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When Homes Depot suffers its state headquarters feels the pain — and swing state Georgia is definitely taking notice of the 800 jobs the company reported lost in January. Now the Atlanta Journal Constitution reports the company, whose founders are supporters of President Donald Trump , are reeling from a 4.4 percent net earnings decline from $14.8 billion in fiscal year 2024, thanks to the president’s sputtering housing industry. “The current mortgage rate environment and significant increase in home prices since 2019 have impacted housing affordability,” Home Depot Chief Financial Officer Richard McPhail said during a conference call with investors on Tuesday. “Housing turnover has remained at historical lows since 2023, which has significantly reduced demand for projects and other purchases associated with buying and selling a home.” “Our customers also tell us they have concerns over general economic uncertainty, including inflation, growing job concerns and higher financing c...
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'Babbling from the throne': Trump's delusions skewered by conservative

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The editor-at-large at a prominent right-leaning magazine is blasting President Donald Trump’s “debased state” — in particular, thinking he can dupe the American people out of their economic woes. “In our debased state of national politics we have become accustomed to presidents making promises they cannot possibly hope to deliver on, particularly just months before they become a lame duck,” Reason Magazine’s Matt Welch wrote on Tuesday . Pointing out that two-term presidents tend to spend their sixth-year State of the Union message boasting, Welch warned that “as the ghost of Joe Biden can attest, woe unto the POTUS who points to the cloudy economic sky and declares it blue.” Trump is “shouting into political headwinds considerably stiffer than those faced by” the last similarly scandal-ridden president, Bill Clinton, whose approval rating averaged to 60 percent during his 1998 State of the Union. By contrast, Trump has been in the high 30s in three recent national polls. “Like p...
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Trump's assault on the U.S. men’s locker room just gave America a daily-double

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I’m a bit sad that the Winter Olympics are over, but downright joyful I won’t be hearing that stupid, meaningless “U-S-A, U-S-A …” chant every evening while watching the games. It should have been retired many decades ago shortly after its birth in the 1980 Winter Olympics in Lake Placid, New York. That’s the year a bunch of pimply-faced American kids knocked off the vaunted Big Red Russian hockey machine on their way to winning gold, 4-3, in what is now referred to as the Miracle on Ice. As that American amateur men’s team, composed of college kids, and recent grads, skated to one victory after another, it became clear something special was happening in that northern New York town tucked hard in the middle of the Adirondacks. Our country was in desperate need of a spark that made us all feel good about ourselves and brought us together, even if we really didn’t know it at the time. We were being suffocated by bad news, and a malaise that President Jimmy Carter eloquently addres...
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Trump faces huge loss in Texas as even MAGA Republicans call for his pick to drop out

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President Donald Trump’s preferred candidate in a key Texas congressional race is facing increased calls from prominent political and media to drop out of the race. Rep. Tony Gonzales (R-Texas) is fighting for political survival after the candidate’s late staffer was revealed by the San Antonio Express-News to have once texted, “I had an affair with our boss and I’m fine.” The staffer in question later committed suicide. “@RepTonyGonzales, RESIGN!” Rep. Lauren Boebert (R-Colo.) declared on the social media platform X . "Seems pretty clear at this point that if Trump suffers a political loss next Tuesday, it’ll be in TX-23," wrote Matthew Klein from Cook Political Report on X . "He has backed Rep. Tony Gonzales, who is under fire for having an affair with a now-deceased staffer. The developments have been utterly unrelenting." In what was allegedly an open secret in his office , Gonzeles — a Republican facing opposing from YouTuber and far right-winger Brandon H...
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News24 | Rand back below R16/$, gold climbs to 3-week high amid Trump tariff uncertainty

Gold climbed to a three-week high on Monday as uncertainty stoked by ⁠the US Supreme Court’s decision to strike down a vast swathe of US President Donald Trump’s tariffs pressured the dollar and pushed investors to the safety of bullion. from News24 News24/TopStories/rss https://ift.tt/Z9dhS1f via sinceretalk
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News24 | Monarchy in crisis: Andrew’s arrest poses new challenge for King Charles

King Charles III faces a critical challenge after his brother Andrew’s arrest, marking the first modern royal arrest and intensifying scrutiny on the monarchy. from News24 News24/TopStories/rss https://ift.tt/l57n9Bo via sinceretalk
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News24 | Weight loss jabs skyrocket in SA: Can generics make GLP-1s affordable by 2027?

The high cost of patented GLP-1s and absence of generics remain a major impediment to access in SA, where the medicines are unavailable in the public sector and often unaffordable. from News24 News24/TopStories/rss https://ift.tt/BZ7G4aj via sinceretalk
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