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☆ Why working-class White women could be so decisive this fall
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-15 | by ( Ronald Brownstein | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +19 min

Those working-class White women loom as a critical, potentially even decisive, factor in Trump’s third White House bid. But while White women with a college degree have trended toward the Democrats in the presidential campaigns since then, the White women without a college degree have moved sharply in the opposite direction. She acknowledges that Trump’s alarms have resonated among working-class White women, especially older ones. Not only college-educated White women, but also the equivalent White men were much more likely than the blue-collar White women to express positive views about Harris and negative ones about Trump, Gallup found. “I think there is a lot of implicit [gender] bias with” these working-class White women, Lake said.

Persons: Kamala Harris, Donald Trump’s, Trump, Joe Biden’s, it’s, Harris, Harris doesn’t, ”, Lake, “, Evelyn Hockstein, Reuters “, Bradley Beychok, Beychok, gee, ” Beychok, Donald Trump, Roe, Wade, Bill Clinton, George W, Bush, Al Gore, Chip Somodevilla, Barack Obama’s, Hillary Clinton, Clinton, Biden, – Harris, ” Lake, Republican pollster Christine Matthews, William Frey, ” Trump, Julia Demaree Nikhinson, –, Jackie Payne, Payne, pollsters, Jon McHenry, McHenry, Joe Biden, Mathews, Matthews, Vance, ” Matthews, White, Gallup Organizations: CNN, White, Electoral, Democrats, Trump, Democratic, PAC, Reuters, American, Republican, Edison Research, Pew Research, Michigan, Quinnipiac University, Marquette Law School, Metro, Dodge, Airport, Biden, New York Times, ”, Times, Gallup Poll, Gallup Locations: Michigan, Pennsylvania, Wisconsin, Michigan , Pennsylvania, Flint , Michigan, Reading , Pennsylvania, Southern, Philadelphia, Juneau , Wisconsin, Siena, White, Wilkes, Barre , Pennsylvania

☆ 5 things to watch for at the VP debate: From the Politics Desk
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-01 | by ( The Politics Desk | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +11 min

Programming note: Stay tuned for a special edition of the From the Politics Desk newsletter tonight, where we will be recapping and analyzing the Vance-Walz debate. 5 things to watch for at tonight’s VP debateSen. JD Vance of Ohio and Minnesota Gov. Walz has the longer debate record, but Minnesota is something of a backwater on the national political scene. How Vance and Walz’s poll numbers stack up to past VP nomineesBy Steve KornackiHeading into tonight’s vice presidential debate, JD Vance has an image problem. With tens of millions expected to watch tonight’s debate, Vance does have an opportunity to improve his standing — just as a shaky performance by Walz could erase the advantage he now enjoys over Vance.

Persons: JD Vance, Tim Walz's, Vance, Walz, Sen, Tim Walz, Garrett Haake, Will Vance, Donald Trump, Kamala Harris, hasn’t, Harris, who’ve, Vance —, Henry J, Gomez, Peter Nicholas, Harris ’, Emma Barnett, Gen, Raquel Coronell Uribe, Joe Biden, Trump, Biden, Steve Kornacki, James Stockdale, Ross Perot’s, Dan Quayle, George H.W, Bush, Lloyd Bentsen, Quayle, Michael Dukakis, Dan De Luce, Carol E, Lee, Courtney Kube, Monica Alba, Abigail Williams, Israel, Read, Rea, arter Organizations: NBC, White House, Capitol, CBS News, Minnesota Gov, Trump, Democratic, GOP, Quayle Republican, Bentsen Democratic, Biden White, Israel —, Washington Locations: Ohio, New York City, Minnesota, American, Israel, Iran, Tehran, United States, Syria —, U.S

☆ How Samuel Alito got canceled from the Supreme Court social media majority
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-31 | by ( Joan Biskupic | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +15 min

Behind the scenes, the conservative justice sought to put a thumb on the scale for states trying to restrict how social media companies filter content. The states enacted their laws in 2021 and, with variations, restricted the ability of social media platforms to filter third-party messages, videos and other content. Greg Abbott signed that state’s measure, he said, “there is a dangerous movement by social media companies to silence conservative viewpoints and ideas.” In Florida, Gov. Kagan added a footnote to her majority opinion buttressing that point and reinforcing Barrett’s view. But, despite Alito’s protest, Kagan had a majority signing her decision, which, at minimum, offers lower court judges a strong indication of the framework the high court majority would use in future online challenges.

