https://drudge.com/user/nixon New links and comments. en-us http://www.rssboard.org/rss-specification Wordzilla/0.58 10 https://drudge.com/news/291998/heckuva-job-inflation-up https://www.cnn.com/2026/05/12/economy/us-cpi-inflation-april For the first time in three years, Americans' wages are no longer outpacing inflation. <blockquote class="bluesky-embed" data-bluesky-uri="at://did:plc:2w45zyhuklwihpdc7oj3mi63/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlnsxtqpay2d" data-bluesky-cid="bafyreigpggmo6h773qmgjzbrdngqouyizifeii2l6up4ffa42nilhz2jxa" data-bluesky-embed-color-mode="system"><p lang="en">Higher inflation has persisted as rising prices pressure consumers.<br><br><a href="https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:2w45zyhuklwihpdc7oj3mi63/post/3mlnsxtqpay2d?ref_src=embed">[image or embed]</a></p> -- Forbes (<a href="https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:2w45zyhuklwihpdc7oj3mi63?ref_src=embed">@forbes.com</a>) <a href="https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:2w45zyhuklwihpdc7oj3mi63/post/3mlnsxtqpay2d?ref_src=embed">8:45 AM &Acirc;&middot; May 12, 2026</a></blockquote><script async src="https://embed.bsky.app/static/embed.js" charset="utf-8"></script> Fri, 15 May 2026 19:32:18 -0400 Nixon https://drudge.com/news/291998/heckuva-job-inflation-up#discuss tag:drudge.com,2005:weblog.291998 news, 0.5 daily 291998 https://drudge.com/news/292061/j-edgar-boozer-padding-arrest-stats-look https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/crime/fbi-chief-kash-patel-padding-the-stats-to-make-himself-look-good-insiders/ar-AA237qRG FBI Director Kash Patel strutted into a Senate hearing Tuesday, brandishing a large black placard of statistics and daring his critics to dispute them. But current and former law enforcement officials say those numbers are a sham. "They are absolutely padding the stats and claiming arrests they would not have claimed [previously]," one current FBI official told MS NOW. "So comparing 2025 to 2024 is not apples to apples." Patel told the Senate Appropriations subcommittee that his bureau had arrested "45,000 violent offenders last year, twice as many as 2024." What he didn't mention: his own FBI quietly rewrote the rules on what counts as an FBI arrest. <p>At Patel's direction, field offices were instructed to count as FBI arrests any suspects detained when bureau agents were merely present " even when another federal agency or local police department led the case and made the actual arrest. That policy generated massive statistical spikes beginning in late 2025, when thousands of FBI agents were deployed alongside Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers in targeted sweeps of cities including Minneapolis and Memphis. Thu, 14 May 2026 12:35:19 -0400 Nixon https://drudge.com/news/292061/j-edgar-boozer-padding-arrest-stats-look#discuss tag:drudge.com,2005:weblog.292061 discussion, 0.5 daily 292061 https://drudge.com/news/291087/trump-shifts-125-billion-state https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/trump-shifts-1-25-billion-in-state-department-funds-to-his-board-of-peace/ar-AA1ZuoPl The Trump administration has redirected $1.25 billion from the State Department to President Trump's Board of Peace, according to a report in Semafor Thursday. Tue, 31 Mar 2026 14:31:02 -0400 Nixon https://drudge.com/news/291087/trump-shifts-125-billion-state#discuss tag:drudge.com,2005:weblog.291087 news, 0.5 daily 291087 https://drudge.com/news/290500/russia-providing-iran-intelligence https://www.msn.com/en-gb/news/world/russia-is-providing-iran-intelligence-to-target-us-forces-including-warships-in-the-middle-east/ar-AA1XF1di Russia is providing Iran with intelligence on the location of US military assets including warships and aircraft in the Middle East, sources claim. <blockquote class="bluesky-embed" data-bluesky-uri="at://did:plc:k5nskatzhyxersjilvtnz4lh/app.bsky.feed.post/3mgfcvgcfot2h" data-bluesky-cid="bafyreidmgoav46yewoqdahuekwv6hrcoll3fvnnf6kjm2pqyqyj5mnzje4" data-bluesky-embed-color-mode="system"><p lang="">Exclusive: Russia is providing Iran with targeting information to attack American forces in the Middle East, the first indication that another major U.S. adversary is participating -- even indirectly -- in the war.