Jerome Powell also says it’s too early to determine the tariffs’ full impact. Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell said on March 19 that the Trump administration’s sweeping tariff expansions may stall progress on lowering inflation this year but that tariff-related price increases will be transitory as they work their way through the economy. During a
Jose Ibarra’s brothers and their roommate all pleaded guilty to possessing fake documents, the Justice Department says. Three Venezuelan nationals connected to the high-profile Laken Riley case will be deported back to their home countries, the Department of Justice (DOJ) said March 19. Jose Ibarra, 27, was convicted in November of Riley’s murder and was
Jose Ibarra’s brothers and their roommate all pleaded guilty to possessing fake documents, the Justice Department says. Three Venezuelan nationals connected to the high-profile Laken Riley case will be deported back to their home countries, the Department of Justice (DOJ) said March 19. Jose Ibarra, 27, was convicted in November of Riley’s murder and was
The outlet announced it will take legal action seeking to restore its federal funding. More than 200 U.S.-based employees of Radio Free Asia were informed on March 19 that they would be put on unpaid leave this week after the Trump administration announced it was canceling its funding. Broadcasting across Asia since 1996, Radio Free
Minnesota Senate Republicans on Thursday will make a motion to expel their colleague Sen. Justin Eichorn following a federal criminal charge that he solicited sex from someone he thought was 17, but turned out to be an undercover officer. Eichorn, a Republican from Grand Rapids, is charged with attempted coercion or enticement of a minor. Prosecutors
The client said a presidential executive order could present a conflict of interest if he retains the firm as defense counsel. New York-based law firm Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison (Paul Weiss) said in a March 19 court filing that it was fired by a client after President Donald Trump signed an executive order
WASHINGTON—Thousands of pages of documents related to the assassination of President John F. Kennedy on Nov. 22, 1963, were released late in the evening of March 18, revealing details about intelligence-gathering operations but little new information. While researchers have long awaited the declassification, some are questioning the content of the released files and whether more