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Dow breaks 40,000 for first time ever as optimism for Fed rate cut grows

The Dow Jones Industrial Average topped the 40,000-point mark for the first time in history, as Wall Street investors turned bullish on the prospect of a Fed interest rate cut and strong earnings reports from blue-chip companies. The Dow Jones Industrial Average has surpassed Wednesday’s all-time high of $39,935.04 and is up nearly 40% since […]

Gold prices trim some weekly gains on tempered rate cut hopes – Investing.com

Investing.com — Gold prices fell slightly on Friday, paring some of this week’s gains, as comments from a number of Federal Reserve officials gave a more subdued outlook on interest rate cuts. The yellow metal rose to nearly $2,400 an ounce this week on the heels of weak U.S. economic data. However, it fell back […]

Columbia grad’s mic gets cut off during anti-Israel rant

A Columbia University student’s microphone was apparently cut off shortly after she began ranting in an anti-Israel commencement speech. Saham David Ahmed Ali stormed into the Ivy League school on Tuesday as he addressed the Mailman School of Public Health’s graduation ceremony as the class speaker. The video shows the moment a student’s microphone suddenly […]

UNC board votes to cut DEI funding

The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (UNC) Board of Trustees voted Monday to cut the school’s diversity funding and redirect it to public safety and police. The decision was made following a highly publicized pro-Palestinian demonstration at the school. There are dozens of other campuses. The decision takes $2.3 million away from diversity, […]

Biden Should Have Cut Off Weapons to Israel Earlier

Former White House press secretary Jen Psaki said Wednesday on CBS’ “The Late Show” that President Joe Biden should have disarmed Israel sooner. On Wednesday, Biden said on CNN that he had no intention of supplying Israel with offensive weapons for the Rafah attack. Psaki said: Should I have used it sooner? I think the […]