Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell poured cold water on hopes for a holiday rate cut, dialing back expectations as the labor market cools and inflation persists. Powell said a December cut is far from guaranteed. Even as the central bank on Oct. 29 trimmed its benchmark federal funds rate to a range of 3.75% to…
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump said he reached an agreement with Chinese President Xi Jinping on soybean purchases, fentanyl precursors, and rare earth exports, paving the way for a finalized trade deal to be signed “pretty soon” that he said would last for at least a year and result in an immediate reduction in tariffs….
WASHINGTON ‒ President Donald Trump heads into a high-stakes meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping on Oct. 30 seeking to finalize a trade deal that investors and American soybean farmers hope ease tensions between the world’s two largest superpowers. The meeting between Trump and Xi in Gyeongju, South Korea ‒ capping the U.S. president’s five-day…
The Starlink service, which begins at $80 per month for residential plans, will be free in Jamaica and the Bahamas through the end of November 2025. Starlink has also enabled direct-to-cell service in Jamaica for customers of communications provider Liberty Caribbean, bypassing the need for cell towers. Elon Musk and SpaceX have routinely made Starlink…
Sia is responding to estranged husband Daniel Bernad‘s “outrageous” filing for full physical and legal custody of their toddler son. The 49-year-old “Titanium” singer said Bernad’s emergency child custody request “should be denied in its entirety” because he “provides zero evidence” that their one-year-old son Somersault “Summi” Bernad’s safety is “at risk,” according to an…
White House officials fired all six members of the U.S. Commission on Fine Arts, a federal agency which would have been tasked with advising on the design elements of the new $300 million White House ballroom championed by President Donald Trump. The move comes just a week after the entire East Wing was demolished to…
Michelle Obama was the commander in chic during her near-decade run as first lady. But with great power came great responsibility. The former first lady and wife of President Barack Obama, often lauded – and criticized – as a style icon for her head-turning looks, got candid on the complications of her fashion journey during…
To mark the five-year milestone, Starlink recently shared a promotional video on social media site X, which SpaceX CEO Elon Musk owns. SpaceX’s Falcon 9 launched on its first Starlink satellite mission in 2019, and continues to regularly add to the growing constellation with missions from Florida and California. Starlink has grown into a constellation…
Potentially catastrophic Hurricane Melissa is forecast to slam the southern coast of Jamaica on the morning of Oct. 28 with sustained winds of up to 175 mph, even higher gusts and a life-threatening storm surge, leaving a wake of destruction across the island before focusing its ferocity on southeastern Cuba. Torrential downpours that could produce…
A widely shared social media post showing President Donald Trump criticizing the World Series teams is fake. The fake post claimed the World Series was rigged and that Trump would not host the winning team. While the post is fabricated, Trump has a history of criticizing leaders from California and Canada. A mock-up of a…