Economic

Five IRS employees allegedly received nearly $400,000 after fraudulently applying for more than $1.1 million in relief in government funding intended for small businesses damaged by the COVID-19 pandemic, the Department of Justice (DOJ) announced Tuesday.

The recent ceremony of accession of four Ukrainian regions to Russia brought a speech from President Putin that outlined the reasons behind Russia’s current struggles, the character and identity of its foes and, more importantly, laid the groundwork for Russia’s next level of confrontation with the West beyond the ongoing military conflict in Ukraine.

The move comes as Americans face record inflation and a looming economic recession.

The prevailing theory has been that Russia was behind the puncture.

Klaus Schwab, founder of the demonstrably evil World Economic Forum (WEF), is an almost cartoonish example of a real-life Bond villain backed by a global network of billionaire henchmen conspiring to take over the world.

Economists are calling China's property crash, coupled with defaulting government investments and national debt, a "slow-motion financial crisis."

Home prices in the U.S. are sinking at the fastest monthly pace since the Great Recession, evidence that rising mortgage rates are rapidly slowing activity in the housing market.

The Microsoft co-founder has long funded climate initiatives.

The Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Committee has approved the Improving Digital Identity Act, a legal framework for digital ID systems for US citizens.

The World Food Program warned Monday that the food crisis is being compounded by a fertilizer crisis. “If we don’t get fertilizers moving, you’re not...