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House GOP’s razor-thin majority gets a little wider with Ohio special election victory

House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-Louisiana) got a little breathing room Tuesday night after Republican Michael Rulli won a special election to replace retiring Rep. Bill Johnson (R-Ohio). According to the Ohio Capital Journal, Rulli is a senator from Ohio and a small business owner who describes himself as a “natural gas mogul.” His family founded […]

Trump leads Biden in all seven swing states, enjoys wider margin with RFK Jr. in race: poll

The latest polls show former President Donald Trump leading President Biden in all seven key battleground states and leading independent presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. in most states. It’s making a big difference. According to the paper, Mr. Trump, 77, had the largest margins over Mr. Biden, 81, in North Carolina (47-42%), Arizona (48-44%) […]

Chinese prices deflate amid wider pressures on the economy

Consumer prices in China are falling rapidly as the country’s economy struggles to recover from pandemic-era turmoil. China’s consumer price index (CPI) fell 0.8% year-on-year in January, the biggest decline since 2009. According to multiple media outlets, deflation in the retail industry has continued for four months, while deflation in the wholesale industry has continued […]

Georgia considers requiring cash bail for a wider array of crimes

Georgia, which once touted itself as a leader in criminal justice reform, is slowly leaning back into its old closed-door ways. State senators on Thursday voted 30-17 to pass a resolution requiring cash bail for 30 additional crimes, 18 of which are always or frequently misdemeanors, in the Senate bill. 63, with just one House […]

BofA: NY Community Bancorp plunge isn't indicative 'of wider problem' – CNBC

Bank of America said New York Community Bancorp’s problems are unlikely to herald another banking crisis. New York CB stock plunged more than 37% on Wednesday, its worst day since going public in 1993. The brutal drop came after the bank reported a loss in the fourth quarter, a $552 million provision for credit losses […]