https://www.nbcnews.com/business/consumer/egg-prices-decline-grocery-shoppers-face-uncertainty-rcna205220
Egg prices are stabilizing after a sharp run-up earlier this year, but grocery shoppers are already getting used to shelling out more for those and other pantry staples.

After peaking at $6.55 in mid-March, a dozen eggs sold for an average of $5.45 nationwide as of the week ending April 19, according to the latest data available from the market research firm NIQ. The ongoing decline is welcome news for consumers, but it comes amid higher prices for a number of pantry staples even as inflation overall has cooled.

The price surge has shifted shoppers’ expectations, and many have begun to make peace with much higher costs, however grudgingly. The average price consumers say they’d pay for a dozen eggs is $5.56, the market research firm Numerator reported last month, up sharply from $4.90 in January.

“This increased willingness to pay over the past few months indicates consumers are growing accustomed to higher egg prices, either consciously or subconsciously,” the researchers said.

And it isn’t just eggs: Many shoppers are bracing to pay more for groceries overall as they shift focus toward covering essentials.

Many are now planning to trim their spending this summer on everything from clothing and furniture to travel, according to a survey the consulting firm KPMG released in late April. Groceries were one of just two categories where shoppers said they expect to spend more.

“Tariffs have gone from background noise to front and center for consumers — and their grocery receipts show it,” Heather Rice, consumer and retail tax leader at KPMG, said in a statement with the results. “Shoppers are more price-sensitive than ever, and many are connecting rising costs directly to tariffs.”

I hate to say it, but trump just won again. China folded under the pressure of the trade war, an EO will make prescription drug prices cost the same as other countries, and the Saudis are buying us a new AF1

The previous legislation to lower prescription drug prices was blocked by Joe Biden, but trump will now enact it via EO.
https://www.cnn.com/politics/live-news/us-china-tariffs-trade-talks-trump-05-12-25
Trade war breakthrough: The US and China agreed to drastically roll back tariffs on each other’s goods for an initial 90 days, de-escalating a punishing trade war and buoying global markets. By May 14, the US will temporarily lower its overall tariffs on Chinese goods from 145% to 30%, while China will cut its levies on American imports from 125% to 10%.

• Lowering drug prices: President Donald Trump plans to sign an executive order that will revive a controversial policy from his first term that aims to reduce drug costs by basing payments for certain medicines on their prices in other countries. He will be joined by Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. at a news conference this morning.

• Middle East trip: Trump will visit three wealthy Gulf Arab nations this week, hoping to deepen economic ties. In Qatar, the Trump administration is expected to accept a luxury jet from the royal family to use as Air Force One, raising legal and ethical questions.

President Donald Trump took to social media this morning to preview an executive order aimed at lowering drug costs that he is expected to sign later today.

The president announced yesterday that he plans to resurrect a controversial policy from his first term that aims to reduce drug costs by basing payments for certain medicines on their prices in other countries.

His prior rule, called “Most Favored Nation,” was finalized in late 2020 but blocked by federal courts and rescinded by then-President Joe Biden in 2021, as reported by CNN.

https://www.politico.com/news/2025/05/10/republicans-partial-tax-plan-estimated-to-cost-5-trillion-00340347


Rep. Jason Smith (R-Mo.) is seen outside a House Republican Conference meeting on Capitol Hill, Oct. 11, 2023. | Francis Chung/POLITICO

By Benjamin Guggenheim

05/10/2025 09:27 PM EDT

An early version of the House GOP’s tax plan would cost nearly $5 trillion, according to a new estimate from Congress’s nonpartisan tax scorekeeper.

The cost far exceeds what is permitted by the budget resolution Republicans adopted earlier this year, which set the parameters for the massive package of tax cuts and extensions, energy policy and border security investments the party wants to pass in the coming weeks.

The estimate, released Saturday evening by the Joint Committee on Taxation, also underscores how much hinges on the final details of the plan, which are likely to be unveiled Monday afternoon ahead of a scheduled Tuesday markup by the House Ways and Means Committee, chaired by Rep. Jason Smith (R-Mo.).

The House Republican-approved budget allows for $4.5 trillion in tax cuts — contingent on the GOP being able to find $2 trillion in spending cuts. Speaker Mike Johnson indicated last week that House Republicans are looking at a skinnier, $4 trillion tax plan, paired with $1.5 trillion in spending cuts.

The partial text of the tax proposal released by the Ways and Means late Friday would make permanent the individual income tax rates, which are otherwise due to expire at the end of the year. It also would extend and temporarily boost far-reaching tax benefits like the standard deduction and the Child Tax Credit.

But this early, so-called skinny version of the tax bill is otherwise silent on President Donald Trump’s biggest tax priorities he touted on the campaign trail, like his proposal to eliminate taxes on tips. It also bears no mention of the expensive business provisions that Republicans want to restore.

SEOUL, May 11 (Reuters) - South Korea's former prime minister and acting president Han Duck-soo ended a short, ill-fated attempt to win the conservative party's presidential nomination on Sunday after days of internecine disputes just days out from the election.
Rival Kim Moon-soo was chosen as nominee for the People Power Party after party members voted on Saturday to retain him over Han, whose late entry into the race derailed the consensus over its candidate for the June 3 presidential vote.


https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-pacific/south-koreas-former-pm-han-drops-presidential-bid-ending-rift-among-2025-05-11/

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cy4k3j91q84o
Donald Trump has ordered the US Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to add at least 20,000 officers to enforce his deportation policies.

