• CDC: U.S. Birth Rate at Record Low After Pandemic Boost

    Fertility rates in the United States hit a record low in 2023, according to provisional data released by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) on Thursday.

  • Biden’s Approval Bump in Swing States Has Vanished, Poll Shows

    A poll released Wednesday shows President Joe Biden’s approval bump last month in swing states has all but vanished, with Republican nominee Donald Trump again ahead of Biden in six of the seven states most likely to impact the 2024 presidential election.

  • Home Sales Drop in March as Mortgage Rates Surge over 7 Percent

    Existing home sales shrank in March as consumers respond to continuing price increases and rising mortgage rates. Sales for existing homes fell 4.3% in March compared to the previous month and 3.7% year-over-year, to an annual rate of 4.19 million, according to a press release from the National Association of Realtors (NAR). The average for a 30-year fixed-rate mortgage reached 7.10% this week, a substantial jump from 6.88% last week, depressing Americans’ desire to switch homes and possibly...

  • Joe Biden's handling of Israel-Hamas conflict further erodes approval rating

    President Biden’s approval rating among voters over the Israel-Hamas war has further eroded as the Middle East conflict drags on, according to a poll released Sunday.

  • Biden Calls For Record High 44.6% Capital Gains Tax Rate

    Biden Calls For Record High 44.6% Capital Gains Tax Rate By John Kartch of Americans For Tax Reform President Biden has formally proposed the highest top capital gains tax in over 100 years. Here is a direct quote from the Biden 2025 budget proposal: “Together, the proposals would increase the top marginal rate on long-term capital gains and qualified dividends to 44.6 percent.” Yes, you read that correctly: A Biden top capital gains and dividends tax rate of 44.6%. Under the...

  • Poll: Election interest hits new low in tight Biden-Trump race

    The share of voters who say they have high interest in the 2024 election has hit a nearly 20-year low at this point in a presidential race, according to the latest national NBC News poll, with majorities holding negative views of both President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump. The poll also shows Biden trimming Trump’s previous lead to just 2 points in a head-to-head contest, an improvement within the margin of error compared to the previous survey, as Biden bests Trump on the issues...

  • Biden's Sticky Inflation: Auto Insurance Rates Record Biggest Annual Jump Since 1976

    Biden's Sticky Inflation: Auto Insurance Rates Record Biggest Annual Jump Since 1976 Joe Biden's sticky inflation continues to ravage the working poor as Bidenomics falls flat on its face. The president's ally at the Federal Reserve, Jerome Powell, has yet to achieve the 2% inflation Fed target ahead of the November elections. As inflation heats up in the first quarter of this year, the cost of driving on American highways is seriously spiraling out of control. Auto insurance in...

  • Bitter Pill: Pew Polling Shows 62 Percent of Biden Voters Don't Want Either Candidate on Ballot

    In a development that should come as a surprise to no one who has been conscious and not living in a cave in Tajikistan for the last year, a Pew Research poll released Wednesday reveals that 62 percent of self-identified Biden voters don't want either Joe Biden or Donald Trump on the presidential ballot in November. It's no shock that they don't favor Trump, but 62 percent wanting old Joe to pack it in has to be making some

  • Nothing Uncovered Ep 9 ratings sink to all-time low as international viewers rate it solidly

    In the realm of things I don't understand lies Nothing Uncovered, Episode 9, whose ratings last night in South Korea sunk to their lowest yet. Those ratings saw a massive drop nationwide from the KBS2 drama's previous all-time high rating of 3.8 percent for Episode 8 to Monday night's all-time low of 2.3 percent for

  • Donald Trump's Polling Numbers Are Dropping

    Donald Trump is losing support as President Joe Biden is gaining with just under seven months to go until the 2024 Election, according to polls.Biden has extended his lead over Trump from one point in March (39 percent to 38 percent) to four points in April (41 percent to 37 percent), according to a recent Reuters/Ipsos survey of 833 registered voters.The dip in support for Trump continues a trend throughout the year, with a January Reuters/Ipsos poll showing that the former president leading...

  • Harlingen water rate hike slated for approval

    HARLINGEN — For the first time in 10 years, commissioners are set to call for a new water rate plan boosting utility customers’ charges by about 50% during the next five years to help fund a sewer system overhaul that’s part of WaterWorks’ $258 million five-year master plan.

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    MSU approves housing and dining rate increase

    The cost of housing an dining for incoming first-year students at Michigan State University is jumping by nearly seven percent.