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Inflation cools in January, defying Wall Street expectations
By Jeff Mordock - The Washington Times Consumer prices grew at a 2.4% pace in January, falling slightly below Wall Street predictions and providing ammunition for President Trump to argue that his policies have lowered living costs for Americans. Friday's data gives consumer...
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Major Regulatory Change: White House Rescinds 2009 Federal Climate Finding
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Judge frees three illegal-immigrant murderers from detention; calls convictions 'irrelevant'
By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times A federal judge last week ordered Homeland Security to release three illegal immigrants with homicide convictions on their criminal records and a fourth illegal immigrant convicted of sex crimes. DHS had made immigration arrests on the...
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Campus antisemitism driven by faculty at University of California campuses, report finds
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