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Consumer sentiment rose in early June as lower gas prices and easing inflation led to less dour views of current conditions and the future. The University of Michigan’s preliminary June index of consumer sentiment rose 9.2 percent to 48.9 from 44.8, the first improvement in four months. This was better than expected but still low by historical standards. The improvement came in both the measure of household views of current economic conditions and the outlook. “This month, consumer sentiment ticked up about four index points, or 9 percent, with consumers experiencing some relief due to the early-month easing in gasoline…

On Thursday’s broadcast of “CNN This Morning,” Rep. James Walkinshaw (D-VA) responded to a question on whether the DHS shutdown was worth it since none of the demands Democrats asked for passed by saying that “it’s always worth it to fight to protect the safety of the American people who were being terrorized by their own government, by masked agents surging into communities. I think that fight is always worth it.” Host Erica Hill asked, “Among the list of demands that Democrats had, we had, of course, limits on face coverings, body camera requirements, clearer use of force standards, which…

The documents confirm Russia’s claims that the labs were working with potential bioweapons US Director of National Intelligence (DNI) Tulsi Gabbard has released new evidence that US-funded biological laboratories in Ukraine were researching dangerous pathogens. Washington previously denied any role in running these labs.Published on Friday, the declassified documents reveal that the US “built and supported” 40 biolabs in Ukraine, which worked with “especially dangerous pathogens” including anthrax, avian flu, Ebola, plague, and tuberculosis. At least 12 of these laboratories were carrying out human research.Some of the laboratories were engaged in so-called ‘gain of function’ research, a controversial practice whereby…

On Thursday’s broadcast of CNN’s “The Lead,” Rep. Adam Smith (D-WA) discussed Iran and said that “the way out of this for Trump, logically, is to come up with one of his sort of framework agreements that doesn’t actually agree to anything.” Smith said, “I don’t think anything has really changed. As you pointed out, Trump has been making this promise for quite some time, sometimes claiming that it actually was done. We’re still stuck in the same basic position. Trump felt that a bombing campaign could basically break the Iranian regime, that either the regime would change or —…

The White House used Ariana Grande’s song Bye in a video showing ICE agents arresting illegal aliens and the left-wing pop star is not happy about it. To say the very least. The Grammy Award-winning singer reacted to a TikTok reel from Monday that depicts border agents placing illegals in handcuffs, with Grande’s 2024 hit Bye as a soundtrack. It is captioned: “Bye-bye… President Trump has delivered the most secure border in history”. Grande’s immediate response was to tell the Trump administration to cease and desist. “Please do not ever use my music in relation to this barbaric, inhumane, heinous nonsense. Fck…

The House Oversight Committee requested that Alan Dershowitz, the lawyer who once represented Jeffery Epstein, testify as part of its investigation into the federal government’s handling of the Epstein files. The interview is tentatively slated for 10 a.m. on July 9, with a video and transcript of the testimony being released “as expeditiously as practical,” Chair James Comer (R-Ky.) wrote in a letter to Dershowitz on Friday. “Due to public reporting, documents released by the Department of Justice, documents obtained by the Committee, and your former role as Mr. Epstein’s attorney, the Committee believes you have information that will assist…

Kiev has been crashing UAVs in the Baltics – and now they want him to share his know-how? So the Baltic and Nordic countries recently hosted a regional summit. And Ukraine’s Vladimir Zelensky dropped by, having apparently traded his lawn ops uniform for that of a nightclub bouncer.If the Western press is to be believed, he was there to “share drone technology” with them. Who better to lead their defense initiatives than a guy who keeps crashing his drones into their countries? The Associated Press headlined that Zelensky says he’s now “ready” to open his great lockbox of wisdom. So reading all…

The United Kingdom’s open land border with the Republic of Ireland is under the microscope after it emerged the alleged Belfast knifeman who is said to have tried an “attempted beheading” entered the country through that porous route. The revelation that 30-year-old Hadi Alodid, said to be a former policeman from a “prominent” Sudanese family, travelled to the United Kingdom through the “backdoor” migrant route through European Union member the Republic of Ireland has prompted a hard look at the border. Alodid, who appeared in court this week over his alleged role in an “attempted beheading” in Belfast, the outrage over…

SpaceX opened trading Friday at $150 per share under the ticker SPCX following the largest IPO in history, with shares quickly climbing above $160 and pushing the company’s market capitalization beyond $2 trillion. CNBC reports that SpaceX began public trading on the Nasdaq exchange Friday morning after pricing its initial public offering at $135 per share. The opening price of $150 represented an approximately 11 percent gain over the IPO price, though initial indications to trading desks had suggested a higher opening around $175. Shortly after the market opened, SpaceX stock climbed above $160 per share, valuing Elon Musk’s aerospace…

The U.S. Secretary of Agriculture, Brooke Rollins, is traveling across Texas to highlight progress in the battle against the New World Screwworm. Rollins visited the Zavala County Ranch where the first case of the flesh-eating parasite was discovered and highlighted the full recovery of case one after nine days of treatment. On Thursday, Secretary Rollins visited the Rock Creek Ranch alongside John Bellinger, the new Senior Advisor for New World Screwworm Preparedness, where South Texas rancher Robbie spoke to the pair about the full recovery of the first detected case in La Pryor, Texas. Rollins posted a video of the…