Just since last November, the most closely watched measure of consumer confidence about the economy has soared by about 25 percent. That’s among the most rapid improvements recorded…
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Read more The Grumpy EconomyLast fall, when RSV and flu came roaring back from a prolonged and erratic hiatus, and COVID was still killing thousands of Americans each week, many of the…
Read more Sick Season Will Be Worse From Now OnShortly after House Speaker Kevin McCarthy announced that he had struck a deal with President Joe Biden to raise the debt ceiling, Republican leaders began circulating a fact…
Read more Republicans Don’t Really Want to Cut SpendingElizabeth Holmes isn’t fooling anyone. Well, almost anyone. The convicted fraudster and founder of the defunct medical start-up Theranos, is waiting to begin an 11-year sentence in federal…
Read more Elizabeth Holmes Isn’t Fooling AnyoneThe sanctuary buzzed as Mike Pence climbed into the elevated pulpit, standing 15 feet above the pews, a Celtic cross over his left shoulder. The former vice president…
Read more Donald Trump Is on the Wrong Side of the Religious RightFormer President Donald Trump gripped the CPAC lectern as he workshopped a new sales pitch: “I stand here today, and I’m the only candidate who can make this…
Read more Trump Begins His ‘Final Battle’The Republican Party has had no better friend than Nassau County in the past few years. Of America’s largest counties, few have turned more sharply toward the GOP…
Read more Why Kevin McCarthy Can’t Lose George Santos
