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A recent Wall Street Journal survey conducted with NORC at the University of Chicago found that long-held, traditional American values — including patriotism, religious faith, having children, and belonging to a community — are declining in importance for Americans. Read More.

(The Center Square) – A judge has sided with business owners in a case challenging the city of Phoenix’s handling of a sprawling homelessness encampment. Read More.

North Carolina-based First Citizens Bank and Trust has purchased Silicon Valley Bank (SVB), the tech industry favorite that collapsed earlier this month amidst an historic bank run. Read More.

Afghanistan’s extremist Taliban government released photographs late last week of some of the U.S. military equipment that it seized in the wake of President Joe Biden’s disastrous pullout from Afghanistan. Read More.

The high court ordered Maricopa County Superior Court Judge Peter Thompson to review that element of Lake's case again to determine if Lake can prove “votes (were) affected ‘in sufficient numbers to alter the outcome of the election.’” Read More.

TikTok CEO Shou Zi Chew spent Thursday’s congressional hearing on the ropes in a bipartisan beatdown. Read More.

Another wrinkle has been introduced into the short, tortured existence of President Joe Biden’s student debt cancellation plan. Read More.

The president's approval of 38% is largely due to support from Democrats, 76% of whom approve of his job as president, the poll shows. Read More.

During an interview with CBS News on Tuesday, Moody’s Analytics Chief Economist Mark Zandi stated that the problems in the banking industry are the inevitable result of rate hikes by the Federal Reserve where “things are going to start to wobble and break and it’s going to feel uncomfortable.” Read More.

Expect more details—and more controversy—coming soon on the Chinese origins of COVID-19 as a House select committee continues its investigation. Read More.

The agency had 98 encounters with people of the watch list for entire fiscal year at ports of entry, reportedly more than the total for during the Trump administration. Read More.

The contrast couldn’t be clearer. Read More.

Hunter Biden escalated the legal fight over his controversial laptop on Friday, filing a countersuit against the Delaware computer repairman who released a trove of documents from the first son’s computer. Read More.

Switzerland‘s two largest banks are poised to merge in a deal regulators sought to help create stability as volatility rocks financial institutions around the globe. Read More.

Just as a rising tide lifts all boats, so ebbing ones sink them closer to the rocks. Economies are the same. Read More.