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Top TipsHunter Biden plea dealHunter Biden pleaded not guilty to federal tax charges yesterday after a deal he struck with the Justice Department was put on hold when the judge questioned the agreement’s terms. Biden, 53, was charged last month with two misdemeanor crimes of failure to pay between $1.1M to $1.5M in taxes before lawful deadlines. His subsequent plea deal included a guilty plea to two tax misdemeanors for failing to pay taxes and a diversionary agreement on a gun-related felony for owning a weapon while he admitted to using drugs. Now that his plea deal fell apart, Biden’s lawyers have been given 14 days to come to a new deal with the prosecution. Yesterday’s events follow a five-year investigation into the first son’s finances. DOJ officials are reportedly still investigating whether he violated federal laws that required him to register as a foreign agent while working in China and Ukraine during his father’s vice presidency. |
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Fed issues rate hikeAfter pausing increases in June following 15 months of rate hikes, the Federal Reserve announced yesterday that it is raising interest rates by 0.25%, or 25 basis points. The Fed’s decision to raise rates by 0.25% was unanimous between all members of the Federal Open Market Committee and marks the 11th rate hike in 17 months. In a statement, the Committee said it “decided to raise the target range for the federal funds rate to 5-1/4 to 5-1/2 percent.” The midpoint of that target range sits at the highest level for the Fed’s benchmark rate since 2001. The Committee also said it “would be prepared to adjust the stance of monetary policy” going forward to bring inflation back to its target level of 2%. The Fed’s announcement comes two weeks after the Labor Bureau released a report showing that U.S. inflation rose by 3% in June (as measured by the CPI). That 3% annualized increase in the CPI marks a decline of 6% from its June 2022 level, which saw an annualized increase of 9% compared to June 2021. |
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UFO congressional hearingsA House committee on national security heard testimony yesterday from three former military officials on unidentified aerial phenomena, often called “UAPs” or “UFOs.” Retired Major David Grusch testified that he “absolutely” believes the government was in possession of UAPs and said he was informed of a “multi-decade UAP crash retrieval and reverse-engineering program” during his time as an intelligence officer. In a statement, Defense Department officials said investigators hadn’t discovered “any verifiable information to substantiate claims that any programs regarding the possession or reverse-engineering of extraterrestrial materials have existed in the past or exist currently.” In May, NASA held its first public meeting on UAPs and called for a more rigorous scientific approach to clarify the origin of hundreds of purported sightings. When asked yesterday during the hearing whether the U.S. has recovered the bodies of pilots of crashed craft, Grusch said that “biologics came” with some of the recoveries, and he called them “non-human.” |
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Tip-OffsStarting in 2024, you may need a visa to travel to Europe. Listen to an educational song from 1967 about ZIP codes. Some birds now build their nests out of anti-bird spikes. …while a curious bear finds a GoPro and takes a selfie. 8 habits to take up by age 40 if you want to live longer. Hydrogen bombs vs. atom bombs: learn the difference. Nasa's guide to knowing whether or not you saw a UFO. Icelandic eruptions this year birthed a new baby volcano. |
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Looking Back…On July 27th: The U.S. and North Korea sign an armistice agreement ending the Korean War (1953); Bugs Bunny, as we now recognize him, makes his first debut in Loony Toon’s A Wild Hare (1940); the first terrorist attack at the Olympics occurs at Olympic Centennial Park in Atlanta, Georgia (1996); actor and comedian Bob Hope dies at age 100 (2003). |
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