By Daniel Lacalle
The long-term forecast for higher interest rates, according to Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen, makes it more difficult to control US borrowing needs, which emphasizes the significance of raising revenue in the forthcoming budget talks with Republican lawmakers. There is only one problem. She is wrong.
According to the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) baseline, which does not assume a single year of recession and already counts with record tax revenues, the 2025 primary deficit will reach $851 billion... Читать дальше...
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Newfoundland and Labrador has floated an eyebrow-raising trial balloon in a bid to further the public health fight against tobacco and nicotine.
Three people were seriously injured when their hot air balloon struck power lines and caught on fire before crashing into a field in Indiana, authorities said.
The 46th Antarctic Treaty Consultative Meeting (ATCM-46), held in Kochi (in the southern Indian state of Kerala) from May 20 to 30, 2024 and hosted by the Ministry of Earth Sciences, Government of India through the National Centre for Polar and Ocean Research (NCPOR), was anticipated to yield concrete measures for the governance of Antarctic activities.
Читать дальше...The families of victims of the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting asked a bankruptcy judge to liquidate Alex Jones’s media company over the weekend. Jones and his company, Free Speech Systems, filed for bankruptcy protection after he was ordered in 2022 to pay nearly $1.5 billion to family members of the victims of the Sandy...
"I have way too much respect for her and women to put that into the universe," the ESPN host says
Читать дальше...The Liberals' pharmacare bill is headed to the Senate after passing third reading in the House of Commons.
An ultra-woke Chicago alderwoman will stop issuing crime alerts because of her commitment to "values of empowerment, antiracism, and community," she said.
James Corden was photographed in a conversation with airline staff over the weekend, but fellow passengers from their “nightmare” flight are defending the actor and explaining what happened. When photos surfaced of James in the chat with airline staff, some reports implied that he was misbehaving, but that’s not the case at all. He was [...]
Innocent Palestinians bear the brunt of Israel’s Gaza war, but they are not the only victims of the conflict. So are freedoms of expression, the media, and academia in the West, as well as Arab autocracies.
Читать дальше...Republican whining about a weaponized justice system is a projection.
Last week, Ticketmaster confirmed it was hacked. The group claiming to be behind the breach said it stole the data of some 560 million customers and offered to sell those details for half a million dollars on the dark web. CBS News reporter Zak Hudak has more.
Here's a look at the top stories making headlines on the "CBS Evening News with Norah O'Donnell."
An abandoned Detroit train station has been transformed into a focal point for tech start-ups, providing a boost to a city now seeing signs of recovery after years of decline. NBC News' Jesse Kirsch reports.
Draglist LIVE returns tonight, Monday, June 3rd, at 8 PM Eastern on YouTube! Go to https://www.youtube.com/@draglist/streams and there we are! Hope you can drop in to watch, listen, and chat! The Chat section will be to the right of the show window. Our guest tonight will be the great Kay Therkelsen of Salt City Muscle. […]
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A top prosecutor gave notice Monday that her office would drop the criminal charges against a Minnesota state trooper who fatally shot a Black motorist during a traffic stop in Minneapolis last year, saying she did not believe it would be possible to convict the officer at trial.
Читать дальше...Brittany Mahomes took to Instagram to show her support for Caitlin Clark.
Ambassador Mike Herzog emphasized Israel's struggle for self-defense amid the Gaza war at the Jerusalem Post Conference, contrasting views with former VP Pence.