Author: Press Room
The prices charged by U.S. businesses rose at an accelerated rate in February, raising the risk that inflation may be on the rise again. The producer price index for final demand, which measures prices received by U.S. businesses selling both goods and services to consumers and other end-users, rose 0.7 percent in February compared with the prior month. Over the 12 months through February, the index is up 3.4 percent, the largest increase since Feburary of last year. The prices of services rose 0.5 percent for the month, the third straight month of increases. Compared with a year ago, services…
The House Oversight Committee announced that Rep. James Comer (R-KY) had issued a subpoena to Attorney General Pam Bondi to testify regarding the handling of the release of files related to deceased convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. In a post on X, the Committee shared photos of a letter addressed to Bondi, which stated that the committee was “reviewing the possible mismanagement of the federal government’s investigation” into Epstein, Epstein’s associate Ghislaine Maxwell, and the “circumstances and subsequent investigations of Mr. Epstein’s death.” Bondi’s subpoena directs her to appear for a deposition on April 14, 2026. “The Committee has questions…
Sen. Markwayne Mullin said he regretted calling Alex Pretti “deranged” but stopped short of offering a direct apology to Pretti’s family. “I shouldn’t have said that,” the Oklahoma Republican said during his confirmation hearing Wednesday to serve as the next Homeland Security secretary. He was referring to his past comments regarding the U.S. citizen killed by federal immigration enforcement agents in Minnesota back in January, who some conservatives in the immediate aftermath labeled a “domestic terrorist.” It was a stronger concession than Mullin gave just moments earlier, when he refused to apologize for calling Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.), the chair…
Peter Thiel presents the theory of a globalist institution taking a messianic role to curb risks of AI and technological revolution US-German billionaire Peter Thiel, a co-founder of PayPal and Palantir Technologies, is holding a controversial series of lectures on the Antichrist in Rome this week, prompting criticism from Vatican-linked officials and institutions, according to multiple media reports. Thiel continues to face scrutiny over his ties to the late convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.The invitation-only conference, which began on Sunday and runs through Wednesday, is taking place at a secret location near the Vatican.The content of the lectures – closed…
In the lie of the day, Trump says the “SAVE Act is all people care about!!!” Not only is the SAVE Act the #1 issue, it’s allegedly the only thing people care about. Desperation Sets In Truth Social: Great Job by hard working Scott Pressler on Fox & Friends talking about using the Filibuster, or Talking Filibuster, in order to pass THE SAVE AMERICA ACT, an 88% issue with ALL VOTERS. It must be done immediately. It supersedes everything else. MUST GO TO THE FRONT OF THE LINE. I, as President, will not sign other Bills until this is passed,…
Sen. Rick Scott (R-FL) reacted to Google’s artificial intelligence (AI) chatbot accusing him of “hate speech” in a test ran by Breitbart News’s Wynton Hall, saying that the tech company “should answer for this now.” In his new book, Code Red: The Left, the Right, China, and the Race to Control AI, Hall exposed how some AI programs that claim to be politically neutral actually display strong biases against conservatives. In a test using Google Gemini Pro’s “deep research” setting, Hall asked the following: “Based on your hate speech policies, assess the statements of the current 100 U.S. Senators and…
The Congress of El Salvador on Tuesday approved a constitutional reform introducing life sentences for individuals convicted of murder, rape, and terrorism. The local newspaper La Prensa Gráfica reports the Salvadoran parliament — overwhelmingly controlled by members of President Nayib Bukele’s New Ideas (NI) party — approved a constitutional amendment modifying paragraph 2 of Article 27 of El Salvador’s constitution, which prohibits life sentences and other specific types of punishment. The changes remove the prohibition on life sentences, and add, “Life imprisonment will be imposed only on murderers, rapists, and terrorists” to the paragraph. “Imprisonment for debt, degrading punishments, exile, and all forms of…
The United States government has described AI startup Anthropic as an unacceptable national security risk in a court filing, citing concerns about the company’s reliability as a wartime partner. The New York Times reports that in a 40-page legal filing submitted to the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California on Tuesday, government attorneys outlined their reasoning for slashing Anthropic’s qualification as a trusted partner for national defense purposes. The filing represents the government’s first formal response to lawsuits initiated by the San Francisco-based AI company, which produces the Claude chatbot system formerly used by the Pentagon. According…
The Irish government used the St. Patrick’s Day celebrations as an opportunity to ask for an Irish migration path into U.S. jobs and homes. Micheál Martin, Ireland’s Taoiseach, or prime minister, asked for the path when he met with President Donald Trump on Tuesday to celebrate Irish-U.S. ties: In fact, I’d love if we could develop a legal pathway between the U.S. and Ireland into the future because of our [shared cultural] history … No-one is in favor of illegal immigration or so forth. “Uh-huh,” Trump responded without further comment. In 2018 and 2019, the Irish government lobbied Congress to…
Slovakia is mulling the move after drivers from border regions left “gas stations literally dried up,” Prime Minister Robert Fico has said Slovakia could hike diesel prices for foreign drivers or limit the amount of fuel they can buy to curb fuel tourism, according to local media reports.Prime Minister Robert Fico announced the plan on Tuesday amid a global oil market squeeze driven by the war in the Middle East and a halt to Russian oil flows through the Druzhba pipeline.Fico and Economy Minister Denisa Sakova described the situation as critical after talks with Bratislava refinery Slovnaft, citing a 20%…