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Economic growth unexpectedly increased to a 2.4% annual rate in the second quarter of this year, up from 2% the quarter before, the Bureau of Economic Analysis reported Thursday morning.

The Federal Reserve raised the federal funds rate by 25 basis points at the July Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) policy meeting, lifting the target range to 5.25 and 5.50 percent. Rate-setting Committee members voted unanimously for the policy decision.

Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell’s bizarre press conference has sparked fresh speculations about the 81-year-old’s health.

An alliance of US Democratic governors met in California on Monday to discuss how to expand abortion access in their states and how to help women in Republican-led states to terminate their pregnancies if their state legislation does not allow it, the Washington Times reports.

A federal judge in Oakland on Tuesday blocked a Biden administration rule that limits migrants’ access to asylum at the southern border, casting doubt on the future of a key policy aimed at limiting crossings.

The Justice Department on Monday filed a lawsuit against Texas and its Republican governor for placing buoys in the Rio Grande as part of the state’s effort to deter migrants from crossing into the United States.

Scientists from the National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI) in the US believe they are on track to produce a “fountain of youth” anti-aging healthcare treatment based on Hydractinia symbiolongicarpus, a tiny jellyfish-like, sea animal with outstanding regenerative abilities, Walla reports.

Sen. J.D. Vance has introduced legislation that would make gender-reassignment treatments for minors a federal crime.

The Biden administration is issuing grants from a $5 billion program to expedite the next generation of COVID-19 vaccines, but pharmaceutical manufacturers are not receiving guidance about vaccine standards as the development process returns to its normally slower pace.

U.S. tech giant Amazon says it is taking cashless payments to a new level by rolling out palm-scanning payment technology across the United States, adding to concerns among privacy advocates.

A federal judge on Thursday temporarily blocked Arizona from enforcing a law banning transgender girls from playing on girls’ school sports teams.

A legal battle over religious freedom is underway in a small town outside of San Francisco, CA, as a small group of Christians fight to re-install a 28-foot cross removed from a parcel of land last month.

The Supreme Court could hear a case questioning a California agency’s coordination with Twitter to censor election-related “misinformation.”

The U.S. central bank launched an “instant payment system” Thursday despite concerns that it will lead to more state control over personal finances.

A senior FBI official has revealed that the bureau told Twitter that Hunter Biden‘s laptop computer was genuine the same day a newspaper first reported details of President Biden and his son’s foreign business deals based on documents from the laptop.

Democrats on a GOP-led House panel created to focus on the “weaponization” of the federal government tried Thursday to stop or at least limit Democratic presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. from testifying at their hearing, citing his comments on COVID-19 and minority groups.

Sales of pre-owned homes dropped 3.3% in June compared with May, running at a seasonally adjusted annualized rate of 4.16 million units, according to the National Association of Realtors.

A bipartisan group of Senators and Congressmen on Tuesday introduced House and Senate resolutions calling on the European Union to designate the entirety of Hezbollah as a terrorist organization.

Christian baker Jack Phillips asked the Colorado Supreme Court this week to reject a case against him after the Supreme Court affirmed the First Amendment right of artists who turn down work that would entail creating content that would contradict their religious beliefs.

The US government on Monday officially cut off all future federal funding for the controversial Wuhan Institute of Virology from which it is suspected the COVID-19 virus originated, citing the lab’s violation of safety protocols and refusal to submit required documents on security, the New York Post reports. The US decision will affect new contracts, grants, and other transactions at the Institute.