Econ 101:  The Consumer Price Index  rose by 8.3 percent in April, according to the government, a rapid rise but slightly less than the 8.5 percent in March.   Core inflation, which does not include the cost of groceries and gas, ticked up …

The War Room: As the war wears on, Russia attacked Ukraine’s southern port city of Odessa with cruise missiles, destroying two hotels, a shopping center, and a warehouse. One person was killed and five wounded.   The NY Times notes that while Russia has pounded …

The War Room: Today is Victory Day in Russia, the anniversary of the day Russia defeated Hitler’s Wehrmacht, and Vladimir Putin’s military continues to slaughter Ukrainian civilians the way the Nazis massacred Russians.   As many as 60 people died yesterday when …

The War Room: Ukrainian forces today mounted a counter-offensive against the Russian invaders in the northeast, attempting to drive them back from two key cities and break the brutal stalemate of combat. There’s fighting all along a 300-mile front.   “There are …

The War Room: Russian forces are conducting nearly nonstop shelling of the Azovstal steel complex in Mariupol and are reported to have breached the perimeter in bloody fighting on the ground. The plant where civilians are still taking shelter is the …

Abortion Uproar: The leaked draft of a Supreme Court decision that would end abortion rights established in the Court’s 1973 Roe v. Wade case immediately set off howls of celebration and execration on both side of the abortion debate. A crowd …

Abortion Denied: The Supreme Court is poised to overturn the right to abortion.   A leaked early draft of a Court decision on the right established in the landmark 1973 Roe v. Wade case indicates that the court has voted to …

The War Room: Fierce artillery battles continued over the weekend as Russia presses its invasion of eastern Ukraine. The Russian Defense Ministry claimed it had struck 800 targets across Ukraine, including a hangar in the port city of Odessa that it said …

The War Room: Ukrainian forces are holding on as Russian invaders are making what the pentagon describes as only “plodding” progress in the east.   The Russian have failed to take three key areas in the eastern regions of Donetsk and Luhansk …

The War Room: President Biden yesterday proposed a $33 billion package of military and humanitarian aid for Ukraine, an enormous leap in help for that embattled country. It would have to be approved by Congress.   Speaking at The White House, Biden …