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The Productivity Flu Although this week brought what looked like bad news on productivity, the underlying story was much milder than the initial diagnosis suggested. The government said that nonfarm productivity, which measures hourly output of workers, increased at a 1.8 percent annual rate last quarter instead of the 2.8 percent pace initially estimated. That was slightly worse than the downgrade to two percent economists had forecast. Unit labor costs—how much it costs employers to produce one unit of production—were revised up to 4.4 percent from 2.8 percent, causing some folks to worry that a wage-push inflation spiral might get…

A federal judge in Nevada dismissed a lawsuit by a group of nuns that claimed Smith & Wesson violated its fiduciary duty to shareholders by making and selling AR-15s. On May 7, 2024, Breitbart News reported a similar dismissal in Nevada’s Clark County District Court, after plaintiffs including the Adrian Dominican Sisters, Sisters of Bon Secours USA, Sisters of St. Francis of Philadelphia, and Sisters of the Holy Names of Jesus & Mary, filed suit. They filed a suit claiming that the defendants, who are Smith & Wesson board members and the company’s senior management team, “knowingly allowed the Company to become exposed…

Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer rolled out an energy and climate change agenda Wednesday as a preview of what Democrats have in store if they take the chamber’s majority in November’s elections. Schumer’s five-point plan seeks to ride the national momentum on affordability, framing Democrats as the party not just of clean energy and fighting climate change, but of lower electricity bills and more jobs. It touches on some longtime Democratic priorities — like bringing back the Inflation Reduction Act clean energy tax incentives that President Donald Trump and Republicans rolled back last year — and easing permitting hurdles for…

Archbishop of Canterbury Sarah Mullally’s predecessor resigned amid criticism of his handling of a serial sexual abuse cover-up The Church of England has enthroned Dame Sarah Mullally as the first female Archbishop of Canterbury since the church’s establishment in 1534.The ceremony took place in Canterbury Cathedral on Wednesday, and was attended by British Prime Minister Keir Starmer, as well as Prince William and his wife, Catherine, Princess of Wales.In her speech, Mullally, a former NHS nurse, promised to stand up for victims of historical abuse, and to focus on safeguarding and accountability.“We must not overlook or minimize the pain experienced…

Breitbart News social media director Wynton Hall’s new book, Code Red: The Left, the Right, China, and the Race to Control AI, has rocketed up to #13 on the New York Times‘ best seller list in its first week available to the public. In CODE RED, Hall lays out a blueprint for how conservatives can build effective policies around AI, addressing topics that range from the technology’s impact on elections and the economy to faith and family. Importantly, the book rejects both “Doomer” mentality and unrestrained enthusiasm for artificial intelligence, treating the technology as neither an apocalyptic evil nor as a flawless…

After eating, the woman says she and her friend, along with Puka and others, got into a Sprinter van when he became “touchy-feely.” The woman then claimed that Puka suddenly “dropped his head into [her] girlfriend’s lap and crotch area and bit her thumb so forcefully that she screamed in acute pain.” She then claimed that Puka turned to her, biting her left shoulder, which left an imprint on her broken skin. TMZ obtained photos allegedly showing the bite marks, which the woman claimed during her application for a restraining order. The woman filed a police report and claimed that months…

On Tuesday’s broadcast of CNN’s “The Source,” Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) said that Democrats are trying “to make the point that ICE is out of control” with the DHS shutdown. Host Kaitlan Collins asked, “Another thing that your colleagues that you caucus with, Democrats, are working on with Republicans is ending the DHS shutdown. Do you believe that Democrats have achieved anything as a part of the DHS shutdown?” Sanders answered, “Well, I think they try to make the point that ICE is out of control, and ICE is out of control, and it needs fundamental reforms.” Collins followed up,…

While Mexican government officials continue to point to the United States as the main source of weapons for drug cartels, a federal indictment filed in a U.S. court in Virginia revealed that a Bulgarian arms trafficker was providing terrorist cartels with catalogues of weapons that included rocket launchers, surface-to-air weapons systems, and tanks. The indictment filed against Peter Dimitrov Mirchev and two co-conspirators from Africa reveals a complex operation to supply Mexico’s Cartel Jalisco New Generation (CJNG) with high-end military weapons, including machine guns, rocket launchers, grenades, night vision equipment, sniper rifles, anti-personnel mines, and anti-aircraft weapons. CJNG is designated…

The Department of Education (ED) took a “historic” step of winding down its operations by shifting student lending to the Department of the Treasury. The move is part of the ED’s efforts to adhere to President Donald Trump’s executive order calling for department’s dismantling. Officially ending the department would take an act of Congress, as it was Congress that created it 45 years ago under President Jimmy Carter, but the agency has been looking for ways to decentralize its power and slash its workforce while waiting on GOP lawmakers to deliver on Trump’s campaign promise. ED announced on Thursday that it has entered into…

Tuesday on Fox News Channel’s “The Ingraham Angle,” Breitbart editor-in-chief Alex Marlow discussed Democratic lawmakers’ response to the fatal shooting of Loyola University student Sheridan Gorman. Host Laura Ingraham said, “A Loyola University student full of promise murdered, and the suspect an illegal immigrant already on the radar, living freely in a sanctuary city. But instead of taking accountability Democrat leaders are back to their same tired talking points.” During a press conference, Gov. JB Pritzker (D-IL) said, “I agree there have been real failures. Those failures, of course, and beyond the borders of Illinois, that’s their national failures and…