Christopher Waller, a member of the Federal Reserve Board of Governors, said that further interest rate increases will be “probably unnecessary,” pointing to data showing that inflation is not “accelerating.” “Central bankers should never say never, but the data suggests that inflation isn't accelerating, and I believe that further increases in the policy rate are...
{beacon} 12:30 REPORT It’s Tuesday. It’s only a few days until the holiday weekend. We’ve got this!! Here’s what’s happening today: Former President Trump’s defense team rested its case this morning *without* him testifying. Oh, and by the way, the trial hit a new level of chaos yesterday. So much so that the judge cleared...
Members of Congress should not regard the Chevron discussion as one primarily for courts, litigators and regulators. This court fight is principally about the core power of Congress.
Rep. Jasmine Crockett could soon claim ownership of the jab she hurled at Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) in an epic clash during a House Oversight and Accountability Committee hearing last week, with the Texas Democrat's campaign filing a trademark application for the phrase. An application for "bleach blonde bad built butch body" was filed...
A visitor to Grand Teton National Park in Wyoming was “seriously injured” in a bear attack Sunday afternoon, according to the National Park Service (NPS). The 35-year-old man from Massachusetts was near the road that leads to the summit of Signal Mountain, according to a press release. “Grand Teton National Park rangers and Teton County...
Rep. Cori Bush (D-Mo.) revived a bill this week to provide mental health resources for families that have been affected by police violence. The Helping Families Heal Act would establish grant programs within the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to expand communities’ ability to fund a range of mental health programs to support victims, families...
A person protesting against the Biden administration’s response to the Israel-Hamas war was lifted out of a Senate Foreign Relations hearing on Tuesday after interrupting Secretary of State Antony Blinken’s testimony. The protester, a young woman wearing a t-shirt that read “invest in life,” held two signs reading “war criminal,” referring to Blinken. She was...
President Biden will give an update on a 2022 expansion of health benefits for veterans at an event in New Hampshire Tuesday. Biden will speak with veterans and their families about the implementation of the PACT Act, which increased access to treatment for toxic chemical exposure. Military service has often led to such exposure. Proximity...
The United Nations Security Council rejected a Russian-backed resolution that called to prevent the deployment of weapons in space after the U.S., France and the U.K. all voted against the measure. The final vote was 7-7 with one abstention. In favor of the measure was Algeria, China, Ecuador, Guyana, Mozambique, Russia, and Sierra Leone. Against...
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu called the International Criminal Court (ICC) prosecutor “rogue,” in response to his requests for arrest warrants for Netanyahu, Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Gallant and three Hamas officials on Monday. In an interview Tuesday with MSNBC’s Stephanie Ruhle, Netanyahu invoked President Biden’s response when asked about the warrants. “Well, I think...
House Oversight and Accountability Committee Chair James Comer (R-Ky.) compared President Biden to former President Nixon over his handling of the special counsel tapes. Last week, the president invoked executive privilege to block House Republicans from obtaining audio recordings of his interviews with special counsel Robert Hur about his handling of classified documents, after the...
Will Bumble, already a struggling company, recover from its advertising misstep? More importantly, what does the scenario say about today’s romantic and sexual landscape?
Pope Francis remarked that climate change is "a road to death" and has gotten to a "point of no return" during an interview aired Monday evening. “Unfortunately, we have gotten to a point of no return. It's sad, but that's what it is. Global warming is a serious problem,” Francis said in a “CBS Evening...
Experts estimate 271 million Americans will fly this summer travel season as overseas trips become increasingly popular.
Former Republican Rep. Bob Barr (Ga.) was elected as the new president of the National Rifle Association (NRA), as the gun-rights advocacy group turns a new chapter following the resignation of Wayne LaPierre earlier this year. Barr, who served in the House of Representatives from 1995 until 2003, said the NRA needs to expand membership,...
Comcast has made details public on how much its planned streaming bundle will cost consumers. For $15 a month, customers will get access to Peacock, Netflix and Apple TV+, the company announced Tuesday. No annual contract will be required, and the company estimated an annual savings of 30 percent, or $100 per year, as compared...
Jailed former White House economic adviser Peter Navarro predicted Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell would get the boot in a second Trump administration. “My guess is that this punctilious non-economist will be gone in a hundred days one way or the other,” Navarro said in an interview with Semafor, published Tuesday. Navarro name-checked Kevin Hassett...
The retail industry suffered an estimated $112 billion in financial losses associated with theft in 2022, according to data.
It won’t spur U.S. manufacturing and it won’t help countries like Costa Rica and Uruguay modernize their economies.
The White House blasted former President Trump on Tuesday after he shared a video on Truth Social that referenced a "unified Reich" if he won a second term, calling it "dangerous and offensive." "It is abhorrent, sickening, and disgraceful for anyone to promote content associated with Germany’s Nazi government under Adolf Hitler," White House deputy...
Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) slammed Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito for an American flag that fled upside-down at his Virginia home, saying that despite tensions running high in the neighborhood, it was "not good judgment" on Alito's part. “Emotions are apparently high in that neighborhood,” Graham told reporters on Monday. “But no, it’s not...
Former President Trump’s hush money trial resumed Tuesday morning, and the defense rested its case-in-chief within an hour. The proceedings began around 9:30 a.m. with the testimony of a witness whose decorum on the stand a day prior led the judge to briefly clear his courtroom. Robert Costello, a former adviser to ex-fixer Michael Cohen,...
Former President Trump will not take the stand in his own defense during his New York criminal trial, after his attorneys rested their case Tuesday, shortly after prosecutors did the same the day before. "We'll be resting pretty quickly — resting meaning resting the case. I won’t be resting," Trump said outside the courtroom Tuesday...
A pro-Palestinian encampment at the University of Michigan was broken up by police early Tuesday morning, weeks after it was first set up. The school had determined the encampment was becoming a safety threat, and students refused to comply and fix the problems, said Michigan spokesperson Colleen Mastony. “Following a May 17 inspection by...