<a href="https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:k5nskatzhyxersjilvtnz4lh/post/3mgfcvgcfot2h?ref_src=embed">[image or embed]</a></p> -- The Washington Post (<a href="https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:k5nskatzhyxersjilvtnz4lh?ref_src=embed">@washingtonpost.com</a>) <a href="https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:k5nskatzhyxersjilvtnz4lh/post/3mgfcvgcfot2h?ref_src=embed">Mar 6, 2026 at 7:30 AM</a></blockquote><script async src="https://embed.bsky.app/static/embed.js" charset="utf-8"></script> Fri, 06 Mar 2026 18:30:41 -0500 Nixon https://drudge.com/news/290500/russia-providing-iran-intelligence#discuss tag:drudge.com,2005:weblog.290500 news, 0.5 daily 290500 https://drudge.com/news/290356/economy-core-wholesale-prices-rose-08 https://www.cnbc.com/2026/02/27/ppi-january-2026-.html Wholesale prices rose at a faster-than-expected pace in January, countering hopes that inflation was easing, the Bureau of Labor Statistics reported Friday. <blockquote class="bluesky-embed" data-bluesky-uri="at://did:plc:qealhr2gmncfimdh3ywyytgq/app.bsky.feed.post/3mfu67rsnq22u" data-bluesky-cid="bafyreiecv4n26wa2vx7nbargp6pvy6kpwmzezv5jrgitmabmlhex6enj3a" data-bluesky-embed-color-mode="system"><p lang="en">Inflation was "obliterated" the same way Iran's nuclear program was.<br><br><a href="https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:qealhr2gmncfimdh3ywyytgq/post/3mfu67rsnq22u?ref_src=embed">[image or embed]</a></p> -- David Rothkopf (<a href="https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:qealhr2gmncfimdh3ywyytgq?ref_src=embed">@djrothkopf.bsky.social</a>) <a href="https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:qealhr2gmncfimdh3ywyytgq/post/3mfu67rsnq22u?ref_src=embed">Feb 27, 2026 at 11:51 AM</a></blockquote><script async src="https://embed.bsky.app/static/embed.js" charset="utf-8"></script> Sun, 01 Mar 2026 09:30:11 -0500 Nixon https://drudge.com/news/290356/economy-core-wholesale-prices-rose-08#discuss tag:drudge.com,2005:weblog.290356 news, 0.5 daily 290356 https://drudge.com/news/290204/ohio-mayor-arrested-after-allegations https://www.wkyc.com/article/news/local/northeast-ohio/village-of-butler-mayor-wesley-dingus-charged-voyeurism-sniffing-teen-girl-underwear/95-767df36b-accb-40c9-b2b8-3b7998b3898a Butler Mayor Wesley Dingus faces allegations of voyeurism after authorities say he was caught on a hidden camera sniffing a teen girl's underwear. <blockquote class="bluesky-embed" data-bluesky-uri="at://did:plc:t6ubj2wlhc34awzcymh3qpur/app.bsky.feed.post/3mfby2fq3ds2p" data-bluesky-cid="bafyreieuh3bywutotdbczayit5fauyrgupox5rsirgrn6zjb7tpzqo4r6m" data-bluesky-embed-color-mode="system"><p lang="en">Butler, Ohio Republican Mayor Wayne Dingus was charged with voyeurism after he was caught sniffing an underage girl's underwear.<br><br><a href="https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:t6ubj2wlhc34awzcymh3qpur/post/3mfby2fq3ds2p?ref_src=embed">[image or embed]</a></p> -- Ron Filipkowski (<a href="https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:t6ubj2wlhc34awzcymh3qpur?ref_src=embed">@ronfilipkowski.bsky.social</a>) <a href="https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:t6ubj2wlhc34awzcymh3qpur/post/3mfby2fq3ds2p?ref_src=embed">Feb 20, 2026 at 6:12 AM</a></blockquote><script async src="https://embed.bsky.app/static/embed.js" charset="utf-8"></script> Sun, 22 Feb 2026 09:30:14 -0500 Nixon https://drudge.com/news/290204/ohio-mayor-arrested-after-allegations#discuss tag:drudge.com,2005:weblog.290204 news, 0.5 daily 290204 https://drudge.com/news/290149/92-million-porta-potties-alligator https://www.tampabay.com/viewpoints/2026/02/18/92-million-porta-potties-big-spending-alligator-alcatraz-column/ Scott Maxwell: Still no official audits of all this "emergency" spending. <blockquote class="bluesky-embed" data-bluesky-uri="at://did:plc:7qqkq2zdwq4j5jingukgtuky/app.bsky.feed.post/3mf3bcxejkk2r" data-bluesky-cid="bafyreibadpbfafag4of7d3cq5jxvsfmoe5dspzlohmzd7okgkudmsbclau" data-bluesky-embed-color-mode="system"><p lang="en">$92 million for porta-potties? Big spending at Florida's "Alligator Alcatraz."<br><br><a href="https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:7qqkq2zdwq4j5jingukgtuky/post/3mf3bcxejkk2r?ref_src=embed">[image or embed]</a></p> -- Jon Cooper (<a href="https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:7qqkq2zdwq4j5jingukgtuky?ref_src=embed">@joncooper-us.bsky.social</a>) <a href="https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:7qqkq2zdwq4j5jingukgtuky/post/3mf3bcxejkk2r?ref_src=embed">Feb 17, 2026 at 2:10 PM</a></blockquote><script async src="https://embed.bsky.app/static/embed.js" charset="utf-8"></script> Wed, 18 Feb 2026 13:32:26 -0500 Nixon https://drudge.com/news/290149/92-million-porta-potties-alligator#discuss tag:drudge.com,2005:weblog.290149 news, 0.5 daily 290149