A record spike in fuel prices following the summer’s back-to-back hurricanes drove up a closely watched US inflation measure in September, but the underlying trend remained weak, government figures showed Monday. The new figures come as the Federal Reserve prepares to begin a two-day meeting on Tuesday, with policymakers widely…
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BREAKING: 8 Dead in New York City Terror Attack, Suspect Shouted ‘Allahu Akbar’
UPDATE: CNN reported at 5:35 p.m. ET that the death toll in today’s terror attack in New York City has risen to eight: The suspect in the Manhattan truck attack, a 29-year-old man, crashed his truck and then was shot by police in the abdomen, New York Police Commissioner…
Read MoreThe Legendary Oak Ridge Boys Launch a New Line of Men’s Suits with a Mission to Bring Jobs Back to America
The Oak Ridge Boys have joined forces with American companies to place a new emphasis on buying products made in the United States.
Read MoreREPORT: Trump to Announce Fed Choice Thursday
President Donald Trump is expected to announce his choice to lead the Federal Reserve on Thursday, a US official said Monday. Trump said last week he had “somebody very specific in mind. I think everybody will be very impressed.” He has not publicly ruled out re-nominating current Fed Chair Janet…
Read MoreMTSU Poll Shows Increasing Disapproval of U.S. Senator Bob Corker
Disapproval of U.S. Sen. Bob Corker (R-TN) has jumped since he and President Trump began feuding publicly, a new Middle Tennessee State University poll shows. Corker’s disapproval rate has risen to 41 percent among Tennessee voters, a 14-point hike since a similar poll this past spring. Disapproval of Trump has…
Read MoreUniversity of Kentucky Social Justice Center Advocates for DACA Recipients, LGBT Rights
The Center for Equality and Social Justice (CESJ) at the University of Kentucky released two policy briefs last week promoting continued protections for DACA recipients and for amending nondiscrimination laws in Kentucky to include sexual orientation and gender identity. Started last year, the center exists “to better understand social inequality” and “to…
Read MoreAl Mohler: Halloween Becoming a Darker and More Spiritual Holiday in Post-Christian Age
In his daily podcast Monday, Al Mohler said something likely to give many Christians a chill down the spine. “It can now be argued that Halloween is the biggest spiritual holiday on the American calendar,” said Mohler, president of the Southern Baptist Theological Seminary in Louisville, Kentucky. Our culture has…
Read MoreKyle Busch Wins at Martinsville, Secures Spot in Final Four
MARTINSVILLE, Va. — With most of the field wrecking behind him, Kyle Busch took the lead on the final lap and won the First Data 500 on Sunday at Martinsville Speedway. It was his fifth Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series win of the season and clinched a position among the…
Read MoreCommentary: Establishment’s Last Shot at Survival Is to Join Trump, Not Fight Him
By Jeffrey A. Rendall If it could be said politics is insane but never boring, then last week was the perfect embodiment of the concept. Of course there was the revelation Hillary Clinton’s campaign united with the Democrat National Committee to retain a Washington law firm to hire a…
Read MoreMcConnell Readies Senate Confirmation Votes for 4 Appeals Judges
Senate Republicans are heading into four votes this week to confirm appeals court judges. Majority Leader Mitch McConnell served notice late last week that the Senate will consider four of President Donald Trump’s nominees to federal circuit courts, the powerful appeals panels that give the final word on the overwhelming…
Read MoreGeorge Washington’s Church Is Going to Rip Out His Memorial
The Virginia church that George Washington attended for two decades plans to tear out a memorial to the nation’s first president because the plaque could make some worshipers feel “unsafe or unwelcome.” Christ Church in Alexandria, Virginia, where Washington became a founding member in 1773, will remove his memorial and…
Read MoreJohn Boehner, Unleashed, Speaks of Knife Attack by Rep. Don Young
John Boehner, of former House Majority Speaker fame, dropped a bombshell – or dozens – during an interview with Politico that was just published. For instance, did you know that fellow Republican Rep. Don Young once pinned Boehner against a wall and held a knife to his throat during a…
Read MoreHHS: Obamacare ‘Benchmark’ Rates Up 37 Percent, Choices Dwindle
Premiums for Obamacare’s “benchmark” plans will rise by 37 percent and choices will dwindle in 2018, with eight full states having just one insurer to choose from, the Trump administration said Monday in a report detailing the federal marketplace known as HealthCare.gov. However, the average tax credit that many consumers…
Read MoreLamar Alexander Asks Orrin Hatch to Hold Senate Hearings on Revoking Obama-Era Regulation Used by CMS Bureaucrats to Victimize West Tennessee Doctor
Over the weekend, Senator Lamar Alexander (R-TN) told Mayor Jill Holland of McKenzie, Tennessee that he will encourage Senator Orrin Hatch (R-UT) to conduct hearings at the Senate Finance Committee he chairs on whether an Obama-era regulation that is hitting West Tennesssee’s Dr. Bryan Merrick should be revoked, along with other…
Read MoreFaith: Verse of the Day for Tuesday, October 31
VERSE OF THE DAY Be blessed and be a blessing October 31, Tuesday Luke 6:45 A good man brings good things out of the good stored up in his heart, and an evil man brings evil things out of the evil stored up in his heart. For the mouth…
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