WASHINGTON (Reuters)—The Federal Reserve cut interest rates by half of a percentage point on Wednesday, kicking off what is expected to be a steady easing of monetary policy with a larger-than-usual reduction in borrowing costs that followed growing unease about the health of the job market. “The committee has gained greater confidence that inflation is
Former president Donald Trump’s overall favorability has risen by 5 percentage points since last month, while Vice President Kamala Harris’s ratings dropped by 3 percentage points, signaling her honeymoon phase may be fading, according to a Gallup poll released Wednesday. The poll, conducted in September before Sunday’s assassination attempt on Trump, shows that 46 percent
Dozens of left-wing immigration groups are plotting to push Vice President Kamala Harris further to the left should she win the White House. The groups say they “trust Harris to make the right decisions” and ditch her “MAGA” border policies if elected, Axios reported. The groups, which are temporarily uniting with Harris as they work
New wave of explosions kills 1 and injures at least 100 more, according to initial report A fresh wave of explosions tore through Lebanon on Wednesday, just one day after thousands of Hezbollah fighters were injured when their pagers simultaneously detonated as part of a sophisticated Israeli strike on the terror group. This time, it
‘This incident is the latest chapter in Harvard protecting antisemites,’ lawmakers tell president Alan Garber Protesters (harvardoop Instagram), Alan Garber (amacad.org) Harvard University is facing pressure from Reps. Virginia Foxx (R., N.C.) and Elise Stefanik (R., N.Y.) to turn over internal documents on the school’s investigation—or lack thereof—into the October “die-in” protest that led to
Pennsylvania Democrat posed for pictures with union members and thanked them for attending A Pennsylvania labor union aligned with Rep. Susan Wild offered members $100 to attend a campaign rally for the vulnerable House Democrat earlier this month, according to a leaked text message obtained by the Washington Free Beacon. Wild later posted pictures of
Israel’s astonishing attack on Hezbollah in Lebanon on Tuesday culminated in the explosion of thousands of Hezbollah terrorists’ pagers. It left at least nine dead and 2,800 injured, according to the latest reports. But it left many wondering why it wasn’t followed by a larger offensive incursion into Lebanon, from which Hezbollah has for the