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Unorthodox leadership change at the Fed: Warsh on deck while Powell remains
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Trump's pick to lead the Federal Reserve, Kevin Warsh, has said he wants to bring “regime change" to the central bank, but if confirmed by the Senate he will find a Fed already transformed by the White House's attacks.For the first time in almost five decades, there will be a former chair on the central bank's board, potentially creating an alternate center of power. And on Wednesday multiple officials dissented from the Fed's statement, a sign they won't easily roll over for a new chair who has sharply criticized recent policy. Outgoing chair... Read More
Mali holds funeral for key junta figure killed in militant assaults
DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — A funeral was held Thursday for Mali 's former defense minister, Gen. Sadio Camara, a key architect of the military government’s security partnership with Russia.Camara was killed during last weekend's coordinated militant attack in the West African nation, the largest in over a decade.
His death, and the major setback endured by the Malian army and its Russian mercenary allies, risk creating divisions within the junta and could lead it to reconsider its partnership with Moscow, analysts say.
After two days of national mourning, a... Read More
US stocks rally to the finish of their best month since 2020, even as oil prices whipsaw
NEW YORK (AP) — The U.S stock market motored to more records as profits keep piling up for big businesses. The S&P 500 rallied 1% Thursday and topped its prior all-time high to finish its best month in more than five years. The Dow Jones Industrial Average jumped 1.6%, and the Nasdaq composite climbed 0.9% to its own record. Alphabet led the way after the owner of Google and YouTube reported profit for the start of 2026 that blew past analysts’ expectations. The gains came after the latest whipsaw moves for oil prices, which surged toward their highest levels since the war with Iran...
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You're probably paying more for insurance lately. A new study suggests federal action to cut costs
WASHINGTON (AP) — A new analysis suggests Americans are being overcharged by $150 billion annually to insure their homes, autos and businesses — and it proposes federal guardrails so that a public beset by affordability pressures could see savings.The analysis by the Vanderbilt Policy Accelerator obtained exclusively by The Associated Press details how insurers are paying out less on claims after an accident, natural disaster or other misfortune than they did decades ago. For every $1 collected in premiums, insurers reimbursed 62 cents for claims in 2024, down from an average... Read More
Trump says he's lifting certain tariffs on Scotch whisky after royal visit
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump said Thursday he is removing certain tariffs on Scotch whisky after this week’s White House visit by King Charles III and Queen Camilla of the United Kingdom.“The King and Queen got me to do something that nobody else was able to do, without hardly even asking!” Trump posted on social media.
Trump said people had wanted this change, especially with regard to the wooden barrels in which the spirits of Scotch and bourbon can be aged. It was not quite clear from the language of Trump's post whether the import taxes were... Read More
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- Gianni Infantino affirms at the FIFA Congress that Iran will participate in the World Cup