Monthly Archives: September, 2022

Here’s one thing that will cost less next year—what it means for Medicare beneficiaries

While inflation is pushing up prices for almost everything else, Medicare is about to be less expensive. Medicare Part B premiums will go down for 2023, according to an announcement Sept. 27 by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, or CMS.

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Sen. Dianne Feinstein chides staffers as they race to prep her for stopgap government funding vote: ‘I don’t even know what that is’

Democratic Sen. Dianne Feinstein grew frustrated with staffers trying to prep her for what’s become a routine Senate vote on Thursday, blurting out “I don’t even know what that is” after aides asked if she had questions about the latest stopgap funding bill.

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‘A mess of DOJ’s own making’ is handing Trump’s lawyers a way out: former prosecutor

In a column for the Daily Beast, former federal prosecutor turned white collar criminal defense attorney Shan Wu chastised the Department of Justice for undermining their chances of indicting Donald Trump by investigating him while also defending him at the same time.

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New Inflation Data Shows Prices Remain Stubbornly High

The Federal Reserve’s preferred inflation gauge remained elevated in new data released on Friday, further evidence that the central bank is contending with a stubborn problem as it tries to choke off the worst inflation in four decades.

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FBI Seizes $86 Million From Safe-Deposit Boxes, “Permanently Confiscated”

The FBI raided nearly 1,400 safe-deposit boxes at the U.S. Private Vaults store in Beverly Hills.

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Column: Farmworkers just plowed Newsom. What does it say about the Latino vote?

Gov. Gavin Newsom just learned that the hard way. On Wednesday afternoon, after a morning of glory in which Newsom signed a number of important laws to break the logjam on affordable housing in California, word started leaking out that he would also put pen to paper on Assembly Bill 2183, a measure by the …

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Dow Soars 500 Points As Investors Shake Off Recession Fears

The stock market had its best day in two months on Wednesday, paring six straight days of losses, as investors reacted positively to stabilizing actions by the Bank of England and indications that less hawkish monetary policy by the Federal Reserve may be on the way.

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Fewer people seek US unemployment aid amid solid hiring

The number of Americans filing for jobless benefits dropped last week, a sign that few companies are cutting jobs despite high inflation and a weak economy.

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First lawsuit is filed challenging Biden’s costly, unfair student loan forgiveness plan

Plenty of people aren’t thrilled with President Joe Biden’s student loan cancellation bonanza, a group that likely includes the majority of Americans who don’t have a college degree or who have dutifully paid off their loans.  

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Biden Administration Unveils Plan Aiming to End Hunger in U.S. by 2030

Buck Fiden has come up with another hair brained scheme, with no idea how to pay for it all….and it’s more government control, trying to tell us what we can eat. Screw that idea.

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