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Three in four Americans say groceries are so expensive they’ve been forced to cut down on other spending
2+ hour, 28+ min ago (393+ words) Echoing its data throughout the year, Toast found that menu prices continued to climb in November, often exceeding the current inflation rate of 2.7%. If you like your (retail) brew steeped, the increase is steep, too, with the median price of…...
Marjorie Taylor Greene Tears Into Trump’s ‘Gaslighting’ in Escalating Feud
1+ mon, 1+ week ago (327+ words) Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene is accusing the Trump administration and MAGA Republicans of "gaslighting" Americans about the cost of living. The Georgia Republican, who has been butting heads with President Donald Trump over spending and foreign policy, rejected his claim…...
Scientists Just Built an AI That Can Basically Read Your Mind
1+ mon, 1+ week ago (298+ words) Developed by researchers from the University of California, Berkeley, and Japan's NTT Communication Science Laboratories, the tech combines artificial intelligence models and MRI brain scans to, essentially, decode thoughts. The way it works, as detailed in Science Advances, is that,…...
This Democrat from a red state could help his party reclaim the House
1+ mon, 2+ week ago (559+ words) Ben McAdams, who served one term in Congress during President Donald Trump's first term, plans to announce Thursday that he is running for a new Democratic-leaning House seat in Utah, he said in an interview. The seat was created amid…...
Far-Right Party Suffers Big Losses in Dutch Election as Centrists Surge
1+ mon, 4+ week ago (376+ words) A center-left party and the far-right party of Geert Wilders were projected on Thursday morning to each win the same number of legislative seats in the Dutch election, according to the official count reported by the Dutch newswire ANP. The…...
ICE Detains British Media Commentator
2+ mon, 5+ hour ago (397+ words) Sami Hamdi, a British political commentator and critic of Israel, was detained by immigration enforcement officers in the United States and will be removed, Tricia McLaughlin, a spokeswoman for the Department of Homeland Security, announced on Sunday. "This individual's visa…...
King Charles Escapes His Andrew Nightmare to Make History With the Pope
2+ mon, 4+ day ago (474+ words) King Charles III and Pope Leo XIV put a 500-year-long argument behind them, as the two men prayed together at a service inside Vatican City's Sistine Chapel. England split from the Catholic Church under Henry VIII in 1534, after the Vatican…...
America’s Nuke Watchdog Running on Skeleton Crew for Shutdown
2+ mon, 1+ week ago (517+ words) Hundreds of workers guarding the nation's nuclear weapons are being furloughed as the government shutdown drags on. The National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA), the agency in charge of safeguarding and transporting nuclear weapons, is being gutted, leaving only a fraction…...
Pentagon Pete Fires ‘Fat’ Soldiers as War on Weight Rages
2+ mon, 1+ week ago (390+ words) Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth proudly shared the news Monday that some Texas National Guard troops who didn't meet physical fitness standards have been replaced. Hegseth, who has said that "fat troops" and "fat generals" are unbecoming of the U.S. military, declared…...
Epstein Survivors Will Flood Capitol to Force Files Release
2+ mon, 3+ week ago (400+ words) Survivors of Jeffrey Epstein's sex trafficking crimes will return to the Capitol to hold another press conference demanding Congress force a vote to release the Epstein files. On Wednesday, Oct. 8, survivors will stand alongside Republican Rep. Thomas Massie and Democratic…...