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  By Andrew Moran Federal Reserve policymakers voted on Dec. 14 to raise the benchmark federal funds rate by 50 basis points to a target range of 4.25–4.5 percent, the highest level since…

Former President Donald Trump filed a defamation lawsuit against members of the Pulitzer Prize board, after the board declined to rescind the 2018 National Reporting prize. A newly-elected school board…

The World Health Organization is warning that tough times are ahead for China. Beijing is now U-turning on its zero-COVID-19 policy. Funeral homes in Beijing are struggling to meet increased…

Republican senators introduced legislation that would ban TikTok from operating in the United States, citing concerns about TikTok’s parent company Bytedance and its affiliation with the Chinese regime. Meanwhile, 15 state attorneys…

Officials offer different views on pace of commercialization By Nathan Worcester   It was 1:03 a.m. on Dec. 5 that experimental physicist Alex Zylstra first spotted it: for the first time,…

A state senator in Arizona said the voting strength of residents was diluted and their constitutional rights were violated during the midterm elections. He’s suing Governor-Elect Katie Hobbs and Maricopa County officials.…

Beijing is hitting back at Washington’s sweeping sanctions by bringing a dispute against the United States to the World Trade Organization. A hunger strike at Apple’s headquarters in Cupertino is protesting the…

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis on Dec. 13 said he intends to ask the state’s Supreme Court for a grand jury investigation of “any and all wrongdoing” with respect to the…

Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm on Dec. 13 announced a “major scientific breakthrough” in the decades-long quest to harness fusion, the energy that powers the sun and stars. Fusion energy could help end…

By Jack Phillips   Filmmaker Alexandra Pelosi revealed that her father, Paul Pelosi, is healing after an alleged hammer attack at his home in San Francisco several weeks ago. During an interview…