The Fed’s long-awaited rate cut is colliding with presidential politics
The Federal Reserve is preparing to cut interest rates for the first time in the Biden era after the White House spent the last three years grappling with Americans’ dissatisfaction with the cost of living,
Trump Says Fed's Rate Cut Was 'Political Move'
Most people thought it was going to be half of that number, which probably would have been the right thing to do," Trump said in an interview with Newsmax. The Federal Reserve on Wednesday kicked off what is expected to be a series of interest rate cuts with an unusually large half-percentage-point reduction.
US Federal Reserve cuts interest rates for the first time in four years
The US Federal Reserve has slashed interest rates by half a point, the first reduction in more than four years. We talk to experts and businesses about the impact this will have in the economy. A second wave of blasts have taken place in Lebanon,
Fed rate cut: How inflation and home loans have changed
The Federal Reserve has cut its benchmark interest rate for the first time in more than four years, which will have consequences for mortgage rates, car loans and credit card debt. The Fed’s half-point rate cut is a major strategic shift and a sign policymakers believe they’re winning the war against inflation.
Federal Reserve cuts rates by half a point and signals era of easing has begun
The Federal Reserve cut its benchmark interest rate by half a percentage point on Wednesday and signalled more reductions would follow, launching its first easing cycle since the onset of the pandemic.
Toronto: ‘Russians at War' Director on Political Reasons for Russia-Ukraine War: "I Don't Know"
After stirring controversy in Venice with her documentary Russians at War, and seeing her North American premiere postponed ...
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Israel vs. Hamas, Hezbollah, Iran — and Itself
Hezbollah is a Shiite group, heavily militarized, infinitely more sophisticated than Hamas, infinitely better armed, and it obviously doesn’t have the sense of isolation. And in fact, in a relatively ...
Harris hopes to turn Ukraine war to winning issue in battle for Polish American votes
Harris hopes to capitalize on Polish Americans' historic animosity toward Russia and on Trump's hesitancy to back Ukraine ...
Washington and the West struggle for a way forward with Putin’s Russia
In the United States and Europe, there is growing uncertainty about how to counter Putin’s aggression without stoking a ...
Right and Left Both Want To Cancel Books They Don't Like
Both the right and the left are waging a war against books. The right is focusing on schools. According to a PEN America ...
Israel expands war objectives as questions swirl over defense minister’s future
The addition of the new war aim may push Israel to shift its military focus to its northern front as it warns that its ...
Why Israel hit Hezbollah with a surprise device attack — and here’s what comes next
Israeli senior political and military leaders have been very clear in this time that they see the security situation along their northern border as unsustainable,” an expert told The ...
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US commemorates 9/11 attacks with victims in focus, but politics in view
It’s not political,” said Melissa Tarasiewicz ... Effects rippled around the world and through generations as the U.S.
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The powerful political ‘family’ that influenced Arkansas’s early days and pre-Civil War US
Throughout the early days of Arkansas' statehood leading up to the Civil War, a powerful group of Democrats known as the "The ...
How socialite Pamela Harriman became a political power player
In “Kingmaker,” Sonia Purnell revisits the life, and many loves, of a Brit who energized dispirited Democrats in the age of ...
A Look at Hezbollah and What a Wider War Would Mean for Lebanon
Lebanon and Israel have repeatedly traded strikes since the Gaza war began in October, killing civilians and combatants in ...
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Enugu: Gov Mbah rules out political correctness in war against insecurity
Governor of Enugu State, Dr. Peter Mbah, has ruled out political correctness in the war against insecurity in state. Mbah ...