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Congress has allocated $858 billion to defense spending as part of its annual funding bill.

Holiday sales rose this year as American spending remained resilient during the critical shopping season despite surging prices on everything from food to rent, according to one measure.

Those hoping for a Christmastime government shutdown were once again disappointed when Congress passed a 4,000-page, $1.7 trillion omnibus appropriations bill that few, if any, Representatives and Senators read before voting on.

About 60% of the U.S. population faced some sort of winter weather advisory or warning.

The Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) released a report noting overdose deaths increased 14% in 2021, for a total of 106,699 deaths.

Inflation is over, the administration crows, even as Congress works to pass another massive spending bill — this time, $1.7 trillion.

The Los Angeles Homelessness Services Authority, a joint commission created by the city and county of Los Angeles, released a report this week that was upbeat, claiming that the county had witnessed an increase in its homeless population of "only" 4.1 percent between 2020 and 2022, a significant dip from previous years.

The U.S. Census Bureau reported Thursday that 300,000 people left California in 2022, more than left any other state, amid a general slow increase in the U.S. population as the country recovered from COVID-19.

Last-minute Christmas shoppers may be left in the cold as major delivery services announce delays as a result of severe winter weather.

Since 2020, parents have had to contend with increasingly brazen efforts by governments, schools, foundations, Big Tech, Big Pharma and others to hijack, injure or destroy children’s minds and bodies.