Former President Donald Trump appears poised to take every major battleground state in the 2024 election, according to his own internal polls.
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Inflation Ticks Down Less than Expected as Fears of Hot Economy Grow
Inflation fell slightly in September amid fears of a hotter-than-expected economy following strong job gains in the month prior, according to the latest Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) release Thursday.
The consumer price index (CPI), a broad measure of the price of everyday goods, increased 2.4% on an annual basis in September and rose 0.2% month-over-month, compared to 2.5% in August, less than the 2.3% rate that was expected, according to the BLS. Core CPI, which excludes the volatile categories of energy and food, rose 3.3% year-over-year in September, compared to 3.2% in August.
Read MoreNew York City Reportedly Seeking 14,000 Hotel Rooms for Migrants, to Spend over $2 Billion as Crisis Rages On
New York City officials are reportedly looking to keep thousands of hotel rooms available for illegal migrants as the crisis in the Big Apple rages on, according to the New York Post.
The city’s Department of Homeless Services is seeking a contract with local hotels to provide roughly 14,000 rooms in order to shelter migrants through 2025, according to a report from the New York Post. The city anticipates spending on migrants in need of housing for the current fiscal year and the past two years combined will surpass $2.3 billion, with a significant amount of these costs going toward hotel rent.
Read MoreMilton Leaves at Least a Dozen Dead, Millions Without Power
NBC News Hurricane Milton wrought havoc across Florida, where it whipped up tornadoes, cut power for more than 3.3 million energy customers, put some 11 million people at risk of flooding and caused at least 12 deaths. Milton was moving into the Atlantic Ocean on Thursday morning after making landfall…
Read MoreReport: Top Democrat Operatives Worry Blue Wall Is Slipping Away from Kamala Harris
Breitbart Top Democrat politicians and operatives fear polling numbers in Wisconsin, Michigan, and Pennsylvania show Vice President Kamala Harris running behind former President Donald Trump, Axios’s Mike Allen and Jim VandeHei reported. The report confirmed private Harris campaign polling from earlier this week that showed Harris is in a lot of trouble, according to political…
Read MoreSuspect’s Trial in University of Idaho Murders Delayed until August 2025
CBS News The trial of Bryan Kohberger, who has been charged with killing four University of Idaho students in 2022, has been set. The trial will begin on Aug. 11, 2025, and continue through Nov. 7, 2025, according to a scheduling order issued by the state of Idaho. It had been scheduled to…
Read MoreTester Trails Sheehy in Montana Senate Reelection Bid with Control of Chamber in Balance
The Hill Incumbent Sen. Jon Tester (D-Mont.) is trailing Republican rival Tim Sheehy by 8 points in the Montana Senate race, according to the latest survey from The New York Times/Siena College. The polling, released Thursday, shows Sheehy garnering 52 percent support from likely voters in the state compared to Tester’s 44 percent. Four…
Read MoreFEMA Spent Nearly Half Its Disaster Budget in Just Eight Days
Politico Eight days into the fiscal year, the federal government has spent nearly half the disaster relief that Congress has allocated for the next 12 months. The rapid spending — which is likely to accelerate as aid flows to states pulverized by Hurricanes Helene and Milton — soon will force…
Read MoreDouble-Barreled Hurricane Crisis Exposes FEMA’s Chronic Leadership, Staffing Problems
On the eve of Hurricane Milton’s landfall on a disaster-weary Florida, FEMA, the nation’s disaster relief agency reported a stark shortage of frontline workers available to be deployed: just 8% of the Federal Emergency Management Agency’s vaunted Incident Management personnel were still available for deployment.
Read MoreEthel Kennedy, Widow of Robert F. Kennedy, Dies at 96 After Suffering Stroke
Ethel Kennedy, the widow of Robert Kennedy, died Thursday after suffering a stroke. She was 96.
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