President Biden’s State of the Union address continues to stir discussion about topics including inflation, Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, and denouncing calls to defund the police. The Republican response to the president’s address, delivered by Arkansas Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders (R), is also a topic generating conversation among conservatives. Sanders earned praise for a speech…

Monthly consumer prices rose 0.5% in January after ticking up 0.1% in December, according to the latest data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics. The annual rate of consumer inflation barely slowed to 6.4%, down from December’s 6.5%. The results were in line with economists’ expectations of a 0.5% rise for the month and close…

Illegal immigration dropped 42% in January compared to December. According to new numbers from CBP, Border Patrol agents encountered 128,410 migrants in between official ports of entry compared to 221,675 the month before. Breaking it down by demographic, 108,573 were single adults, 38,087 were family units, and 9,393 were unaccompanied children. As per deportation proceedings, 64,499…

Despite encouraging signs that inflation is starting to recede, high prices remain a concern. Chief among those concerns is “eggflation.” The cost of a dozen eggs has skyrocketed and sent people scrambling from store to store, and even across the border, to find the lowest possible prices. Unlike other food shortages, this one can’t be…

It’s tax season but the Internal Revenue Service warned last week that it’s not quite ready for some filings. The agency is asking millions of Americans to hold off on filing tax returns. The hiccup is over direct payments and rebates many states handed out, hoping to help its residents counter raging inflation. Annual consumer…

Solar energy use in the United States is expected to soar over the next decade. Solar could make up 40% of America’s electricity by 2035, according to the Department of Energy. Clean energy initiatives are a key aspect of President Biden’s Inflation Reduction Act, with billions of dollars in the bill dedicated to alternative energy.…

A 2022 Wells Fargo report found that rising costs had increased the price tag of a Super Bowl watch party by as much as 14 percent. However, this time around, the data suggest some hope for NFL fans looking to tackle the effects of inflation. At-home food prices have risen by more than 11 percent over the…

The January jobs report stunned Friday morning, showing the U.S. economy adding more than half a million jobs when economists expected fewer than 200,000. It was the strongest monthly job growth since July and snapped a 5-month slowdown. Meanwhile, the unemployment rate dropped to 3.4%, its lowest rate since May 1969 and down from December’s…

For the first time since March 2022, the Federal Reserve has executed a so-called “normal-sized” rate hike of 25 basis points. The Fed’s decision was widely anticipated by markets and marks the eighth consecutive rise in the lending rate in less than a year. It also represents the second meeting in a row the Fed…

President Biden’s beach house is being searched for classified documents, and Tom Brady is retiring… again. These stories and more highlight your daily afternoon rundown for Wednesday, Feb. 1, 2023.  Justice Department searches Biden’s beach house The investigation into President Biden’s handling of classified information continues. The president’s lawyer says the Justice Department is searching…