Holiday season retail sales rose 3.8% this year over last, Mastercard says, as more people dined out and bought clothes and jewelry. Why it matters: The report suggests a resilient consumer, key to the continued health of the U.S. economy. • The growth rate is a little stronger than the forecast from the National Retail Federation, which suggests some upside to the season. By the numbers: Mastercard's SpendingPulse survey reports retail sales from Nov. 1 to Dec. 24. • Sales grew 6.3% for...

As Congress was rending itself over the government funding deadline, and the entire political press was focused on the spectacle of it, lawmakers passed a different bill that communicates the fundamental unseriousness with which our elected leaders approach government spending.

The Senate advanced a bill extending billions of dollars in Social Security benefits to some public-sector workers whose payments are currently limited, a near-final step in a drawn-out, bipartisan push. 

At 84 years old, Evelyn Paternostro spends her days working part time as a cashier at Dollar Tree. For decades, she dedicated her life to education, serving as a teacher and principal in Louisiana. But despite years of her public service, she now struggles to make ends meet.

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from Natural News: Only a few years ago, most of Western Europe seemed like a fortress of stability in international politics. With robust economies, solid social systems, and the grand edifice of “European integration,” it gave an impression of permanence, impervious even to major geopolitical upheavals. Now, however, it has become an inexhaustible source of peculiar headlines […]

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