Blinken airs threat to cut support for Israel in watershed moment for conflict
Secretary of State Antony Blinken aired a public threat to withdraw American support for Israel unless Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu complies with U.S. demands for “a series of specific, concrete, and measurable steps” to mitigate humanitarian suffering and civilian casualties. “If we don’t see the changes that we need to see, there’ll be changes […]
Fed official rules out May rate cut
Cleveland Fed President Loretta Mester said Tuesday that she is unlikely to support a rate cut at the Fed’s May meeting. Mester, who is currently a voting member of the central bank’s rate-setting committee, said there is enough data by the Fed’s next meeting to determine that inflation is firmly on the way down toward […]
Dollar ascendant as Fed cut bets pared, jawboning props up yen – Investing.com
Written by Kevin Buckland TOKYO (Reuters) – The U.S. dollar hovered near a 4-1/2-month high against major peers on Tuesday, as traders scrambled to push back on bets on the Federal Reserve’s first rate cut this year. It has changed. The dollar held near six-week highs hit on Monday against the euro and pound after […]
Best cities for Gen Z workers revealed — did yours make the cut?
They should stay away from big cities and be quiet. New research identifies the best locations for Gen Z workers. These regions mainly have two characteristics. There are no people and it’s cold. Report from Background check company Checkr We’ve found that many small population centers in the frigid regions of the Midwest and Great […]
Georgia woman kidnapped, burned, cut in attack as she was leaving work
A Georgia woman was kidnapped, burned and slashed by assailants as she was leaving work, according to her family. The victim’s family told DeKalb County police that the woman, in her 60s, was attacked Wednesday as she was leaving work at an accounting firm on Montreal Avenue in Tucker, WXIA reported. The exact time the […]
Thieves cut hole in wall to steal $1 million worth of jewelry from NJ store
Devious thieves robbed a New Jersey store worth $1 million in jewelry by cutting a hole in the wall of an adjacent store and using a torch to open the safe, police said. The Toms River Police Department responded at 10 a.m. Thursday to a report of a robbery and theft at Venzio Jewelers at […]
Wisconsin Gov. Evers vetoes $3B tax cut, DEI crackdowns, other GOP-backed bills
Democratic Wisconsin Gov. Tony Evers vetoed 41 bills Friday, including a $3 billion tax cut, a pledge of political loyalty in higher education and a proposed wolf hunt. Evers is in his second term as a Democrat, governing alongside a Republican-controlled Legislature, and has vetoed more bills than any governor in Wisconsin history. Evers approved […]
The GOP should have cut off NBC long before the Ronna McDaniel debacle
NBC‘s Ronna McDaniel debacle has the Republican National Committee thinking about cutting off the network entirely. The only question is what took so long? The RNC is considering restricting NBC’s access to the Republican National Convention after the network hired McDaniel and then immediately fired her following a tantrum from NBC’s on-air “talent.” The message […]
49ers ‘disrespected’ me by asking for pay cut
Former 49ers defensive lineman Arik Armstead, who signed a three-year, $43.5 million deal with the Jaguars in early March, revealed on Thursday’s podcast why he felt “disrespected” by his former team. Ta. He said San Francisco offered him a pay cut to play for the team in 2024, but he didn’t think that was fair. […]
Colombia Threatens to Cut Ties with Israel if It Keeps Attacking Hamas
Colombia’s far-left President Gustavo Petro said on Tuesday he would sever ties with Israel if it does not comply with a non-binding resolution passed this week by the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) calling for an immediate end to operations against jihadist terrorist groups. he threatened. Hamas. The incident follows the October 7 invasion of […]