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President Donald Trump could announce his nominee for the next Federal Reserve chair as soon as this week, and has signaled that his pick must push for significant interest rate cuts. But whoever he chooses will face a new policymaking committee — and one that could be even more resistant to slashing rates.At the beginning of each year, four out of the 12 regional Fed presidents rotate into voting roles on the central bank’s influential rate-setting committee for the next eight policy meetings. This year, it’s Lorie Logan of Dallas, Beth Hammack of Cleveland, Anna Paulson of Philadelphia

The Fed has four new voters this year. They may complicate Trump’s push for lower rates

Days after a disputed election, Uganda's army is on the hunt for opposition leader Bobi Wine

EU steps in to make sure Google gives rivals access to AI services and data

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For Britain, China remains a ‘threat’ – but one worth doing business with

A humdrum office that stood next to an Amazon warehouse on an industrial estate in Oxfordshire, southern England, was for many years a crucial line of defense in Britain’s national security. “The Cell,” as the office was known, allowed the UK government to keep a careful eye on the operations of Huawei, the Chinese tech giant, as it built out Britain’s mobile networks.Owned by Huawei but staffed by British cybersecurity experts with the highest levels of security clearance, “The Cell” was tasked – at Huawei’s expense – with checking every piece of hardware and software for st

Alex Vindman, who testified against Trump during his first impeachment, enters Florida Senate race

Bondi’s injection of voter roll demands into Minneapolis ICE tensions draws claims of ‘ransom’

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In Manhattan’s Billionaires’ Row, a renowned auction house makes a strategic move

At the base of the world’s most slender skyscraper, stretching high above Billionaires’ Row in Manhattan, Bonhams will relocate its American headquarters next month. The auction house leaves behind its more cloistered Madison Avenue home for airy galleries in an 80-foot glass atrium, as well as an opulent neoclassical rotunda in the historic Steinway Hall.It’s a move that follows on the heels of Sotheby’s transformation of the Breuer Building, just one mile north, displaying coveted high-priced treasures in a space that has long functioned as a museum.Both represent a push for auction

$1,000 car loan payments are on the rise, stressing household budgets

French lawmakers approve bill banning social media for children under 15

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Confusion and questions: Where investigations stand in the killing of Alex Pretti

Two days after Department of Homeland Security officers shot and killed Alex Pretti, a confused investigation is unfurling. The Justice Department has not opened a civil rights investigation, a crisis coordination center was erected in Minneapolis to investigate protesters and senior administration officials won’t definitively say whether Pretti had been disarmed before the shooting.The Department of Homeland Security’s investigation agency (HSI) is leading the federal investigation into the shooting, officials say, with the FBI acting in a supportive role – including by processing physi

Treasury cancels $21 million in Booz Allen contracts, blaming Trump tax return leak

The Treasury Department cut ties with Booz Allen Hamilton on Monday and announced that it was canceling $21 million in federal contracts with the consulting giant because one of its ex-employees previously leaked President Donald Trump’s tax returns to the press.A statement from Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent referenced Charles Littlejohn, a onetime Booz employee who is now serving a five-year prison term for stealing tax return information on Trump and other wealthy Americans while contracting at the IRS.“President Trump has entrusted his cabinet to root out waste, fraud, and abuse, and

One year later, NTSB looks to determine cause of DC midair collision that killed 67 people over the Potomac River

Who is Tom Homan, the White House border czar Trump is deploying to Minnesota?

Celebrities like Pedro Pascal and Billie Eilish begin to condemn deadly shootings in Minneapolis amid ICE surge

The silence that has largely blanketed Hollywood since the Trump administration deployed thousands of federal agents to Minneapolis appeared to crack this weekend in the wake of the killing of ICU nurse Alex Pretti.Two celebrities known for speaking their values — “The Last of Us” star Pedro Pascal and singer Billie Eilish — were among the loudest.Pascal shared multiple posts to his Instagram Sunday night drawing attention to the killing of both Pretti and Renee Good, who was fatally shot by a federal agent in Minneapolis on January 7.One of Pascal’s posts included drawings of Pretti

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White House shows first signs of retreat as backlash grows over Minnesota killing

President Donald Trump on Monday showed his first signs of retreat since surging federal immigration agents in Minnesota late last year — replacing the leader of the crackdown on the ground and signaling new willingness to cooperate with the state’s Democratic elected officials.But the moves — which came amid an effort to contain the backlash over the fatal shooting of Alex Pretti and Trump officials’ early efforts to falsely brand the ICU nurse as a “domestic terrorist” — didn’t stop the administration from continuing to try to shift blame, sparking questions about how much wo

Fox News said Tom Homan should be sent to Minnesota — 20 minutes later, Trump did exactly that

Controversial Border Patrol chief and some agents expected to leave Minneapolis on Tuesday, sources say

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Snow leopard mauls skier in China’s Xinjiang region

A tourist was mauled by a rare snow leopard in northwest China on Friday after trying to get closer for a photo, according to authorities and state media.The tourist, a skier, was bitten in Koktokay town in China’s Xinjiang region, while on their way back to their hotel, according to the county’s Forestry and Grassland Bureau.They had spotted the snow leopard – one of the world’s most elusive creatures to see in the wild – gotten out of their vehicle, and approached it to take photos before they were attacked, according to state-owned broadcaster CCTV.Video footage that circulated on

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This American woman traveled to the Czech Republic eight years ago and decided to stay for good

In 2018, Amanda Meyer Barkley left her home in Louisiana for what was meant to be a short vacation in Prague. She planned to stay for a few weeks, then return to the United States before moving on to China for a teaching job.Nearly a decade later, she is still in the Czech capital — now in her 30s, married, and raising two young children.Prague, a destination often called the City of a Hundred Spires, has become home.Barkley and her husband spend their summers with their children in parks like Letná, Stromovka and Riegrovy Sady, or at the National Agriculture Museum, a short walk from their

Why Minnesota’s CEOs finally broke their silence

Trump's about-face in Minnesota after Pretti's death is latest in pattern of sudden shifts

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What to do if ICE shows up at your workplace

US Immigration and Customs Enforcement has gone to many workplaces over the past year, both at high-profile companies like Target and Hyundai as well as businesses that don’t grab headlines.Workplace immigration enforcement operations are not new and have occurred under many presidential administrations, according to the American Council on Immigration. But these efforts have proliferated as “part of President Trump’s efforts to increase the detention and deportation of unauthorized noncitizens,” ACI notes.The agency’s aggressive tactics this past year – especially when agents make

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The shootings in Minneapolis are upending the politics of immigration in Congress

The shooting deaths of two American citizens during the Trump administration's deportation operations in Minneapolis have upended the politics of immigration in Congress, plunging the country toward another government shutdown. Democrats have awakened to what they see as a moral moment for the country, refusing funds for the Department of Homeland Security's military-style immigration enforcement operations unless there are new restraints. Two former presidents, Barack Obama and Bill Clinton, have broken from retirement to speak out. At the same time, Republicans

Trump says he’s raising tariffs on South Korea because it’s ‘not living up’ to trade agreement

Trump admin deports Iranians for first time since brutal crackdown on protests

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NATO chief says Europe should ‘keep on dreaming’ if it thinks it can defend itself without the US

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Minnesota raises unprecedented constitutional issues in its lawsuit against Trump administration anti-immigrant deployment

A US district judge is weighing whether the surge of ICE agents in the state violates the US Constitution or falls within the executive’s power to enforce federal law.

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