Getty ImagesUS stocks and the dollar plunged again as President Donald Trump intensified his attacks on US central bank boss calling him “a major loser” for not lowering interest rates.In a social media post, Trump called on Federal Reserve chair Jerome Powell to cut interest rates “pre-emptively” to help boost the economy, saying Powell had been consistently too slow to respond to economic developments. “There can be a SLOWING of the economy unless Mr. Too Late, a major loser, lowers interest rates, NOW,” he wrote.Trump’s criticism of Powell’s handling of the US economy comes as his own plans for tariffs…
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U.S. President Donald Trump stands behind Pete Hegseth, White House spokesperson Karoline Leavitt said Monday, after reports the defence secretary shared details of a March attack on Yemen’s Iran-aligned Houthis in a message group that included his wife, brother and personal lawyer.”The president absolutely has confidence in Secretary Hegseth. I spoke to him [Trump] about it this morning, and he stands behind him,” Leavitt told reporters.Revelations Hegseth used the unclassified messaging system Signal to share highly sensitive security details for the second time come at a delicate moment for him, as senior officials were ousted from the Pentagon last week as part of…
WHAT WE’RE READING By Ellena Erskine on Apr 21, 2025 at 11:22 am The Supreme Court kicks off the final argument of the 2024-25 term today with arguments in Kennedy v. Braidwood Management and Parrish v. U.S. Read Amy Howe on Braidwood, a dispute over a group’s objection to the HHS task force that determines which preventive services, such as the HIV prevention drugs known as PrEP, must be covered by the Affordable Care Act. Each weekday, we select a short list of news articles and commentary related to the Supreme Court. Here’s the Monday morning read: Recommended Citation: Ellena Erskine,…
Home Daily News Judge finds probable cause to hold US in… Constitutional Law Judge finds probable cause to hold US in contempt; is Trump administration ‘at the cusp of outright defiance’? By Debra Cassens Weiss April 16, 2025, 3:53 pm CDT Chief U.S. District Judge James E. Boasberg of the District of Columbia stands for a portrait at E. Barrett Prettyman Federal Courthouse in Washington, D.C., on March 16, 2023. (Photo by Carolyn Van Houten/The Washington Post via Getty Images) A federal judge who banned the Trump administration from removing Venezuelan immigrants from the United States ruled Wednesday that there…
No time to waste…The last week of April is here (pretty much), but there’s no scarcity of great things to see, do and experience in Abu Dhabi. On that note, here are 6 things to do in Abu Dhabi this week.Monday, April 21There’s more classical music to be enjoyed at Abu Dhabi FestivalCatch Augustin Hadelich at the Abu Dhabi Festival tonight, when he brings his dazzling violin skills as he treats you to works by Bach, Coleridge-Taylor, Ysaÿe and David Lang. His career has taken him all around the world, and he’s now in the UAE capital to perform for…
ProPublica is a nonprofit newsroom that investigates abuses of power. Sign up for Dispatches, a newsletter that spotlights wrongdoing around the country, to receive our stories in your inbox every week. When a firefighter dies in the line of duty, a small team of federal health workers is often called on to pinpoint what went wrong and identify how to avoid similar accidents in the future. That’s what happened after two firefighters died in California in 2020 while searching for an elderly woman in a burning library. It happened in 2023 when a Navy firefighter died in Maryland after a…
Pope Francis’s last public appearance was for an Easter Sunday blessing at the Vatican’s St Peter’s Square. It had been unknown at the time if the pontiff would join the service following his discharge from hospital last month, after five weeks of treatment for an infection that led to double pneumonia.He has died at the age of 88. Source link
U.S. Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth shared details of a March attack on Yemen’s Iran-aligned Houthis in a message group that included his wife, brother and personal lawyer, a source familiar with the matter told Reuters on Sunday.The revelations of a second Signal chat raise more questions about Hegseth’s use of an unclassified messaging system to share highly sensitive security details and come at a particularly delicate moment for him, with senior officials ousted from the Pentagon last week as part of an internal leak investigation.In the second chat, Hegseth shared details of the attack similar to those revealed last month…
Home Daily News Law students sue EEOC over investigative… Law Students Law students sue EEOC over investigative letters sent to 20 BigLaw firms By Debra Cassens Weiss April 17, 2025, 9:43 am CDT Three law students have filed a lawsuit asking a federal court to order the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission to withdraw investigative letters sent to 20 BigLaw firms and to return and delete information that it gathered from them. (Photo by David Zalubowski/The Associated Press) Three law students have filed a lawsuit asking a federal court to order the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission to withdraw investigative letters sent…
The best things in life are free (or under Dhs100)…If you clicked on this page, it must be for a reason. Maybe you’re feeling the pinch, or you’re just saving up to hit those travel goals or for those big buys. Either way, here’s…An ultimate guide to wallet-friendly experiences in Abu Dhabi.Free things to doVisit Sheikh Zayed Grand MosqueOne of Abu Dhabi’s most recognisable landmarks, the Sheikh Zayed Grand Mosque is a true architectural marvel, showcasing various styles from Islamic civilizations. A symbol of the late Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan’s vision for tolerance and diversity, this wonder houses…
