Trump again targets Fed’s Powell on interest rate cuts
SEOUL (Reuters) -U.S. President Donald Trump complained on Thursday about the Federal Reserve, once again taking aim at central bank chief Jerome Powell for perceived delays in cutting interest rates. “Jerome ‘Too Late’ Powell,” Trump said in
AP Decision Notes: What to expect in Atlanta on Election Day
WASHINGTON (AP) — Atlanta Mayor Andre Dickens is running for reelection Tuesday against three lesser-known candidates, arguing that Atlanta has seen major improvements during his first term in office. The race is nonpartisan, though Dickens is a
AP Decision Notes: What to expect in Detroit on Election Day
DETROIT (AP) — Detroit voters will choose a new mayor Tuesday in the city’s first open-seat mayoral race in a dozen years. City Council President Mary Sheffield and Triumph Church pastor Solomon Kinloch, both Democrats, will face
AP Decision Notes: What to expect in New York on Election Day
WASHINGTON (AP) — The nation’s biggest city will pick its next mayor on Tuesday in an election that has sparked debate over the future of the Democratic Party. Democratic nominee Zohran Mamdani, a 34-year-old state assembly member
AP Decision Notes: What to expect in California’s special election
WASHINGTON (AP) — Led by Gov. Gavin Newsom, California Democrats are charging toward a new congressional map that could flip as many as five U.S. House seats from Republican to Democratic control. But first, they need voters
2 men face sentencing in plot to kill Iranian American journalist
NEW YORK (AP) — A plot to assassinate Iranian-American journalist Masih Alinejad at her Brooklyn home came “chillingly near success,” prosecutors told a judge who will sentence two reputed Russian mobsters. Prosecutors are seeking 55-year prison terms
The East Wing demolition was ‘jarring.’ But a White House history buff sees a silver lining
WASHINGTON (AP) — Stewart McLaurin knew it was coming. An entire wing of the White House, a building he calls “the most special, important building on the planet,” was going to be replaced to make way for
Court disqualifies Trump-appointed US attorney from overseeing multiple criminal cases
LOS ANGELES (AP) — A federal judge disqualified acting U.S. Attorney Bill Essayli in Southern California from several cases after concluding Tuesday that the Trump appointee has stayed in the temporary job longer than allowed by law.
The Latest: Trump continues trip throughout Asia
U.S. President Donald Trump continues his trip throughout Asia Wednesday where he’s set to meet with South Korean President Lee Jae Myung in Gyeongju, a historic city playing host to this year’s Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation summit. After
How to help those impacted by Hurricane Melissa
Hurricane Melissa made landfall in Jamaica on Tuesday as a devastating Category 5 storm, tied for the strongest landfalling Atlantic hurricane in history. While the extent of the destruction is not yet known, relief organizations are already
