This live blog is now closed.US Federal Reserve raises interest rates for the first time since 2023Kay Haigh, global head and CIO of Fixed Income and Liquidity Solutions at Goldman Sachs Asset Management, has this analysis of today’s decision:The Fed has signalled it does not at this stage envisage an aggressive tightening cycle. Most FOMC members see a…
The measure still faces significant challenges as Democrats demand changes to SNAP provisions.
Hakeem Jeffries’ five-member AI commission is stacked with lawmakers backed by industry super PACs seeking to shape federal policy.
The late writer believed that hearing the natural world is its own form of prayer.
Wiles had continued working at the White House while undergoing treatment.
The paper published a long recounting of Trump’s attacks on the press, without ever mentioning Israel, Gaza, or ICE. The post The New York Times Conveniently Forgets the Real Stakes of Attacks on Free Speech appeared first on The Intercept.
Speaker Mike Johnson announced Wednesday that he would send Congress home early for its seven-week campaigning recess ahead of November’s midterm elections. Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth—who was scheduled for an impeachment vote brought by Rep. Thomas Massie (R-Ky.) on the basis of his conduct during the Iran war—has been marked safe, for now. House…
Scientists know very little about how TikTok and its copycats affect human cognition, but the signs aren’t good.
Under questioning by Sen. Bill Cassidy (R-Louisiana), Trump’s surgeon general pick Nicole Saphier called a combined vaccine “our greatest tool for combating measles infections.”
Republicans appear to be listening to the White House rather than the president.Conservatives seem to have completely dodged Donald Trump’s midterm advice since the Republican Midterm Convention last week, during which the president told his party to promise $5,000 government handouts and act as if he’s on the ballot.An analysis of more than a million…
The billionaire investor had refused to appear for a deposition and turn over documents to a key panel investigating Jeffrey Epstein.
The concern is shared among Democrats and Republicans.
President Donald Trump’s Kennedy Center saga continued Wednesday, the day after a federal judge unceremoniously knocked down his latest bid to add his own name to President John F. Kennedy’s memorial venue. NBC News reported Tuesday that the center’s chief financial officer, Donna Kauranen, resigned from her position right before Trump’s handpicked board…
The report says Israel is “dramatically intensifying its attacks on every aspect of Palestinian life in the West Bank.”
The vice president and the Republican Party aren’t projecting a ton of confidence ahead of the midterms
Sarsour, the president of Wisconsin’s largest mosque, says he is being targeted for speaking out about Palestine.
“The elephant in the room is that the occupation is not a bug, it’s a feature,” said one lawyer.
