WASHINGTON — The top Democrat on the House Foreign Affairs Committee said Wednesday that he’s going to block a proposed sale of $2.8 billion in heavy weaponry to Israel over concerns that the powerful bombs may not be used in line with U.S. and international law. Rep. Gregory Meeks of New York said he would
Federal Reserve Chairman Kevin Warsh told markets yesterday that the central bank’s rate-setting committee had unanimously agreed on a 25 basis point interest rate hike to combat inflation. The U.S. base rate now sits at 3.75% to 4%, a quarter-percentage-point increase in the opposite direction of the downward trajectory Trump has been aggressively lobbying for.
“South Park” — or rather “South America” — made its Season 29 debut Wednesday night and wasted no time introducing audiences to the newly named town. The episode, titled “South American Biker Gangs,” kicked off with an updated theme song ringing in the name change — “I’m goin’ down to South America, have myself a
White House Chief of Staff Susie Wiles has announced she is free of cancer, exactly six months after she announced her diagnosis. In a post on X, Wiles said her pathology tests “came back clear” after a visit to the Mayo Clinic earlier this week. Wiles, 69, is considered among the most powerful figures in
Trump regularly likes to tout America as the “hottest” country in the world. Many economists indicate that investment in AI technology – including infrastructure and equipment – has been the driving force in the US economy for several years. According to a recent report by the forecasting firm ING, tech investment accounted for more than
Yet – in public – Europe’s leaders have remained cautiously quiet. Though not, it seems, out of any lack of support for Mark Carney. A number of Europe’s leaders, like Finland’s president – but also French President Emmanuel Macron and Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni, herself once a true Trump fan – are involved in
