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Prices paid to US producers for consumer goods fell sharply in January even as the overall producer price index posted its largest gain in four months, revealing a stark divergence that undermines claims that tariffs are squeezing American households. Finished consumer goods declined 1.3 percent from December, the steepest drop since March 2025, according to Bureau of Labor Statistics data released Friday. The decrease was driven by broad-based weakness across durables and nondurables, with prices for passenger cars, trucks, furniture, appliances and apparel all flat or falling. The consumer goods deflation came even as the headline PPI increased 0.5 percent…

Sen. Marsha Blackburn (R-TN) is introducing legislation that would incentivize states to track crimes committed by illegal aliens and report such crimes on a public website, Breitbart News has learned. The Migrant Crime Reporting Act, reviewed first by Breitbart News, seeks to nationalize a Tennessee law that requires the Tennessee District Attorneys General Conference to publicly report migrant crime every year. “Joe Biden’s open border allowed millions of illegal aliens to flood our country, and all Americans deserve to know how many have been charged or convicted of crimes in their communities,” Blackburn said. “The Migrant Crime Reporting Act would…

The Trump administration spent more than half of the balance in the nation’s disaster relief fund this week, pointing to that dwindling aid as means to pressure Democrats into yielding in Department of Homeland Security funding negotiations. A FEMA spokesperson said Friday that the agency sent out more than $5 billion this week for recovery projects, including for disasters “that happened more than 15 years ago.” The withdrawal substantially shrinks cash in the disaster coffer that held $9.6 billion as of last week and appears to contradict Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem’s weekend announcement that FEMA “is scaling back to…

Hungary and Slovakia have accused Ukraine of fabricating obstacles to the restart of Druzhba and will send experts to assess the damage Hungary and Slovakia have agreed to establish a joint investigation to examine damage to the Druzhba oil pipeline supplying crude from Russia, Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban said on Friday. The two countries have accused Ukraine of halting crude flows from Russia for political reasons.The pipeline went offline in late January, with Kiev claiming it was damaged in Russian strikes – accusations Moscow has denied. Both Hungary and Slovakia have said Ukraine is deliberately withholding supplies, threatening retaliation.Orban…

Last night’s election result is already being said to herald the coming-of-age of the new British politics, and greeted with a flurry of warnings of a democracy demoted to sectarianism with elections determined by demographic headcount. Are we ready? Thursday was the Gorton and Denton by-election (special election). If you catch Breitbart News’ Confidential podcast you’ll have already heard me call it a perfect distillation of the new politics, the new reality. This is rapidly starting to look like Britain in a nutshell. First, the seat. This area has been safe Labour for a whole century. It won here in…

Block, Twitter founder Jack Dorsey’s fintech company, announced plans Thursday to eliminate approximately 4,000 positions, representing 40 percent of its total workforce, as AI capabilities prompt a fundamental restructuring of how the company operates. The Wall Street Journal reports that Block, the parent company of Square and Cash App revealed the massive workforce reduction alongside its fourth-quarter earnings report, with Dorsey directly attributing the decision to advances in AI technology that he believes have transformed the requirements for building and running a modern technology company. In a letter to shareholders, Dorsey outlined his reasoning for the dramatic cuts. “The core…

A survey conducted by market research firm AtlasIntel found that U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio ranks as the most popular politician in Venezuela, with 57 percent of respondents holding a positive image of the secretary. The results, published on Thursday, were part of a broader survey that AtlasIntel carried out for Bloomberg between February 19-25. The study found that a majority of Venezuelans hold better expectations for their country following the United States’ arrest of socialist dictator Nicolás Maduro in January. Fifty-eight percent of respondents said that they expect improvements in Venezuela’s economy and job market within the next six…

The White House made a new Homeland Security funding proposal to congressional Democrats late Thursday as a partial shutdown of the sprawling department enters its third week. The two sides have struggled to make progress since the funding lapse began Feb. 14, with the Senate failing Monday to advance legislation that would restore the flow of cash to agencies dealing with matters ranging from immigration enforcement to airport security to cyber infrastructure. “Democrats need to make a move to end the shutdown before more Americans are harmed by a lack of funding for critical services like disaster relief,” a White…

The government has proposed removing temporary collective protection for males aged from 18 to 60  Norway has announced plans to tighten the rules of stay for Ukrainian men of conscription age and restrict their access to temporary collective protection. The measure aims to reduce the disproportionately high number of men among incoming Ukrainian refugees.The Ukrainian military is struggling to replenish battlefield losses in the conflict with Russia, while Kiev’s controversial mobilization campaign has led to a large-scale exodus of Ukrainian men of fighting age from the country.According to a statement released on Thursday, a proposal stipulates that Ukrainian men between…

Bill Clinton plans to testify that he did nothing wrong and had “no idea” about the crimes Jeffrey Epstein was committing — nor did he see anything that “ever gave me pause” — according to his prepared opening statement to the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee. “As someone who grew up in a home with domestic abuse, not only would I not have flown on his plane if I had any inkling of what he was doing — I would have turned him in myself and led the call for justice for his crimes, not sweetheart deals,” the former…