Karl Rove: Trump made a ‘mistake’ by ‘lowering the bar’ for Harris
Republican strategist Karl Rove said Tuesday ahead of the presidential debate that former President Trump was wrong to “lower the bar” for Vice President Harris. “I think it was a mistake for Trump to belittle her, to call her a fool and to lower the bar for her, because expectations are so important in these […]
Schumer lists rail safety, lowering insulin costs as top priorities for rest of 2024
Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., circulated a letter to senators Sunday afternoon warning them of the looming Sept. 30 government funding deadline and highlighting that rail safety legislation and proposals to lower insulin and prescription drug costs are his top remaining priorities for 2024. Schumer also said his priority over the next four months […]
Goolsbee says lowering interest rates next fall is not a 'certainty'
Austan Goolsbee, president and CEO of the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago, said a rate cut this fall is not “a certainty.” “I don’t think it’s a certainty, and, you know, I don’t like having my hands tied in advance when there’s a ton of data and the entire committee has had a chance to […]
Porsche slips 5% after lowering profit outlook over alloy shortage
Luxury car maker Porsche fell more than 5 percent on Tuesday after it sharply cut its outlook for future sales and profits. Quote Unexpected aluminum alloy supply shortage. The German carmaker said floods at an undisclosed European contractor have hit supplies of aluminum alloys, affecting production of all its models and potentially leading to the […]
Fernando Alonso lowering expectations ahead of Hungarian Grand Prix
It hasn’t been an easy season for Fernando Alonso and Aston Martin. The team was a paddock favourite at the start of last season, but things have changed since then. They currently sit in fifth place in the F1 Constructors’ standings, well ahead of sixth-placed Visa Cash App RB F1 Team but nowhere near the […]
Illinois pols speak on lowering ‘the political temperature’ after attempted Trump assassination
As politics continue in the aftermath of the assassination attempt on former President Donald Trump, both campaigns in Illinois are assessing the heated nature of the rhetoric this election cycle. Minutes after former President Trump spoke to a crowd in a field in Pennsylvania on Saturday, a would-be assassin opened fire, killing a rally attendee […]
Biden insists Trump ‘dividing the country’ amid calls for unity and lowering ‘temperature’ in politics
President Biden continued to insist that Donald Trump is a danger to democracy, a day after calling on Americans to “turn down the political temperature” following the assassination attempt on him. “You know, what I’m talking about with him,” Biden asked NBC’s Lester Holt during an interview at the White House, “is the policy issues […]
CBS anchor chides Trump statement after assassination attempt: ‘No call for lowering the temperature’
CBS anchor Margaret Brennan criticized social media statements following the assassination attempt on former President Trump on Saturday night, saying there was “no need to de-escalate tensions.” “He’s currently recovering from his injuries, but this was certainly a traumatic event for him,” Brennan told CBS News during a special coverage of the shooting in Butler, […]