Persons: Samuel Alito, Alito, Amy Coney Barrett, Ketanji Brown Jackson, Justice Elena Kagan, Donald Trump, Joe Biden, SCOTUS, Trump, Greg Abbott, ”, Ron DeSantis, Andrew Oldham, Kevin Newsom, Newsom, Feedback Alito, NetChoice, unconstitutionality, Clarence Thomas, Neil Gorsuch, Barrett, Jackson, Kagan, John Roberts, Sonia Sotomayor, Brett Kavanaugh, ” Barrett, Justice Roberts, CNN Jackson, “, ” Kagan, –, Thomas, Gorsuch, Sylvia Gonzalez, Gonzalez’s, Gonzalez, Trevino, Alito’s, haven’t, Republican Trump, Judge Oldham Organizations: CNN, New York Times, Democratic, Trump, Facebook, Twitter, Texas Gov, Gov, Big Tech, Texas, Appeals, Oldham, YouTube, Chief, Supreme, Circuit, Republican Locations: Texas, Trump, SCOTUS The Texas, Florida

☆ U.S. Labor Market Strength Steadies Social Security and Medicare Funds
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-06 | by ( Alan Rappeport | Margot Sanger-Katz | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

The financial health of Social Security and Medicare, two of the nation’s most crucial safety net programs, has improved this year as a stronger-than-expected U.S. economy attracted more workers to the labor market, buttressing funding for the critical programs. Annual reports released on Monday by trustees of the old age and retirement programs showed that while both still face long-term shortfalls that could ultimately result in reduced retirement and medical benefits, lawmakers will have slightly more time before they begin to fray. About 70 million people receive Social Security benefits, and more than 66 million participate in Medicare. The fate of the popular programs continues to be a contentious political issue, one that is expected to intensify as the November presidential election draws near. President Biden has pledged to block any cuts to Social Security and Medicare and has called for shoring up the programs with higher taxes on the rich.

Persons: Biden, Donald J, Trump Organizations: Social Security, Republican, Biden

☆ Iran and Israel have averted an all-out war – for now
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-19 | by ( Tamara Qiblawi | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +5 min

Iran may be downplaying what was likely to have been a significant but limited Israeli attack, but that seems to be secondary to the larger forces at play. The latest flare-up brought the stakes into sharp focus, but it also exposed the limits of a direct confrontation between Iran and Israel. As part of Iran’s retaliatory attack on Israel, its weapons navigated over at least two neighboring countries that house US bases. What happens between Iran and Israel rarely stays between Iran and Israel. US forces had shot down more than 70 of Iran’s weapons as they headed to Israel.

Persons: Iran’s, CNN’s Nic Robertson, Israel, –, Ebrahim Raisi’s, Israel’s, Itamar Ben Gvir, “ Organizations: Lebanon CNN, Iran’s, Anadolu, Washington, United, United Arab Emirates, National Locations: Beirut, Lebanon, Iran, Tehran, Israel, Damascus, Syria, Iranian, Lebanon’s, Isfahan, Saudi Arabia, United Arab, Riyadh, China, Israel’s, Gaza, Iraq, Yemen

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Senate will hold a crucial test vote next week on legislation that would pair new policies at the southern border with wartime aid for Ukraine and other American allies, leaders pressing ahead despite heavy skepticism from Republicans and some Democrats. Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer said he will set in motion a test vote on the national security package for Wednesday. “Our southern border is in urgent need, in urgent need, of fixing,” Schumer said in a floor speech. The Senate readied to proceed towards a vote next week, but widespread support from Republicans, especially House Speaker Mike Johnson, remained doubtful. Many Senate Republicans have declined to offer support for the bill until they can dig into its details.

Persons: Chuck Schumer, ” Schumer, toiling, Joe Biden's, — buttressing, Mike Johnson, ” Biden, Donald Trump, Sen, James Lankford of, “ I’ve, ” Lankford, “, Johnson, Kyrsten, Sinema, Lankford, Biden, ”, Robyn Barnard, Chris Murphy, Donald Trump doesn’t, Seung Min Kim Organizations: WASHINGTON, —, Capitol, Johnson, Republicans, Republican, Trump, Migrants, Human, Border Patrol, Connecticut Democrat, Associated Press Locations: Ukraine, Israel, Asia, Russian, James Lankford of Oklahoma, Southern, Arizona, U.S, Connecticut

☆ China’s Xi Draws Standing Ovation From U.S. Business Leaders—and Some Doubts
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-16 | by ( Lingling Wei | Charles Hutzler | ) www.wsj.com time to read: +1 min

President Biden said he and his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping would continue to “preserve and pursue” high level diplomacy, after the pair held talks on Wednesday at an estate outside of San Francisco. WSJ’s Charles Hutzler analyzes the meeting. Yet on his first trip to the U.S. in six years, Chinese leader Xi Jinping didn’t make a pitch to win back American businesses and investors. Instead, at a dinner with U.S. corporate chiefs and other guests, Xi sought to enlist corporate America’s help in easing bilateral tensions, emphasizing the room for both nations to work together—a theme of his meeting with President Biden earlier Wednesday. Throughout his speech, Xi described himself as a leader of the people and stressed the importance of buttressing bilateral ties with people-to-people exchanges, but didn’t specifically highlight trade or investment.

