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Former Obama adviser Van Jones argued that while some young people are angry about President Biden’s foreign policy stance on the war between Israel and Hamas, they have been outraged for years about their economic situation at home. “It should be a wake-up call,” CNN senior political commentator Jones said Monday of new polling on CNN News Central. “Young people …

President Biden told a staggering number of whoppers when he spoke to CNN’s Erin Burnett this week, the New York Post wrote in a savage editorial this week. The Post’s editorial board accused Biden of telling a “lie a minute” in an editorial featuring an image of the president morphing into Pinocchio. The White House has come under pressure from …

Former Obama adviser and CNN political analyst David Axelrod lambasted President Biden‘s defiant stance on the economy Wednesday, calling it a “terrible mistake” so much so that it could result in his defeat in the upcoming election. “I don’t understand this,” the famed Democratic strategist reacted. “I don’t understand all these months later, you know, I thought they spent $25 …

CNN anchor John King warned President Biden that his defense of “Bidenomics” could come back to haunt him in November, as voters across the political spectrum continue to express dissatisfaction with the economy. Biden staunchly defended his administration’s record on the economy during an interview with CNN on Wednesday. “We’ve already turned [it] around,” he told CNN’s Erin Burnett, despite …

Former President Trump’s son is pushing back on President Biden after the Democrat brushed off concerns about the economy and claimed he inherited 9% inflation when he took office. “What a clown,” Eric Trump wrote on X, sharing a report of Biden’s remarks. Biden’s factually incorrect claim came during a rare interview with CNN’s Erin Burnett on Wednesday evening, when …

Thousands of ride-or-die Taylor Swift fans who missed out on her U.S. concert tour last year or didn’t want to buy exorbitantly priced tickets to see her again found an out-of-the-way solution: Fly to Europe. The pop star is scheduled to kick off the 18-city Europe leg of her record-setting Eras Tour in Paris on Thursday, and planeloads of Swifties …

After three decades selling homemade buns on the streets of the Chinese city of Xian, 67-year-old Hu Dexi would have liked to slow down. Instead, Hu and his older wife have moved to the edge of Beijing, where they wake at 4 a.m. every day to cook their packed lunch, then commute for more than an hour to a downtown …

EU countries approved a plan worth $6.45 billion to support Western Balkan states on Tuesday aimed at accelerating reforms and economic growth in the region, as they seek future membership in the bloc. The Council of the European Union said the plan, which covers the period from 2024 to 2027, is expected to provide up to $2.15 billion and $4.3 …

The United States will suffer in the race to command the development of artificial intelligence (AI) if production and manufacture of semiconductor chips and processors remain offshore, according to an industry expert. “If you’re not making things and all you’re doing is designing the software, and maybe designing the chips, but they’re completely built and packaged elsewhere, you don’t end …

The Biden administration is taking its economic message to the road, tasking Vice President Kamala Harris with an economic opportunity tour. It kicked off last week in Georgia with an event in Michigan next in line as the issue remains the most important to voters heading into the November election. “The Biden campaign has to be very nervous about turnout …