight over what to do about it. Key lawmakers and aides are beginning to game out the likely impact on the National Flood Insurance Program, which is the primary option for millions of American homeowners to protect their finances from catastrophic flooding. The emerging view from several lawmakers and staffers is that NFIP claims spurred by Milton and last month’s Hurricane Helene will likely exhaust the program’s nearly…

In his strongest terms yet, President Joe Biden on Wednesday condemned what he called “a reckless, irresponsible, relentless promotion of disinformation and outright lies” about the federal response to Hurricane Helene and now Milton, the storm charging toward Florida’s Gulf Coast.He named names, saying former President Donald Trump “has led the onslaught of lies.” In recent days, Trump, the Republican presidential nominee, has helped spread false information about the Federal Emergency Management Agency’s response, including suggesting that victims will only receive $750 payments and wrongly stating that disaster dollars have been diverted to house undocumented immigrants.“It’s beyond ridiculous. It’s got…

The government is looking to bring public finances under control as it prepares the 2025 budget France’s new government is mulling tax increases on big businesses as it seeks ways to plug a hole in public finances, Le Monde reported on Sunday.The 2025 budget could include an 8.5% increase in corporate tax for firms whose annual turnover is above €1 billion ($1.1 billion), the newspaper wrote, citing proposals assessed by Prime Minister Michel Barnier. The so-called ‘exceptional contribution’ on the profits of large companies would be temporary and could yield €8 billion next year.Among other possible measures is a tax…

Almost a third of CIA employees have experienced inappropriate sexual conduct in the workplace at least once during their career, according to the first-ever internal survey by the US spy agency, shared exclusively with CNN.According to the outlet, the agency is undergoing “its own #MeToo moment,” referring to a public campaign against sexual harassment in the entertainment industry that erupted in 2017 leading to the conviction and incarceration of movie mogul Harvey Weinstein.”We are not where we need to be, and I don’t need a survey to tell me that,” CIA Chief Operating Officer Maura Burns, not related to Director William…

A Man Misunderstood: The Secret Heart of Donald J. Trump by Shane Bouvet Shane Bouvet’s new book, “A Man Misunderstood: The Secret Heart of Donald J. Trump,” is available for preorder now. It gives an inside look at who President Trump truly is from the perspective of a small-town political outsider and volunteer who witnessed Trump’s selflessness firsthand.  Bouvet told The Gateway Pundit the story of his father, Don, who was diagnosed with bladder cancer in 2006. When he told President Trump about his father, Bouvet says, “he reached out of his own pocket and wrote me a $10,000 check…

This story is part of Forbes’ coverage of India’s Richest 2024. See the full list here. More than 80% of India’s 100 richest tycoons are wealthier than they were a year ago. By Naazneen Karmali, Forbes Staff It was a record-breaking year for India’s 100 richest tycoons, whose collective wealth surpassed the trillion dollar milestone for the first time. Investor enthusiasm about the India story after Prime Minister Narendra Modi returned to power for a third term in June, albeit with a coalition, put the stock market on overdrive. The benchmark BSE Sensex rose 30% since fortunes were measured a…

Authored by Charles Sauer via RealClearHealth,There are sundry problems with our healthcare system, and, unfortunately, many of our most significant challenges originate with government policies and public health recommendations – well-meaning intentions seldom have the outcome that was designed.Too frequently, critics argue, government policies pick winners and losers vis-à-vis health care. Such policy decisions are often settled deep within government bureaucracies at the National Institutes of Health (NIH), Health and Human Services (HHS), and Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).Health care advocates need to stay focused on the health policy decisions impacting the relationship between physicians and patients; on…

WASHINGTON DC, UNITED STATES – SEPTEMBER 9: United States President Joe Biden is delivering remarks … [+]Anadolu via Getty Images A major student loan relief program that has benefited millions of Americans is about to end later this month. And once it winds down, there may be significant credit report, collections, and student loan forgiveness implications for many borrowers. For the last 12 months, borrowers with government-held federal student loans have been in the “on-ramp” program. The Biden administration essentially extended some of the flexibilities of the Covid-19 forbearance, and limited the consequences of missing student loan payments. But as…

By Michael Snyder After what we have just witnessed, how will anyone be able to trust those who are running the country ever again?  Hurricane Helene’s extremely unusual journey left an immense trail of destruction that was more than 500 miles long, and there are many communities that were completely and utterly wiped out.  Authorities are telling the mainstream media that only a few hundred people died, and so that is what the mainstream media is telling us.  But those who are on the ground in the areas that got hit the hardest are telling us a completely different story.…