Author: Dani Tietz

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Fed Chair Hints at Policy Shift as Moody’s Sounds Recession Alarm on Stalled Job Growth

The Federal Reserve’s Chair, Jerome H. Powell, delivered an assessment of the U.S. economy Friday at the Jackson Hole symposium. Just days earlier, Moody’s Analytics Chief Economist Mark Zandi sounded the alarm on sharply elevated recession probabilities. In his annual address, Powell noted that while core inflation has eased closer […]

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Illinois Governor JB Pritzker Pushes Back Against Trump’s National Guard Threats to Chicago

Illinois Governor JB Pritzker sharply rebuked President Donald Trump’s statements on Friday after the president suggested that Chicago would be the next U.S. city to face a federal National Guard deployment due to crime and public safety concerns. Speaking from the White House, President Trump alleged that Chicago was a […]

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Trump Sets Goal: 100 More GOP Congressional Seats Through Redistricting and Mail Voting Ban

Former President Donald Trump announced on Truth Social that he wants Republicans to gain 100 additional congressional seats. In his post, Trump claimed that combining aggressive redistricting efforts by Republican-led states with a nationwide halt to mail-in voting could secure this dramatic increase in seats for his party. Trump wrote, […]

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Famine Officially Declared in Gaza for First Time as Humanitarian Crisis Reaches Critical Point

The Integrated Food Security Phase Classification (IPC) has confirmed famine conditions in Gaza City and surrounding areas. This is the first time famine has been declared in the Middle East. The IPC declares famine when three critical thresholds are met simultaneously: The latest analysis confirms that all three criteria have […]

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Supreme Court Issues Split Ruling on NIH Grant Terminations in 5-4 Decision

The U.S. Supreme Court has delivered a divided ruling allowing the Trump administration to proceed with cutting hundreds of millions of dollars in National Institutes of Health research grants while blocking some aspects of the government’s anti-diversity policies. In a 5-4 split decision, the Court partially granted the government’s emergency […]