Democrat New Mexico Governor Laments Fed’s Seizure of Marijuana in Leaked Audio
New Mexico Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham (D) complained to top officials at the U.S. Department of Homeland Security about the seizure of legalized marijuana in her state and the lack of Border Patrol agents in the state. This fact was revealed through a telephone conversation secretly recorded on board the plane. New Mexico’s Democratic Secretary […]
Perv hid cameras in ladies room of public park: feds
Federal authorities say an upstate man secretly recorded women and girls using the restroom at a Putnam County park where he worked for 20 years. John Towers, 54, of Mahopac, allegedly installed a hidden camera in a women’s restroom at a park that authorities declined to identify and recorded various stages of undressing women and […]
Fed’s Preferred Inflation Gauge Show Prices Rising Sharply
The Fed’s recommended inflation measure showed prices rose sharply again in March, confirming that progress in bringing inflation down to the Fed’s 2% target has stalled. The personal consumption expenditure price index for March rose 0.3%, the Commerce Department released Friday. Compared to a year ago, the index is up 2.7%, slightly ahead of Wall […]
Choppers, dogs and towers: Inside the Fed’s fight against illegal immigrant intruders
SUNLAND PARK, N.M. — Border Patrol agents say they are using a layered enforcement system that has been expanded in recent years and combines the use of barriers and technology as they battle the movement of illegal immigrants across the southern border in the El Paso area. ing.Enforcement efforts such as these have helped thwart […]
Philly lender Republic First Bancorp seized by feds in latest regional bank collapse
The Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation announced Friday that U.S. regulators have agreed to seize Republic First Bancorp and sell it to Fulton Bank, raising the bar for challenges facing regional banks a year after the failures of three of its peers. highlighted. The Philadelphia-based bank abandoned financing talks with a group of investors and was […]
Registered Sex Offender Allegedly Stole, Flipped Fed’s Car To Flee After Child Porn Found In Raid
A registered sex offender from Portland who was arrested Wednesday afternoon is suspected of leading officers to a car crash after finding his cellphone during a search of his home, local media reported. The man, identified as 43-year-old Travis Grigulla, pleaded guilty in 2008 to distributing child pornography, received a state conviction for encouraging sexual […]
Elon Musk, Mark Zuckerberg excluded from feds’ AI safety board
CEOs of major US technology companies are joining a new artificial intelligence safety commission to advise the federal government on how to protect the nation’s critical services from “AI-related disruptions.” Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas on Friday appointed a new board of directors that includes leaders from major companies in AI development, including OpenAI CEO […]
The Fed’s preferred inflation gauge just moved in the wrong direction – CNN
Yuki Iwamura/Bloomberg/Getty Images A shopper carries a Macy’s bag outside the company’s flagship store in New York’s Herald Square neighborhood on April 11. CNN — Inflation remained high last month, but that hasn’t stopped Americans from spending. The Personal Consumption Expenditure Price Index, closely watched as the Federal Reserve’s favored inflation indicator, accelerated to 2.7% […]
Fed’s preferred inflation gauge rose 2.8% in March
Prices rose again at an unexpectedly fast pace in March, according to the Fed’s recommended inflation measure, pushing back the timing of interest rate cuts again. The Core Personal Consumption Expenditure Price Index rose 0.3% in March from the previous month and 2.8% from a year earlier, according to the latest data from the Bureau […]
Judge rules feds improperly implemented Pacific sardine restoration plan
A federal agency’s plan to rebuild sardine populations in the Pacific Ocean was not properly implemented and failed to prevent overfishing, a California judge ruled this week. Monday’s ruling by U.S. Magistrate Judge Virginia DeMarchi was a victory for environmentalists who said authorities have not ensured that sardine stocks will recover within the legally required […]