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A new report shows the number of police officers shot on the job hit a new high in 2023. The National Fraternal Order of Police, a national police group with nearly 400,000 members, released the report, which showed 378 officers were shot in the line of duty in 2023, up 14% from the previous year, when 330 were shot. Of the 378 shot this year, 46 died from their injuries. A graphic from the report shows the significant increase in recent years as well as the breakdown by state. [caption id="attachment_159457" align="aligncenter" width="412"] A graphic from the National Fraternal Order of Police shows how many law enforcement officers were shot in the line of duty in 2023.  Graphic / National Fraternal Order of Police[/caption] The report goes on to say that there were 115 "ambush-style" attacks on officers in 2023, leading to 20 fatally shot officers. Patrick Yoes, National President of the Fraternal Order of Police, bl...

  As a record number of known, suspected terrorists have been apprehended attempting to enter the U.S. and a record number of antisemitic incidents have occurred in the U.S., the president and the director of the FBI have admitted it’s more likely than ever that a terrorist act could be committed on U.S. soil. In an interview with 60 Minutes on Sunday night, when asked if the threat of terrorism in the United States has increased because of conflict in the Middle East, President Joe Biden replied, “yes.” Biden also said he met with Department of Homeland Security and FBI officials "for the better part of an hour to discuss how we make sure that we prevent a lone wolf and/or any coordinated effort to try to do what was done in synagogues before, do what was done to Jews in the street. We're making a major effort to make sure that doesn't happen.” Speaking to police chiefs at the International Police Chiefs Association in San Diego on Saturday, FBI Director Christ...

The number of Americans seeking new mortgages has plummeted as interest rates have risen this year, according to new data. The Mortgage Bankers Associate released the data Wednesday showing that the purchase and refinance applications dropped the market index to its lowest point in 22 years. Mortgage applications decreased 6.5% in the past week. In March, mortgage rates surpassed 4% for the first time since 2019. Now, they are even higher after a period of lower rates in recent years. “The 30-year fixed-rate increased to 5.4 percent after three consecutive declines. While rates were still lower than they were four weeks ago, they remain high enough to still suppress refinance activity,” said Joel Kan, MBA’s Associate Vice President of Economic and Industry Forecasting. “Only government refinances saw a slight increase last week.” Higher mortgage rates are a response to inflation, which is rising at the fastest rate in decades. Kan said those rising mortgage rates have made i...

“The Republican Party, both nationally and in Wisconsin, has become an organization that supports White Supremacists, the violent attempted coup at the US Capitol to overthrow a democratic election, and continues to engineer new ways to undermine fair and democratic elections.” A number of Wisconsin’s progressive advocates and big labor unions want Milwaukee to abandon plans to host the Republican National Convention because they don’t like Republicans’ politics. Voces de la Frontera Action, Power to the Polls, the Milwaukee Area Labor Council, Never Again is Now, and SEIU all signed on to an open letter Tuesday asking Milwaukee’s city council to reject a contract that would be necessary for Milwaukee to host the RNC 2024. “We the undersigned community organizations want to send a clear message to city, county and state leaders: the Republican National Convention is not welcome in Milwaukee,” the groups wrote. “The Republican Party, both nationally and in Wisconsin, has become ...