Persons: Biden, Xi Jinping, WSJ’s Charles Hutzler, Brendan Smialowski, Xi Organizations: Getty Locations: San Francisco, AFP, China

☆ Greenland’s northern glaciers are in trouble, threatening ‘dramatic’ sea level rise, study shows
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-07 | by ( Manav Tanneeru | Laura Paddison | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +6 min

CNN —At the top of the world, northern Greenland’s huge glaciers — long thought to be relatively stable — are in trouble, a new study shows. As the ocean warms, Greenland’s last remaining ice shelves are rapidly weakening, destabilizing the nearby glaciers and threatening potentially “dramatic” consequences for sea level rise, according to the study published Tuesday in Nature Communications. When they melt and weaken, more of the land-based ice is able to slide into the ocean, adding to sea level rise. Since 1978, the ice shelves supporting northern Greenland’s glaciers have lost more than 35% of their total volume, according to the study. After the collapse of the Zachariæ Isstrøm glacier’s ice shelf in 2003, the ice discharge into the ocean doubled, according to the study.

Persons: Greenland’s, ” Romain Millan, “, Millan, ” Millan, Copernicus, Thomas Traasdahl, Ritzau Scanpix, Sophie Nowicki, Nowicki, ” Organizations: CNN, Nature Communications, Grenoble Alpes University, Copernicus Sentinel, ESA, Getty, University at Buffalo Locations: Greenland, France, ”, AFP, Antarctica

☆ Rouble soars vs dollar as market gauges impact of latest US sanctions
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-03 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

MOSCOW, Nov 3 (Reuters) - The Russian rouble soared on Friday as the market gauged the impact of Washington's latest sanctions against Moscow over the war in Ukraine, heading back towards a three-month high on the support of foreign currency sales and soaring interest rates. By 1455 GMT, the rouble was 1% stronger against the dollar at 92.39 , not too far from 91.6225, its strongest point since Aug. 1, hit on Wednesday. The rouble has now lost support from month-end tax payments, which were due on Monday and usually see exporters convert foreign exchange revenues to pay domestic liabilities. The rouble has strengthened from beyond 100 to the dollar since that decree was announced. "Sanctions may play a stabilising role for the rouble, helping the central bank fight inflation," Polevoy said.

Persons: Vladimir Putin's, Dmitry Polevoy, Polevoy, Alexander Marrow, Jacqueline Wong Organizations: Moscow, Brent, Reuters, Thomson Locations: MOSCOW, Russian, Ukraine, United States, Russia, Locko

☆ Russian rouble gives up gains after soaring to 3-month high
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-31 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

A view shows the newly designed Russian 1000-rouble banknote inside a currency detector during a presentation in Moscow, Russia October 16, 2023. REUTERS/Maxim Shemetov Acquire Licensing RightsMOSCOW, Oct 31 (Reuters) - The Russian rouble weakened on Tuesday, pulling back after soaring to a three-month high past 92 to the dollar earlier in a volatile session, supported by high interest rates, but facing a month-end reduction in foreign currency sales. By 1324 GMT, the rouble was 0.5% weaker against the dollar at 93.28 . "But at the same time, growth in the money supply is continuing and this will definitely result in rouble weakening." The rouble has strengthened from beyond 100 to the dollar since the decree was announced.

Persons: Maxim Shemetov, Alexei Antonov, Vladimir Putin's, Brent, Alexander Marrow, Christina Fincher, Mark Potter Organizations: REUTERS, Rights, Bank of Russia, Financial Times, Reuters, Thomson Locations: Moscow, Russia, Russian

☆ Climate change: Rapid melting of West Antarctica ice now 'unavoidable,' study finds
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-23 | by ( Rachel Ramirez | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +5 min

CNN —Rapid melting of West Antarctica’s ice shelves may now be unavoidable as human-caused global warming accelerates, with potentially devastating implications for sea level rise around the world, new research has found. Even if the world meets ambitious targets to limit global heating, West Antarctica will experience substantial ocean warming and ice shelf melting, according to the new study published Monday in the journal Nature Climate Change. They act like buttresses, helping hold ice back on the land, slowing its flow into the sea and providing an important defense against sea level rise. While there has been growing evidence ice loss in West Antarctica may be irreversible, there has been uncertainty about how much can be prevented through climate policies. “The thing that’s depressing is the committed nature of sea level rise, particularly for the next century,” Scambos told CNN.

