Apartment Rents Fall as Crush of New Supply Hits Market

This post was originally published on this siteDeclines in every major U.S. metro area signal tenants may be maxed out on how much income they can devote to rent.

New assessment on the origins of Covid-19 adds to the confusion

Three years removed from the start of a Covid-19 pandemic that is still disrupting daily life, an assessment from the US Energy Department is only adding to the confusion about what really happened in Wuhan, China.

US defense secretary tells CNN he hasn’t spoken to Chinese counterpart for a ‘couple of months’

US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin told CNN that he and his Chinese counterpart have not spoken for a “couple of months,” with Chinese Minister of National Defense Wei Fenghe refusing to take a call in the wake of the US shootdown of the suspected Chinese surveillance balloon.

Exclusive: How a box with classified documents ended up in Trump’s office months after FBI searched Mar-a-Lago

The Justice Department wants to know how a box containing a handful of classified records scattered among copies of presidential schedules turned up at Mar-a-Lago late last year, well after several rounds of searches of the property by federal agents and aides to former President Donald Trump, according to people familiar with the matter.

Economy Showing Strength in Early 2023

This post was originally published on this siteGross domestic product, a broad measure of the goods and services the U.S. produced, rose at a 2.7% annual rate in the fourth quarter, adjusted for seasonality and inflation.

First on CNN: Former Trump national security advisers among witnesses testifying at House hearing on China

The House select committee on China will feature four high-profile witnesses during its first hearing Tuesday at 7 p.m. ET, including former President Donald Trump’s national security adviser, H.R. McMaster, and top China expert and former deputy national security adviser, Matthew Pottinger, sources familiar with the hearing told CNN.

Fury over Biden’s new asylum policy grows after he thanks Poland for welcoming Ukrainian refugees

On Tuesday afternoon, the Homeland Security and Justice Departments announced the administration’s most restrictive policy yet aimed at curbing the number of migrants seeking to apply for asylum at the US-Mexico border.

US nursing homes aren’t safe amid climate crisis, report finds. And it’s getting worse.

This post was originally published on this siteA Senate committee report highlights the risks seniors and disabled residents face during extreme heat or cold, floods, tornadoes or wildfires.     

Biden administration sanctions Mexican drug cartel network for supplying and operating fentanyl labs

The Biden administration on Wednesday sanctioned a network of Sinaloa Cartel members and associated entities for their involvement in the illegal and deadly fentanyl and methamphetamine trade, providing chemicals to “super labs” that produce illicit drugs for the cartel once run by the notorious drug lord Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzmán.

North Korea: UN chief’s rebuke of missile test shows he has ‘extremely unfair’ attitude

This post was originally published on this siteNorth Korea on Wednesday accused U.N. Secretary-General António Guterres of having an “extremely unfair” attitude following his condemnation of the country’s most recent missile test. Guterres rebuked North Korea for its Saturday intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) test, calling on the nation to cease any additional provocations and resume […]

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