Sen. Ron Johnson (R-Wis.) illustrated in a statement on Sept. 20 how soaring inflation has eroded Americans’ purchasing power, pointing out in stark terms that $1 at the start of the Biden administration is now effectively worth just 88.3 cents.
In an interview aired Sept. 18 on “60 Minutes,” President Joe Biden declared the COVID-19 “pandemic is over,” in the first such statement by a prominent political figure in the U.S.
Joe Biden and the First Lady were seated in the 14th row back for the funeral of Britain’s longest-reigning monarch, Queen Elizabeth II, after the U.S. president arrived more than half an hour later than had been requested, it has emerged.
A lackluster U.S. harvest this year is setting back efforts to relieve a global food supply that has been constrained by Russia’s war in Ukraine, agriculture-industry executives said.