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As President Biden struggles to sell Bidenomics to skeptical voters, he’s facing the all-too-real consequences of stubbornly higher inflation, but he’s also battling human psychology. And both of those factors may be especially strong in California. Most economists agree that the American economy during Biden’s presidency has made a remarkable recovery from the pandemic. And it continues to outperform expectations, even if California isn’t doing quite as well. But polls have consistently shown...
White House national security communications spokesperson John Kirby reacted to Iran's direct attacks against Israel, in part by blaming former President Trump for supposedly emboldening Iran. Kirby sat down with Shannon Bream on "Fox News Sunday" to discuss the latest escalation in the Middle East under the Biden administration. Israel fended off a furious attack of more than 300 drones and missiles launched at Israel from Iran on Saturday, thwarting 99% of the attack with the help of...
Donald Trump has spent much of the past few years attacking prosecutors, judges or anyone else involved in court cases against him but, according to Rev. Al Sharpton, he won't have much ammunition when it comes to hush money prosecutor Alvin Bragg.Nicolle Wallace began the conversation on MSNBC Friday with questions about jury selection, which begins Monday in the criminal case. She then played a clip of Manhattan District Attorney Bragg being interviewed by Sharpton in March, saying, "He's not...
The poll numbers show Americans generally think that in the White House, both did more harm than good.
By SEUNG MIN KIM and AMELIA THOMSON-DEVEAUX Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — There’s a reason why President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump are spending so much time attacking each other — people don’t think either man has much to brag about when it comes to his own record. Americans generally think that while
By SEUNG MIN KIM and AMELIA THOMSON-DEVEAUX Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — A new poll from the AP-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research finds that more than half of U.S. adults think Joe Biden’s presidency has hurt the country on cost of living and immigration. Meanwhile, nearly half think Donald Trump’s presidency hurt the country
'He's doing really good job under tough circumstances,' the former president said at Mar-a-Lago. The presser focused on election legislation to keep illegal immigrants from voting. It's already against the law for them to vote
Trump visited a Harlem bodega where a worker killed an ex-con in self-defense. The former president made the stop after the second day of his criminal trial. Trump received a raucous reception as he arrived at the bodega on Tuesday
HONOLULU (KHON2) -- A virtual auction is set to end on Saturday. Assets School's Illumination auction is open to the public. Among the items are: With Mother's Day and Father's Day coming up, these could make great gifts. "Assets is the only school in Hawaii specializing in educating students who are gifted, dyslexic, and have []
A NOVICE treasure hunter who won a metal detector in a raffle unearthed a hoard of rare coins just three months later. The 234 silver coins were eventually sold at auction for £18,500 but the finde
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