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South Carolina wants to bring back electric chair and firing squads

South Carolina wants to bring back firing squads and the electric chair as the state says “painless” death is not mandatory. Four of the 33 inmates on death row in the Palmetto state say the electric chair and firing squad are cruel and unusual forms of punishment. Inmates also argue that a 2023 law authorizing […]

House Intelligence chair says Biden administration has ‘no policy’ on Iran

Rep. Mike Turner (R-Ohio), chairman of the House Intelligence Committee, on Sunday accused the Biden administration of having “no policy” on Iran. Turner said on CBS’ “Face the Nation” that the Biden administration has “confusion between goals and objectives” regarding recent U.S. attacks in the Middle East. His comments came days after the United States […]

DNC chair tells Haley that South Carolina Dems aren’t ‘bailing you out’

Democratic National Committee (DNC) Chairman Jamie Harrison warned Republican presidential candidate Nikki Haley ahead of the Palmetto State primary that the South Carolina Democratic Party would not “bail out” her. Speaking at an event in Columbia, South Carolina, on Saturday morning, Harrison had a message for Haley: She shouldn’t expect support from Democrats. This is […]

Donald Trump says he would not keep Jerome Powell as Fed chair

Donald Trump, likely to be the 2024 Republican presidential nominee, has said that if he is re-elected, he will not reappoint Jerome Powell as Federal Reserve Chairman, and that the central bank’s plan to cut interest rates this year is in line with Biden. He claimed that it was only in the president’s interest. Asked […]

Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell shoots down hopes for imminent cuts

Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell on Wednesday dashed Wall Street’s hopes for an imminent rate cut after central bank officials left interest rates unchanged at decades-high rates. “I think it’s unlikely that the committee will reach a level of confidence to cut rates by the March meeting, but we’ll have to wait and see,” Powell […]