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Let’s examine four “dangerous trends” that our Founders would not have forbidden. Source link

The much-awaited November inflation report showed prices rising at a much slower pace, surprising analysts and markets after a year of steadily rising costs. According to consensus forecasts, the consumer price index (CPI) rose 2.7 percent year-on-year through November, much slower than the 3.1 percent annual inflation rate expected by economists. Source link

Senate Armed Services Committee Chairman Roger Wicker (R-Miss.) said Thursday he has seen “no evidence” of war crimes committed during the U.S. military’s Sept. 2 strikes against an alleged drug-trafficking boat in the Caribbean, and he indicated his panel does not plan to further investigate the controversial operation. “I haven’t seen… Source link

{Beacon} Energy & Environment Energy & Environment The Big Story SPEED Act passes House after anti-wind demands The House on Thursday passed a bill aimed at speeding up infrastructure and energy projects — and it was expected to include a new anti-wind amendment to sway GOP hard-liners. © AP Photo/Nell Redmond… Source link

Rep. Thomas Massie (R-Ky.) released a 14-minute video on Thursday detailing what Americans can expect if the Department of Justice (DOJ) does or does not disclose all of its information on convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein by Friday’s deadline. “Let’s start with how you know they’ve released all the materials,”… Source link

Click for more news from The Hill {Beacon} Health Care Health Care The Big Story Trump picks up where Biden left off on marijuana President Trump on Thursday signed an executive order to accelerate the rescheduling of marijuana from Schedule I to the less serious Schedule III, with the stated goal of… Source link

A potential deal to fund large chunks of the federal government, including the Defense and Health and Human Services departments, collapsed Thursday night after Colorado senators demanded that Congress block President Trump’s efforts to dismantle a key climate agency. A Democratic senator involved in negotiations on passing a five-bill package of appropriations… Source link

The US military on Thursday attacked two alleged drug-trafficking boats in the eastern Pacific, killing five “narco-terrorists” and bringing the total killed in the Pentagon’s ongoing operation to more than 100. Three people were killed on the first boat and two were killed in the attack on the second ship, US… Source link

The suspected gunman believed responsible for the shooting at Brown University was found dead in a New Hampshire storage facility Thursday, according to authorities. According to the Associated Press, local police said former Brown student Claudio Neves Valente, 48, died of a self-inflicted gunshot wound. Investigators now believe that Valente, a… Source link

A Wisconsin judge was found guilty late Thursday of helping a Mexican immigrant escape federal authorities after learning of his impending arrest, but was acquitted of concealing it. After six hours of deliberations, late into the night, a jury returned a split verdict against Milwaukee County Circuit Court Judge Hannah Dugan — an extraordinary blow……