Federal Reserve Governor Michael Barr said policymakers must be attentive to ensuring the labor market is solid, but there is still work to do to get inflation down to the central bank’s 2% target. Barr spoke during a virtual event Thursday on community development. (Source: Bloomberg) Continue reading Fed’s Barr Sees Progress Made on Inflation, But Still ‘Work to Do’
Former Strictly Come Dancing star HRVY has confirmed that he and his girlfriend, Mimi Slinger, who stars in Emmerdale, have quietly parted ways. Continue reading Strictly star confirms quiet split from famous girlfriend
The race is on to replace Rep. Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) after she announced on Thursday she wouldn’t be running for reelection, opening up her San Francisco-based House seat for the first time in decades. A handful of Democrats have been floated as potential successors. Unlikely other states, California has a “jungle primary,” meaning all candidates are listed… Continue reading Who’s most likely to succeed Pelosi in the House?
Grayscale has decided to temporarily remove management fees for its Solana Trust ETF to boost adoption. Continue reading Grayscale waves fees on Solana ETF to attract new investors
Pelosi, the veteran California Democrat and former Speaker, the first and only woman to hold the role, is retiring from Congress. Continue reading Marjorie Taylor Greene Praises Nancy Pelosi: ‘Very Impressed’
At Saturday Night’s Main Event XLI, John Cena announced that starting from next week’s RAW, a 16-man Last Time is Now Tournament will begin to determine his final opponent. Continue reading Former AEW star to disrupt John Cena’s Last Time is Now Tournament by attacking 43-year-old? Exploring WWE RAW possibility
Election wins for two state representatives Tuesday put Minnesota on track to beat its record of most special elections in one year. Continue reading Two more special elections coming to Minnesota Capitol
It’s news in the sense that it is a transaction that today occurred, but this is one of those transactions that was always going to occur. Justin Turner is a free agent: As expected, Justin Turner has become a free-agent. That means the Cubs declined his $10M team option for ’26, in favor of the $2M buyout.— Jordan Bastian (@bastianmlb.bsky.social) 2025-11-06T15:04:13.790Z When the Cubs signed Turner to join their bench last year, the contract’s structure may have included an option, but it was really just a way to push out $2 million of the salary in the form of a buyout. This outcome was preordained. Turner, 41 later this month, hit .219/.288/.314/71 wRC+ over 191 PAs with the Cubs this year. That’s pretty ugly for a bat-only guy, but it’s softened considerably by the fact that, against lefties, he was pretty solid (.276/.330/.429/112 wRC+), and his clubhouse presence was clearly a huge plus. I think the Cubs would say they got their money’s worth on the original deal ($6 million total), and they’ll wish Turner well in whatever comes next. It could be another bench job, it could be a minor league deal, or it could be retirement. We’ll always have his two walk-off winners for the Cubs this year: Continue reading Cubs Buy Out Justin Turner, Who Becomes a Free Agent
President Donald Trump was slapped with a fact-check after claiming that prices for Thanksgiving dinner were substantially lower this year. The president posted Thursday morning on Truth Social that this year’s holiday meal would be 25 percent lower than last year, under then-President Joe Biden, as his approval rating sags to its lowest depths ever under the weight of his handling of the economy, which remains the most important issue to 47 percent of Americans.”2025 Thanksgiving dinner under Trump is 25% lower than 2024 Thanksgiving dinner under Biden, according to Walmart,” Trump posted. “My cost are lower than the Democrats on everything, especially oil and gas! So the Democrats ‘affordability’ issue is DEAD! STOP LYING!!!”An official White House account, Rapid Response 47, posted on its X account a screenshot of an earlier Truth Social post making similar claims.”Walmart just announced that prices for Thanksgiving Dinner is now down 25% since under Sleepy/Crooked Joe Biden, in 2024,” Trump posted Wednesday evening. “AFFORDABILITY is a Republican Stronghold. Hopefully, Republicans will use this irrefutable fact!”However, the Rapid Response 47 post was refuted with a community note adding what fact checkers described as “missing context. The 2025 Walmart Thanksgiving meal contains 15 items while the 2024 meal contained 21 items,” fact checkers said. “Additionally, most of the brand name items in the 2024 meal were replaced with Great Value items.”The community note linked to a pair of posts on Walmart’s corporate website showing that prices for a sample Thanksgiving meal in 2024 for eight people worked out to $7 per person, with 21 menu items listed (although the store claimed 29 items were used), while a sample meal for 10 people in 2025 came out to under $4. 00 per person with 15 items on the menu.”The corporate propaganda machine colluding with the Trump propaganda machine to lie to the American people about Thanksgiving,” noted Ron Filipkowski, a former federal prosecutor. Continue reading Trump’s ‘irrefutable fact’ about Thanksgiving costs subjected to brutal fact check
Earth may be on the verge of crossing several climate change tipping points that could have irreversible and devastating consequences. Here’s everything you need to know about these “points of no return.”. Continue reading Global warming is forcing Earth’s systems toward ‘doom loop’ tipping points. Can we avoid them?