Inflation Hits 8.5%, Highest Level In Over 40 Years

Joe Biden

Inflation numbers rose in March to their highest levels in more than 40 years, according to the newly released Consumer Price Index (CPI) report from the U.S. Bureau of Labor and Statistics. In March 2022 alone, inflation rose 1.2%, outpacing economists’ expectations and greatly exceeding the 0.8% increase in February 2022. On an annual basis, inflation hit 8.5% – higher than the already elevated Dow Jones estimate of 8.4%, according to CNBC. “Increases in the indexes for gasoline, shelter, and food were the largest contributors to the seasonally adjusted all items increase,” the CPI report said. “The gasoline index rose

Gov. Abbott Slams Biden’s ‘Lackluster Leadership’ As Border Crisis Worsens

Greg Abbott
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott, seen above last year, made the startling allegations at a press conference on April 7, 2021.

On Monday, Texas Republican Governor Greg Abbott slammed President Joe Biden’s “lackluster leadership” and promised to maintain a “law-and-order state” by working to secure the border. “Texans demand and deserve an aggressive, comprehensive strategy to secure our border—not President Biden’s lackluster leadership,” Abbott said during a speech at the Texas Border Sheriffs Coalition Spring Meetings in El Paso. “As the federal government continues to roll back commonsense policies that once kept our communities safe, our local law enforcement has stepped up to protect Texans from dangerous criminals, deadly drugs, and illegal contraband flooding into the Lone Star State. Texas will always be

Over 10,000 Civilians Killed In Mariupol: Report

On Monday, Mariupol Mayor Vadym Boychenko announced that over 10,000 civilians have died in the Ukrainian city since Russia invaded in late February. Boychenko told the Associated Press that corpses were “carpeted through the streets of our city” and that the final death toll could be more than 20,000. “Boychenko also said Russian forces have brought mobile crematoria to the city to dispose of the bodies and accused Russian forces of refusing to allow humanitarian convoys into the city in an attempt to disguise the carnage,” the AP reported. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky similarly said that “tens of thousands” were dead in

Russian Missile Attack Kills Dozens Of Civilians In Ukraine

Vladimir Putin

On Friday, Ukraine announced that a Russian missile attack on a train station in Kramatorsk, Ukraine, killed 50 people and injured nearly 100 as civilians tried to flee the region. “Around 4,000 people from across eastern Ukraine had gathered at the train station, a railroad hub for the region, waiting for evacuation days after Ukrainian officials told residents to leave ahead of a renewed Russian offensive in Donbas,” The Wall Street Journal reported. “Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said a ballistic Tochka-U missile had struck the station. Photographs posted on social media by Mr. Zelensky showed bodies strewn on the ground and dozens of suitcases,

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