Global Bonds Recover as Warsh’s Inflation Fight Calms Market
Global bond yields retreated Thursday, calming a pressured market after the Federal Reserve’s rate hike and Chairman Kevin Warsh’s vow to tame inflation, whi...
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Trump Bans Canadian Goods From US Government Purchases
President Donald Trump directed agencies to remove Canadian goods from government contracts, executing an earlier threat as tensions between the two countrie...
PF em Sergipe: Operação combate falsificação de documentos | G1
A ação é desdobramento da prisão de um homem por estelionato em uma agência bancária em Ribeirópolis.
Supermercado é multado em R$ 400 mil por diferença de preços em MG | G1
Fiscalização em loja de Formiga, no Centro-Oeste de Minas, identificou irregularidades em alimentos, bebidas, produtos de limpeza, esponjas e inseticidas. Cabe recurso da decisão.
Trump slams the Fed rate hike, says he told Warsh 'you might as well vote with the board'
President Trump reacted to Wednesday's interest rate increase by saying rates "in the United States should be 1%, or less."
House approves bill aimed at putting data center electricity costs on tech companies
The House on Tuesday passed a bill aimed at shielding Americans from increased electricity costs associated with data centers. The bill requires states to consider taking up standards that would force tech companies to shoulder the electricity cost increases associated with large data centers but doesn’t actually require them to regulate. The bipartisan Ratepayer Protection Act,…
Trump donor Harold Hamm’s oil company announces Venezuela deal
Trump donor Harold Hamm’s oil company Continental Resources announced a deal Wednesday to drill in Venezuela. Continental signed a memorandum of understanding with Venezuela’s state-run oil company that would allow it to operate in a 126,000 acre-area of the oil-rich Orinoco Belt, according to a press release. “Continental was built to recognize great resource opportunities and…
Trump is hands-off on Houthis and the Saudis aren’t happy
Welcome to The Hill’s Defense & NatSec newsletter {beacon} Defense &National Security Defense &National Security The Big Story Trump is hands-off on Houthis and the Saudis aren’t happy President Trump is taking a notably hands-off approach as Iran-backed Houthi rebels in Yemen rapidly gain ground in their bid to secure a Red Sea choke…
Trump health nominees face tame Senate hearing: 3 takeaways
Senators heard from three of President Trump’s health nominees on Wednesday, including his third pick to be U.S. surgeon general, with this recent crop seeming to better align with what lawmakers wanted to hear. The Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) held a hearing to go over the nominations of Nicole Saphier…
Court tosses EPA restrictions on highly toxic paint stripper chemical
A federal appeals court this week threw out an Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) rule that banned most uses of a highly toxic chemical used as a paint stripper. The EPA has said that the chemical in question, known as methylene chloride (MC), is “likely to be carcinogenic to humans.” When it put forward the rule…
Warsh says Fed cares ‘very much’ about AI developments
Federal Reserve Chair Kevin Warsh said Wednesday the central bank is keeping tabs on rapidly developing artificial intelligence (AI) models. “We care very much about what’s happening in artificial intelligence,” Warsh told reporters, after the Federal Open Market Committee raised interest rates by a quarter point. The Fed chair noted he is interested in how…
More Americans say AI will hurt the environment than help it: Poll
More Americans believe AI will have negative environmental impacts on the upcoming decade than those who think the technology will help the environment, a poll released Wednesday found. In the newly published survey from The Associated Press/NORC Center for Public Affairs Research, 47 percent of respondents predicted AI will do “more to hurt” the environment…
'Interest Rates in the United States should be 1%': Trump reacts to Fed's rate hike
President Trump reacted to Wednesday's interest rate increase by saying rates "in the United States should be 1%, or less."
Fed raises interest rates by a quarter point in unanimous decision, marking first hike in 3 years
Wall Street was overwhelmingly expecting the Federal Reserve to raise interest rates for the first time in more than three years.
House approves AM radio requirement for new cars.
The bill would require all new cars, including electric vehicles like Tesla, to be capable of broadcasting AM radio. It now advances to the Senate, where a companion bill has already racked up 60 cosponsors. The bill’s main sponsor Senator Ed Markey (D-MA) celebrated the House passage in a statement: > This vote sends a clear message to car manufacturers that AM Radio is a lifeline that must be protected in new vehicles. From emergency response to sports, entertainment, and news, AM radio is an essential communication tool for tens of millions of Americans. Some automakers have dropped AM radio in recent years, citing dwindling audiences and possible interference with electric powertains. [Link: U.S. House Passes Bill to Require AM Radio in New Cars - Radio World | https://www.radioworld.com/news-and-business/headlines/u-s-house-passes-bill-to-require-am-radio-in-new-cars | Radio World]
Retired lieutenant general: US responding to ‘arms race in space’ that’s already underway
Retired U.S. Air Force Lt. Gen. David Deptula on Tuesday said the revelation that the U.S. has deployed weapons into space is in response to a space “arms race” that has “already been underway,” referring to similar efforts by Russia and China. Deptula told NewsNation’s Katie Pavlich on “Katie Pavlich Tonight” that Russia and China…
US Indictment Exposes Russian Global Assassination Network
Last year, a former military officer in the Russian intelligence services named Yuri Khrameev offered $25,000 to a US citizen to track and kill someone in Li...
Fed hikes interest rates for first time in three years in unanimous decision
Wall Street was overwhelmingly expecting the Federal Reserve to raise interest rates for the first time in more than three years.