US holiday retail sales stronger than last year with online boost, Mastercard says – Yahoo Finance

(Reuters) – U.S. retail sales rose from Nov. 1 to Dec. 24 as strong promotions prompted consumers to make last-minute purchases to boost sales during a highly competitive holiday season for retailers. It has increased by 3.8% over the period. The sales growth was well above last year's 3.1% increase, with the final five days […]
Ayatollah Khamenei Claims Iran’s Axis Made ‘Stronger’ by Fall of Syria’s Assad

Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said Wednesday that Iran's “axis of resistance” will lead to the fall of Syrian dictator Bashar al-Assad, who was one of Iran's main clients and vassals until he was overthrown by a lightning-fast jihadist revolt. claimed to have been strengthened only by last week. Iran has invested huge sums […]
San Diego Democrat says California sanctuary policies are too weak, calls for stronger protections against ICE

The proposed sanctuary city policy by Democratic county supervisors would go far beyond what Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom already imposes in California. Nora Vargas, Chair of the San Diego County Board of Supervisors. said California's protections for illegal aliens are not strong enough and he has proposed a proposal that would further frustrate deportation efforts. […]
Trump’s sway over Republicans stronger than ever, but Sununu says GOP still a ‘big-tent party’

MARCO ISLAND, Fla. — With a convincing White House victory this month, President-elect Donald Trump's grip on the Republican Party is stronger than ever. But the popular Republican governor, who has long been a vocal critic of former and future presidents, says there's still room in the party for people outside the MAGA and America […]
‘Hard times create strong men’: Gavin McInnes on why woke tyrants made the right stronger

Donald Trump's victory made one thing clear. Gen Xers are fed up with the left, and Get Off My Loan's Gavin McInnes wonders why. “We had 'Caddy Shack,' we had 'Blazing Saddles,' so I remember when things were fun and interesting. Unfortunately, millennials don't like that kind of reservation.” I don't think I've ever experienced […]
Women Voters Were ‘Stronger’ than ‘Liberal Media’ Thought They Were, Weren’t Very Upset About Trump

On HBO's “Real Time” broadcast Friday, host Bill Maher said the “liberal media” is “always more upset than the victims.” And despite their claims, “women are very angry with Donald Trump.” Women are a little stronger than you think. ” And ultimately, women cared about the economy first and foremost. Maher said in his opening […]
United Nations human rights activist calls for equality and stronger protections for women and girls in sports

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The Problem in Springfield Isn’t ‘the People that Have Come to Make Our Economy Stronger’

On Saturday's broadcast of MSNBC's “Versi,” Rep. Jasmine Crockett (D-Texas), co-chair of Harris Walz's campaign, said the issue in Springfield, Ohio, is that former 2024 Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump He said it was up to the president and his minions. Not the people who came to shore up our economy, but the people who […]
Biden, NATO head claim a stronger Obama response to Crimea invasion may have prevented Ukraine war

The West's response to Russia's 2014 invasion of Crimea has come under new scrutiny this week. This comes as outgoing NATO chief Jens Stoltenberg claimed that the Ukraine war might not have happened if the US and NATO had responded more forcefully to the invasion. “Had we delivered some of the weapons we delivered after […]
Hurricane Milton already the second most powerful Gulf storm in history — only getting stronger

Hurricane Milton is already the second-strongest Gulf Coast hurricane in recorded history, behind Hurricane Rita, and experts predict it will intensify further as the Category 5 storm hurtles toward Florida. The National Hurricane Center's (NHC) report Monday night said Milton's minimum central pressure (one of the main ways meteorologists measure hurricane strength, with lower ratings […]