Persons: ”, Kaitlin Naughten, Naughten, ” Naughten, Ted Scambos, ” Scambos, Scambos, Tiago Segabinazzi Dotto, I’ve Organizations: CNN, British Antarctic Survey, University of Colorado Boulder, “, National Oceanography, Science Media Center Locations: West Antarctica, Antarctica

☆ China Ready to Boost Pakistan Ties but Urges Security Guarantee -Xi
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-20 | by ( Oct. | At A.M. | ) www.usnews.com time to read: +2 min

BEIJING (Reuters) - China is willing to strengthen co-operation and promote solidarity with Pakistan but has urged it to guarantee the safety of Chinese organisations and personnel working there, China's foreign ministry said, quoting President Xi Jinping. China is a major ally and investor in Pakistan but both separatist and Islamist militants have attacked Chinese projects over recent years, killing Chinese personnel. "We hope the Pakistani side will guarantee the safety of Chinese institutions and personnel in Pakistan," the ministry cited Xi as telling Kakar. Separatist insurgents in Pakistan's resource-rich Balochistan province say China has ignored warnings not to enter deals with the Pakistani government. China has also warned of the danger or Islamist militants in Pakistan.

Persons: Xi Jinping, Xi, Anwar ul Haq Kakar, Kakar, countries.China, Liz Lee, Robert Birsel Organizations: Initiative, Wednesday Pakistan, Shanghai Cooperation Organisation, Separatist Locations: BEIJING, China, Pakistan, Beijing, Pakistani, Balochistan

☆ Biden: American Leadership Is What Holds the World Together
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-20 | by ( ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

President Biden said in an Oval Office address Thursday that supporting the security of both Ukraine and Israel were critical to buttressing the U.S.-led global order, characterizing the current moment as an "inflection point in history."

Persons: Biden Locations: Ukraine, Israel, U.S

☆ Israel-Hamas War Live News Updates: Biden Says American Leadership Holds the World Together
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-20 | by ( ) www.wsj.com time to read: +1 min

President Biden said in a broadcast speech that "American leadership is what holds the world together." The Israeli military continued its airstrike campaign on Gaza and said it was preparing for the next phases of the war. Biden speech: President Biden said in his Oval Office address that supporting the security of Ukraine and Israel was critical to buttressing the U.S.-led global order, characterizing the current moment as an "inflection point in history." Hostages: Israel's military said 203 people were taken hostage by Hamas, an increase on its previous number. Attacks on U.S. forces: A Pentagon spokesman said U.S. forces in the Middle East came under attack several times this week.

Persons: Biden, Yoav Gallant Organizations: Israeli, House Republicans, U.S, Hamas, Pentagon Locations: Gaza, Ukraine, Israel, U.S, Yemen, Palestinian

The U.S. has collected “high confidence” signals intelligence showing that the explosion at a Gaza hospital compound on Tuesday was caused by the militant group Palestinian Islamic Jihad, U.S. officials said, buttressing Israel’s contention that it wasn’t responsible for the blast. The U.S. assessment drew, in part, on communications intercepts and other intelligence gathered by the U.S., defense officials said.

Persons: buttressing Organizations: U.S, Palestinian Locations: Gaza, Jihad, U.S

☆ NASA to unveil first newly returned near-Earth asteroid sample
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-11 | by ( Steve Gorman | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

The material collected by the OSRIS-REx spacecraft three years ago from the near-Earth asteroid Bennu was to be unveiled at NASA's Johnston Space Center in Houston, a little more than two weeks after it was parachuted into the Utah desert. The landing of the return capsule capped a six-year joint mission of the U.S. space agency and the University of Arizona. It was only the third asteroid sample, and by far the biggest, ever returned to Earth for analysis, following two similar missions by Japan's space agency ending in 2010 and 2020. At the time it landed, the Bennu sample was estimated to weigh about 100 to 250 grams (3.5 to 8.8 ounces). Reporting by Steve Gorman in Los Angeles; Editing by Will DunhamOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

