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Fed president: People would rather have recession than high inflation

Host Jack Otter and Barron’s Roundtable senior writer Nicholas Jasinski discuss why interest rate cuts are unlikely in 2024. Neel Kashkari, president of the Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis, has said one thing we’ve learned over the past few years is that consumers would rather the economy fall into recession than continue to suffer the […]

Claudia Sheinbaum Becomes First Woman Elected President Of Mexico

Mexico’s Morena party presidential candidate Claudia Sheinbaum celebrates after the results of the general election at Zocalo Square in Mexico City on June 3, 2024. According to exit polls, Claudia Sheinbaum is on track to be elected Mexico’s first female president, a milestone for a country with a history of gender-based violence. (Photo by CARL […]

Claudia Sheinbaum elected as Mexico’s first female president

Claudia Scheinbaum has won Mexico’s presidential election and is expected to become the country’s first female president. “I will be Mexico’s first woman president,” Scheinbaum said at a hotel in downtown Mexico City, shortly after election officials announced that a sample of votes gave her an irreversible lead, according to the Associated Press. Claudia Scheinbaum, […]

Mexico elects Claudia Sheinbaum as its first female president in landslide victory | Mexico

Claudia Scheinbaum has been elected Mexico’s first female president, receiving at least 58.3% of the vote, according to preliminary results from Mexico’s Electoral Commission. The former climate scientist’s main rival, Xochitl Gálvez of the opposition coalition, received at least 26.6% of the vote, while Jorge Álvarez Maínez, candidate from the centrist Citizen Movement party, came […]

Iceland Elects Diversity Champion Halla Tómasdóttir as President

LONDON (AP) — Iceland’s state television reported that businesswoman and investor Hara Tomasdottir has won the country’s presidential election, beating a tightly contested race in which the top three candidates were women. Tomasdottir was elected to the largely ceremonial role with 34.3 percent of the vote, beating former prime minister Katrin Jakobsdottir’s 25.2 percent and […]

Iran’s former President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad registers for presidential election

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — Iran’s hardline former president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad registered as a candidate for the presidential election on Sunday, seeking to regain the country’s top political position after the country’s president was killed in a helicopter crash. The registration of the populist former leader has piled pressure on Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. […]

Minnesota mayor thanks President Biden for canceling his student loans

St. Paul Mayor Melvin Carter proudly declared Wednesday that his own student loans have officially been forgiven. The Minnesota mayor posted a screenshot of his Mohela account, a site he uses to manage and make student loan payments, and it showed $0.00 in his account. “Thank you Mr President!” he wrote. Carter also used X […]