Trump signing executive orders to lower beef prices as cost of a steak breaks records

President Trump is signing a pair of executive orders aimed at lowering beef prices, a White House official told The Post – his latest effort to ease affordability as the price of a tasty steak skyrockets and inflation concerns loom ahead of this year’s midterm elections. The new orders will ramp up beef imports and encourage the renewal of the US cattle herd, which has shrunk to a 75-year low amid record drought levels and higher production costs. The first executive order will temporarily suspend an annual tariff-rate quota on beef imports, which applies a higher rate after a certain…

Why Lakers’ Luka Doncic wouldn’t have made a difference against Thunder

Do you know the craziest part of the Lakers’ second-round playoff series against the Thunder? There’s such a wide chasm between the two teams that it has all-but-nullified what would’ve been a burning question in every other series involving LA.  Would things have been different had Luka Doncic played?  Doncic,…

Exclusive | DNI Tulsi Gabbard probes US funding to more than 120 biolabs abroad

WASHINGTON — Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard is investigating more than 120 biological laboratories abroad that were funded by US taxpayer dollars for decades, as part of an effort to end potentially risky experiments with viruses pursuant to President Trump’s executive order on so-called “gain-of-function” research. Gabbard told The…

Sleeping with more than one pillow may have an unexpected health risk

Talk about a slumber setback. It’s not just when you go to bed, but how your head hits the pillow that can significantly influence several aspects of your well-being, from breathing and digestion to spine alignment. And while many prefer two pillows to get a good night’s rest, some people…

Five Guys closing multiple California stores, including 2 LA County locations

Burger chain Five Guys is shuttering multiple California locations and cutting dozens of jobs as the fast-casual giant buckles under financial pressures — as critics say their high menu prices are pushing consumers away. The chain is permanently closing two restaurants in Los Angeles County, one in Whittier and another…

Action News’ Chopper 6 crashes in NJ; pilot and photographer killed

A Philadelphia news pilot and photographer were killed when a helicopter crashed in New Jersey on Tuesday night. Action News helicopter Chopper 6 went down in a wooded area in Wharton State Forest near Hammonton, New Jersey, just after 8 p.m., WPVI reported. They were the only people aboard the seven-seat aircraft and…

Obama blasts LA homeless ‘atrocity’ in jab at Gavin Newsom

Barack Obama took a thinly-veiled jab at California Gov. Gavin Newsom over the homeless “atrocity” in Los Angeles Saturday. During a conversation with YouTuber Brian Tyler Cohen, Obama explained: “We should recognize that the average person doesn’t want to have to navigate around a tent city in the middle of…

Dodgers’ Yoshinobu Yamamoto has solid chance at Cy Young Award

PHOENIX — Baby got back. Pocket-sized World Series hero Yoshinobu Yamamoto has returned to the Dodgers with a substantial posterior that was sculpted over the winter to withstand what promises to be a demanding year that includes the World Baseball Classic. Everything about the 5-foot-10 right-hander looks stronger, from his chest to…

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