Donald Trump is hunkering down in Florida ahead of his widely anticipated arrest this week on charges stemming from an investigation into a $130,000 (£106,000) payment to porn star Stormy Daniels in 2016. He would be the first US president … Read More
The Biden administration is studying the possibility of introducing a central bank digital currency. A legislative proposal from Florida Gov. (and possible Republican U.S. presidential candidate) Ron DeSantis would prohibit the use of a national central bank digital currency (CBDC) … Read More
The same day, Biden used his first veto to reverse a Republic-led anti-ESG bill HSBC’s slow crawl away from oil and gas is still too much for Texas. Texas comptroller Glenn Hegar yesterday (Mar. 20) added Europe’s largest bank to … Read More
‘This occupation must cease immediately’ Former Director of National Intelligence John Ratcliffe is challenging the Joe Biden administration to start doing its duty to protect the United States. The challenge comes after the Mexican military apparently took over property belonging … Read More
Rising yields on shorter-term Treasurys may signal correction in equity markets or recession Hawkish comments by Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell about efforts to tame inflation have deepened the inversion of the bond yield curve for U.S. Treasury securities, which many … Read More
California’s governor says the state will no longer do business with Walgreens Boost Alliance WBA -3.70% after the drugstore chain said it would stop dispensing the mifepristone abortion pill in some Republican-led states. “California won’t be doing business with @walgreens—or any company that cowers … Read More
The two surviving Americans in a group of four violently abducted last week in Mexico returned to U.S. soil Tuesday, one of them with a leg wound not considered life-threatening. Mexican authorities said the two other members of the group traveling for … Read More
Protesters clashed with police in Atlanta at the site of a training centre which opponents say will fuel police militarisation and also uses valuable forest land. Hundreds of people atte After the clashes began, police locked down the area and … Read More
Investors in Meta, Snap and other U.S. digital media companies have been looking for signs of a rebound after a tumultuous 2022. They got some unexpectedly optimistic news this week. The U.S. House Foreign Affairs Committee on Wednesday voted to … Read More
Malcolm X’s daughter announced Tuesday – on the 58th anniversary of her father’s assassination – that she plans to sue the CIA, the FBI and the NYPD for allegedly concealing evidence related to the murder. Ilyasah Shabazz filed notices of … Read More