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Breaking News, World Updates & Headlines
This live blog is now closed.Sign up for Breaking News US emailTwo media giants, Paramount and Warner Bros Discovery, have completed their $110bn merger, creating a new entertainment powerhouse, Skydance.The deal, fiercely contested by several state at…
Read MoreTrump supporters may be surprised to learn the state takeover of means of production is not driven by the leftAmericans will never accept the Democratic party’s slide to the left, or so desperate Republicans are hoping.With the midterm elections fast u…
Read MoreKevin Warsh’s predecessor had been investigated over cost overruns related to central bank renovation projectThe US justice department is not reopening a criminal investigation into former Federal Reserve chair Jerome Powell for cost overruns relate…
Read MoreThis live blog is now closed.Sign up for the Breaking News US emailSend us your questions on how the Iran war will affect US voters in the midtermsAnd as we bring you the latest on how the jobs report stands to impact voter sentiment ahead of the Novem…
Read MorePresident also dismissed low poll ratings as ‘fake numbers’ and deflected responsibility for Iran war in Time interviewUS politics live – latest updatesDonald Trump deflected responsibility for misleading Americans about the length of the Iran war, dis…
Read MoreTrump criticized $2.4bn rehab amid attempts to pressure then Fed chair Jerome Powell into lowering interest ratesAn internal watchdog said the Federal Reserve mismanaged costs associated with a $2.4bn renovation of its Washington DC headquarters, but n…
Read MoreTrump criticized $2.4bn rehab amid attempts to pressure then Fed chair Jerome Powell into lowering interest ratesAn internal watchdog said the Federal Reserve mismanaged costs associated with a $2.4bn renovation of its Washington DC headquarters, but n…
Read MoreTraders see an about 35% chance of an October rate hike, down from about 45% following White House pressureGood economic news boosted Wall Street’s main indexes on Wednesday, as a softer-than-anticipated inflation reading buoyed hopes that the Federal…
Read MoreWorld’s biggest economies release lists of products in latest move away from trade war – but no strategic goods are includedThe US and China have released reciprocal lists of goods worth about $30bn each on which they plan to cut tariffs, ranging from …
Read MoreThis live blog is now closed.Sign up for the Breaking News US emailWhile the lawmakers in the US House have already left Washington to get a head start on midterm campaigning, the Senate is hoping to wrap up its legislative agenda this week. Today, we …
Read MoreTrump tries to dominate at the UN as his approval ratings plummet and even some Republicans stray from the scriptDonald Trump stood before the United Nations on Tuesday and threatened to “annihilate” Iran. Yet even as the most powerful man on the plane…
Read MoreIncrease comes after Fed decision to raise interest rates, as Americans struggle with high prices and stagnant wagesUS mortgage rates surpassed 7% for the first time since January 2025, according to federal lender Freddie Mac, aggravating a housing mar…
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