Mayorkas makes alarming admission about migrant release rate in private meeting with Border Patrol: Report
Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas reportedly acknowledged Monday that immigration authorities are releasing more than 85% of immigrants in their custody. Mayorkas met privately with Border Patrol agents in Eagle Pass, Texas, where he was asked about his comments. he recently spoke on Fox News. In an interview last week, Fox News anchor Bret Baier […]
Maryland city records historic drop in homicide rate, officials say
Baltimore, long plagued by gun violence, saw fewer than 300 homicides last year for the first time in nearly a decade, a 20% annual decline. City leaders say the decline is considered the largest on record and signals the success of Baltimore City's anti-violence efforts. Mayor Brandon Scott attributes this positive trend to a comprehensive […]
I Want to Eliminate IRS, Do Flat Rate, But Only if It Means ‘Lower Taxes for Everybody’
During a CNN town hall on Thursday, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, a 2024 Republican presidential candidate, said abolishing the IRS and flat income tax rate is “the ideal tax system to remove distortions.” But he will only introduce a flat tax rate if it results in “lower taxes for everyone.” Host Caitlan Collins asked, “If […]
Minutes Suggest Fed Is Not Rushing Toward Rate Cuts
Federal Reserve policymakers agreed last month that they were likely to end interest rate hikes, but were cautious about their next actions, the central bank said on Wednesday. This was revealed in the minutes of the December meeting. The minutes indicate that Fed officials expect the economy to continue progressing in a direction that will […]
Pompeo claims Biden administration has ‘accelerated the rate of decay’ in US deterrence
Former Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said Wednesday that President BidenThe rate of collapse accelerated” U.S. Deterrence. “President Biden has allowed that to happen.” [an] The rate of decline of the deterrence that President Trump and I built over the four years we were in office is accelerating, and it's having a really negative impact […]
Fed ‘likely’ done with rate hikes, concerned with ‘uncertainty’: minutes
Members of the Fed's key committees predicted a rate cut in 2024, but noted “an unusually high level of uncertainty” in considering next steps. According to the new minutes Contents of the December meeting announced Thursday. The committee voted to keep interest rates at the highest level in more than 20 years after its final […]
Fed meeting minutes indicate interest rate cuts could be coming in 2024
UBS Private Wealth Management financial advisors Sarah Ponchek and Lou Basenise discuss how rising interest rates and inflation are impacting the market on Morning with Maria. Fed officials said at their December policy meeting that interest rates are likely to peak on the back of recent declines in inflation, and that a rate cut could […]