Cooling inflation tempts Federal Reserve to lower interest rates as unemployment also drops
The central bank is lowering rates as part of what Powell has called “a recalibration” to a lower-inflation environment. When inflation spiked to a four-decade high of 9.1 per cent in June 2022, the Fed proceeded to raise rates 11 times – ultimately sending its key rate to about 5.3 per cent, also the highest in four decades.
Iran’s supreme leader threatens Israel and US with ‘a crushing response’ over Israeli attack
The supreme leader did not elaborate on the timing of the threatened attack, nor the scope. The US military operates on bases throughout the Middle East, with some troops now manning a Terminal High Altitude Area Defence or THAAD, battery in Israel.
New poll: Women propel Harris to the top Iowa state Trump won easily in past two elections
Donald Trump campaign released a memo from its chief pollster and its chief data consultant calling the Des Moines Register poll “a clear outlier,” and saying that an Emerson College poll – also released Saturday – more closely reflected the state of the Iowa electorate.
How world’s richest man Elon Musk became US’ top security risk, tests role of money in US politics
Over the summer, America PAC struggled to reach its voter contact goals. Musk brought in a new team of political consultants, Generra Peck and Phil Cox, who worked on Florida Governor Ron DeSantis ’ losing Republican presidential primary bid.
Trump stirs panic: Washington state activates National Guard in case of election violence
Early voting is available to those in Washington and more than two million have already cast their ballots, according to the Election Lab at the University of Florida.
Elon Musk’s US citizenship hangs in balance after 1,300 posts on X about immigration and voter fraud, bribing voters
Stephen Yale-Loehr, a professor at Cornell Law School and faculty director of its Immigration Law and Policy Program, says that it’s not clear that if Musk worked in the US without authorisation and attested he hadn’t, that would be considered important enough to denaturalise him.
New York marathon pulls in 2024 Olympians as top Paris runners flock to US for the year ender
Tola is joined by Paris runner-up Bashir Abdi of Belgium, who is seeking his first major title after a trio of podium finishes, and the fastest in the field Evans Chebet, who won two years ago and triumphed for Kenya in Boston twice.
Democrats plan to flood social media, airwaves with calls if Trump prematurely declares election victory
In 2020, Trump declared himself the winner in the early morning hours after Election Day, three days before the first television networks made a call. He ultimately lost to his Democratic opponent Joe Biden. He has never accepted the result and continues to falsely assert that it was stolen from him through widespread fraud.
Western envoys in Nairobi voice concerns over rising femicide, enforced disappearances in Kenya
Kenya was among several African countries elected to the UN human rights council on October 9.
‘Unhinged’ Trump claims of vote rigging feed fears he’s preparing 2020 replay to undo results
Election officials discovered potentially fraudulent registrations in Lancaster and neighbouring York counties, prompting investigations by local law enforcement. There is no evidence the applications have led or will lead to illegal votes.
