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The influx of migrants into the U.S. in 2024 drove the population to its highest rate of increase in 23 years, as the nation’s population surpassed 340 million, according to a report Thursday from the U.S. Census Bureau. Between 2023 and 2024, the U.S. population grew by nearly 1%, the highest increase since 2001. In…
A Michigan man allegedly stabbed the president of the company he worked for in the middle of a meeting in a possible “copycat” attack that mirrors the killing of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson. Erik Denslow, who heads the Anderson Express Inc. manufacturing company in Muskegon, was stabbed during a staff meeting Tuesday, the Fruitport Township…
House Republicans failed to secure the majority votes needed Thursday on a spending bill to avert a government shutdown by week’s end, handing a decisive loss to President-elect Trump in an early test of his ability to unite Republicans in the chamber. The bill failed by a vote of 235-174, including 38 Republicans who voted…
Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton sounded off Thursday about Elon Musk’s influence over the spending drama on Capitol Hill. “If you’re just catching up: the Republican Party, taking orders from the world’s richest man, is on course to shut down the government over the holidays, stopping paychecks for our troops and nutrition benefits for…
A bill to avert a partial government shutdown that was backed by President-elect Trump failed to pass the House of Representatives on Thursday night. Congress is inching closer to the possibility of a partial shutdown, with the deadline coming at the end of Friday. The bill needed two-thirds of the House chamber to pass, but…
House Democrats are balking at the latest iteration of a spending plan that was released on Thursday by Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La. “The Musk-Johnson proposal is not serious, it’s laughable. Extreme MAGA Republicans are driving us to a government shutdown,” said House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, D-N.Y. Rep. Richard Neal, D-Mass., indicated Democratic leadership would…
Presidents past and present have displayed breathtaking Christmas trees at the White House. Former President Benjamin Harrison is credited by the White House Historical Association as the first to display a Christmas tree in the White House, having placed one in the Second Floor Oval Room in 1889. That first known Christmas tree to be…
Merriam-Webster’s word of the year for 2024 is “polarization,” which it defines as “division into two sharply distinct opposites.” (The word beat out “brain rot,” but one wonders if it did so among dictionary staff.) In reality, it’s been the word of the year since at least 2016, when President-elect Trump won the first time…
A two-time “Top Chef” winner has not only shared the significance of ham during the holidays — he’s also provided helpful tips to avoid common cooking mistakes and revealed a recipe inspired by his childhood traditions. Chef Kah-wai “Buddha” Lo won consecutive seasons of “Top Chef” in 2022 and 2023, becoming the show’s first two-time…
