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Jay Powell is trying to avoid the fate of a 1970s predecessor. Biden and Trump are making that harder.
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Fed's Williams and Barkin soothed worries about any rate hikes in 2024
New York Fed president John Williams and Richmond Fed president Thomas Barkin offered comments Monday that soothed any concerns the Fed might be considering a rate hike.
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Jay Powell really wants Americans to know he is not thinking about politics
The Fed chairman went out of his way to make it clear this week that the Fed is free from personal or political bias as he continues to navigate a red-hot political year.
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Russian court sentences Meta spokesperson in absentia to six years in prison
A Russian court has sentenced a Meta spokesperson in absentia to six years in prison. It claims that Andy Stone was "publicly defending terrorism."
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Trump trial update: Trump rebuked by judge for speaking during jury selection — and 7 jurors are seated
On Tuesday, the second day of former President Donald Trump’s hush money trial, Judge Juan Merchan rebuked defense lawyers after Trump was heard muttering his disapproval of an answer given by a potential juror in the case.
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The former president’s criminal hush money trial resumed Friday for the 11th day.
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McConnell stands by Trump immunity stance, criticizes Tucker Carlson's 'destructive' rhetoric
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Yahoo News/YouGov poll: Trump loses slim lead over Biden as 1st criminal trial gets underway
Asked which candidate they would vote for “if Trump is convicted of a serious crime in the coming months,” just 36% of voters now say the former president — fewer than ever before.
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Trump trial updates: Judge fines Trump, threatens jail time for gag order violations as hush money testimony continues
In a written order handed down at the start of Tuesday’s court proceedings, Judge Juan Merchan announced fines of $1,000 each for nine posts made on Trump’s Truth Social feed that he said violated his gag order barring attacks on potential witnesses in the hush money trial.
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Trump trial full coverage: Judge fines Trump for violating gag order, warns of jail time as testimony continues in the criminal hush money case
Prosecutors are set to resume presenting their case against the former president, who is charged with 34 felony counts of falsifying business records to conceal a hush money payment to adult film actress Stormy Daniels on the eve of the 2016 election.