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President Donald Trump addressed the nation Saturday evening, hours after the United States attacked Iran, striking three nuclear sites in Fordo, Natanz, and Esfahan. Earlier in the day, U.S. Air Force B-2 stealth bombers left Missouri heading toward the Pacific Ocean. The aircraft are capable of carrying the GBU-57 Massive Ordnance Penetrator (MOP), a 30,000-pound bomb known as the…
Federal Reserve Governor Christopher Waller said Friday that he doesn’t expect tariffs to boost inflation significantly so policymakers should be looking to lower interest rates as early as next month. In a CNBC interview, the central banker said he and his colleagues should move slowly but start to ease as inflation is not posing a…
WASHINGTON – The Federal Reserve on Wednesday kept interest rates steady amid expectations of higher inflation and lower economic growth ahead, and still pointed to two reductions later this year. With markets expecting no chance of a central bank move this week, the Federal Open Market Committee kept its key borrowing rate targeted in a…
With the Federal Reserve just hours away from its latest decision on interest rates, President Donald Trump on Wednesday lambasted Chair Jerome Powell, calling him “stupid” while doubting the central bank would cut. In his latest in a series of attacks on Powell that go back years, Trump said the Fed’s key borrowing rate should…
Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell delivers remarks during the Division of International Finance 7th Anniversary Conference at the Fed on June 02, 2025 in Washington, DC. Chip Somodevilla | Getty Images Federal Reserve officials get to voice their outlook this week on the future path of interest rates along with the impact that tariffs and…
Tim Walz, governor of Minnesota, during a House Oversight and Accountability Committee hearing in Washington, DC, US, on Thursday, June 12, 2025. Allison Robbert | Bloomberg | Getty Images There have been “targeted shootings” in eastern Minnesota, according to Gov. Tim Walz. “I’ve been briefed this morning on an ongoing situation involving targeted shootings in…
A woman shops at a supermarket on April 30, 2025 in Arlington, Virginia. Sha Hanting | China News Service | Getty Images Consumers in the early part of June took a considerably less pessimistic about the economy and potential surges in inflation as progress appeared possible in the global trade war, according to a University…
The U.S. Department of the Treasury building is seen in Washington, D.C., Jan. 19, 2023. Saul Loeb | Afp | Getty Images The U.S. government drifted further into red ink during May, with a burgeoning debt and deficit issue getting worse, the Treasury Department reported Wednesday. After running a short-lived surplus in April thanks to…
Consumer prices rose less than expected in May as President Donald Trump‘s tariffs had yet to show significant impact on inflation, the Bureau of Labor Statistics reported Wednesday. The consumer price index, a broad-based measure of goods and services across the sprawling U.S. economy, increased 0.1% for the month, putting the annual inflation rate at…
Fruit and vegetables are seen at a Walmart supermarket in Houston, Texas, on May 15, 2025. Ronaldo Schemidt | Afp | Getty Images Americans grew less fearful about inflation in May as President Donald Trump backed off the most severe of his tariff proposals, according to a New York Federal Reserve survey Monday. The central…