The US president's directive was issued on Friday and forms part of his administration's plan to incentivise undocumented immigrants to self-deport.

In a video, Trump said he was making it "as easy as possible" for them to leave the US.

The federal government will fund flights out of the US for undocumented people who choose to leave voluntarily and provide an "exit bonus", the executive order stated.

The president's call to increase staff comes as his administration pursues multiple pathways to force undocumented immigrants to leave the US.

His order on Friday did not specify how the increase in staffing at the DHS would be funded.

Immigrations and Customs Enforcement (ICE), the sub-agency that primarily deals with illegal immigration, currently has more than 21,000 employees.

Of those, it has 6,100 deportation officers and more than 750 enforcement removal assistants, according to the agency's website.

Trump has long called for local and state law enforcement, as well as the National Guard, to assist with border enforcement.

The order calls on the DHS to supplement its current efforts "by deputising and contracting with state and local law enforcement officers, former federal officers, officers and personnel within other federal agencies".

FASCIST dictator Donald Dump Trump, calls for the EXECUTION of his political enemies.
His brown-shirt act as a unified force and attempt to carry out his wishes
https://www.rawstory.com/roger-stone-mark-kelly-2671924632/
'You heard me right': Top Trump confidant calls for Dem lawmaker to be tried and executed

Longtime ally of Donald Trump, Roger Stone, attacked a Democratic lawmaker after the Senator called out "blatant corruption" by the president.

In an email sent Friday, Sen. Mark Kelly (D-AZ) said that he called out Trump's crypto coins and his effort to make "millions of dollars" from the effort. Kelly noted that he co-sponsored legislation that would make it illegal for top officials to engage in what he called crypto "corruption."

The End Crypto Corruption Act would ban the president, vice president, top administration officials and their immediate families "from issuing, endorsing, or sponsoring crypto assets, such as meme coins and stablecoins," Kelly's senate website said.

The site also explained that Trump's "crypto assets now account for nearly 40% of his wealth, and his net worth has increased by $2.9 billion thanks to crypto investments." The Kelly legislation endeavors to stop conflicts of interest with a "blanket prohibition" on such investments that "could be self-serving," the site said.

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Kelly posted on X about his support of the measure on Wednesday, citing his colleague, Sen. Jeff Merkley (D-OR), who authored the legislation.

That's when Stone attacked.

Reposting Kelly's comments, Stone said, "Senator Mark Kelly is cashing in on his US Senate seat as a partner in a Chinese communist company that makes surveillance balloons. He should be charged with treason and if convicted executed, consistent with federal law."

Kelly served in the Navy for 25 years, and joined NASA in 1996. He left both after an assassination attempt on his wife, former Rep. Gabby Giffords (D-AZ), Fox News reported at the time.

"When I jo

https://www.democracynow.org/2025/5/12/headlines/feds_arrest_newark_mayor_ras_baraka_at_ice_jail_trump_admin_warns_dem_lawmakers_could_be_next
On Friday, federal agents arrested the mayor of Newark, New Jersey, Ras Baraka, on trespassing charges after he joined a congressional delegation to inspect a privately run ICE immigration jail in Newark owned by the GEO Group. Baraka, who is running for New Jersey governor, was held for five hours.
The Department of Homeland Security has also threatened to arrest the three Democratic lawmakers who visited the ICE facility: LaMonica McIver, Bonnie Watson Coleman, and Rob Menendez. A DHS spokesperson said more arrests are “still on the table.”

The ACLU of New Jersey described the arrest and threats as a “shameful escalation of the Trump administration’s intimidation campaign against officials who refuse to do their bidding.”

https://www.newsweek.com/donald-trump-approval-rating-economy-plunges-new-low-2070511
Public confidence regarding President Donald Trump's economic management has declined, a recent poll by The Associated Press shows, even as his overall approval rating experiences a slight uptick since April.

Newsweek contacted Trump's office for comment via online form on Saturday outside of usual working hours.

The May 2025 AP-NORC Center Poll conducted for NORC Center for Public Affairs Research, with funding from The Associated Press and NORC at the University of Chicago, reveals that just over one-third of Americans are confident in Trump's ability to handle the economy and job creation.

When those polled were asked: "Overall, do you approve or disapprove of the way Donald Trump is handling the economy?" of the 1,175 adult respondents, 36 percent approved, while 63 percent disapproved.

This marks a decrease from earlier in the year, which may reflect growing skepticism amid rising tariffs and persistent inflation concerns.

As previously reported by Newsweek, Trump began his second term with higher approval ratings than ever. But, in recent weeks, polls have started to show his popularity rating decline after he released his new program of "Liberation Day" tariffs, which rocked markets and heightened concerns about inflation and a possible recession.

Trump's economic message, built around tax cuts, deregulation, and an "America First" trade policy, has historically served as his political stronghold. Even when his overall approval slipped, he consistently earned his strongest support from voters on economic issues.

As reported by The Associated Press, during Trump's first term, the economy was an issue on which Americans frequently gave him good marks. In October 2020, just before he lost reelection, an AP-NORC poll found that about half of U.S. adults approved of Trump's handling of the economy.