A Georgia judge has ruled that embattled Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis must either step aside from the case against former President Donald Trump or fire special prosecutor Nathan Wade.  Fulton County Superior Court Judge Scott McAfee issued the ruling after hearing evidence presented by lawyers for the co-defendants in the sweeping 2020 election interference case. Four co-defendants accused Willis of having an "improper" affair with Nathan Wade‚ whom she hired...

Wholesale prices accelerated at a faster-than-expected pace in February‚ another reminder that inflation remains a troublesome issue for the U.S. economy. The producer price index‚ which measures pipeline costs for raw‚ intermediate and finished goods‚ jumped 0.6% on the month‚ the Labor Department’s Bureau of Labor Statistics reported Thursday. That was higher than the 0.3% forecast from Dow Jones and comes after a 0.3% increase in January. Excluding food and energy‚ the core PPI...

Wholesale inflation rose at double its expected rate in February‚ according to a government report released Thursday‚ the second report this week that could indicate a lack of progress on tempering inflation. The Producer Price Index (PPI)‚ which tracks the cost of materials that producers and manufacturers buy from their suppliers‚ rose by 0.6 percent last month compared with January‚ a report from the Bureau of Labor Statistics said. That surge is double the expected 0.3 percent...

Rising energy prices are putting a damper on the slowing inflation narrative as wholesale costs rose 0.6% in February‚ double the expectation‚ the Bureau of Labor Statistics reported on Thursday.     On an annual basis‚ the producer price index increased by 1.6%‚ well above the 1.2% forecast and the largest year-over-year gain since September. “Nearly 70 percent of the broad-based rise in February can be attributed to the index for final demand energy‚ which...

Everyone knows the Trump-Biden election campaign is going to be nasty‚ brutish and not short enough‚ but the unknown is how much policy damage it will do. One unfolding example is the fiasco of self-destructive opposition to  Nippon Steel’s proposed acquisition of U.S. Steel. The American political consensus used to be that foreign investment is a sign of U.S. economic strength and a source of good-paying jobs. Protectionists focused on blocking imported goods that compete with...

President Joe Biden came out forcefully against Nippon Steel’s planned acquisition of U.S. Steel on Thursday‚ stressing the importance of maintaining “strong American steel companies powered by American steel workers.” Biden’s statement sent U.S. Steel shares X‚ 0.39% tumbling more than 6% as investors surmised that the deal — currently under review by the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States‚ or CFIUS — is likely dead in the face of presidential opposition...

President Biden on Thursday said he opposes a deal that would see Japan's Nippon Steel take over U.S. Steel‚ a proposed takeover that has become a political lightning rod for the presidential race in midwestern swing states. The $15 billion deal was announced in December‚ and has been fiercely opposed by the United Steelworkers union. U.S. Steel is based in Pennsylvania — a battleground state for 2024 — and has operations in Michigan‚ Minnesota‚ Ohio and other states as well....

A few weeks ago‚ I got a panicked message from Jason Cohen‚ a dad in upstate New York. He told me that the day care where his twin toddlers had been happily ensconced for over a year‚ J.A.C.E. Daycare and Early Learning Center in Wappingers Falls‚ was closing unexpectedly and had given parents less than two weeks’ notice and no clear explanation. But Mid Hudson News reported that the center was “suffering extreme financial stress and defaulted on a major loan.” “It’s just a huge...

When Gaia’s owner died‚ her next door neighbor took her in – and brought her into the hearts of countless others through Gaia’s training as a therapy dog. Source: How one dog and her new owner brought kindness into the lives of many Lovely story.

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