Persons: Keegan, REx, NASA's, Johnson, Samples, Steve Gorman, Will Dunham Organizations: NASA, Department of Defense's Utah, Space Center, University of Arizona, Utah Test, Empire, Thomson Locations: Dugway , Utah, U.S, Houston, Utah, Ryugu, Los Angeles

☆ Capsule with NASA's first asteroid sample heads for Utah touchdown
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-24 | by ( Steve Gorman | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +5 min

The robotic spacecraft OSIRIS-REx is scheduled to release the gumdrop-shaped capsule, transporting about a cup of gravelly asteroid material, at 6:42 a.m. EDT (1042 GMT) for a final descent to Earth, climaxing a seven-year voyage. The spacecraft departed Bennu in May 2021 for a 1.2-billion-mile (1.9-billion-km) cruise back to Earth, including two orbits around the sun. The Bennu sample is estimated at 250 grams (8.8 ounces), far surpassing the 5 grams of material carried back from Ryugu in 2020 or the tiny specimen delivered from asteroid Itokawa in 2010. Scientists hope the integrity of the capsule and inner cannister bearing the asteroid material will be maintained through re-entry and landing, keeping the sample pristine and free of any terrestrial contamination. The main portion of the OSIRIS-REx spacecraft, meanwhile, is expected to sail on to explore yet another near-Earth asteroid, named Apophis.

Persons: Joel Kowsky, REx, climaxing, NASA's, Steve Gorman, Rosalba O'Brien Organizations: United Launch Alliance, V, Cape Canaveral Air Force, NASA, Handout, Reuters, University of Arizona, Empire, NASA's Johnson Space Center, Thomson Locations: Florida, U.S, Utah, Salt Lake City, military's, Ryugu, Houston, Los Angeles

☆ NASA's first asteroid sample parachutes into Utah desert
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-24 | by ( Steve Gorman | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +4 min

Sept 24 (Reuters) - A NASA space capsule carrying the largest soil sample ever scooped up from the surface of an asteroid streaked through Earth's atmosphere on Sunday and parachuted into the Utah desert, delivering the celestial specimen to scientists. It marked only the third asteroid sample, and by far the biggest, ever returned to Earth for analysis, following two similar missions by Japan's space agency ending in 2010 and 2020. OSIRIS-REx collected its specimen three years ago from Bennu, a small, carbon-rich asteroid discovered in 1999. Parachutes deployed near the very end of the descent, slowing the capsule to about 11 mph before it fell gently onto the desert floor of northwestern Utah. The Bennu sample has been estimated at 250 grams (8.8 ounces), far surpassing the 5 grams carried back from Ryugu in 2020 or the tiny specimen delivered from asteroid Itokawa in 2010.

Persons: REx, NASA's, Steve Gorman, Rosalba O'Brien Organizations: NASA, University of Arizona, Empire, NASA's Johnson Space Center, Thomson Locations: Utah, Salt Lake City, military's, Bennu, Ryugu, Houston, Los Angeles

☆ Sudan: Ukraine's special services 'likely' behind strikes on Wagner-backed forces, a Ukrainian military source says
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-19 | by ( Victoria Butenko Nima Elbagir Gianluca Mezzofiore Tamara Qiblawi Allegra Goodwin Andrew Carey Pallabi Munsi Mahamat Tahir Zene Barbara Arvanitidis Alex Platt Lauren Kent | Victoria Butenko | Nima Elbagir | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +12 min

Covert strikes by Ukraine in Sudan would mark a dramatic and provocative expansion of Kyiv’s theater of war against Moscow. Aside from a string of Ukrainian drone attacks that hit deep inside Russian territory, Ukraine’s ongoing counter-offensive has been focused on the country’s occupied east and south. A high-level Sudanese military source said he had “no knowledge of a Ukrainian operation in Sudan” and did not believe it was true. What appears to be a DJI MAVIC 3 drone can be seen in the videos filming the drone strikes. Six drone strikes targeted pickup trucks driving on Shambat bridge.

Persons: Wagner, Sudan ”, Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo –, Abdel Fattah al, Burhan, Wim Zwijnenburg, ” Zwijnenburg, Zwijnenburg, Hemedti, Gen, Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo, Wagner’s, General Khalifa, Yevgeny Prigozhin, Dmitry Utkin, Prigozhin’s, Prigozhin, Yunus, Bek Yevkurov, Andrey Averyanov, Dmytro Kuleba, ” Kuleba Organizations: Chad CNN, CNN, Sudanese, Kyiv, Rapid Support Forces, Ukrainian, Central African, PAX, AK, CAR, PMC Wagner, Reuters Analysts, Kremlin, Agence France, Presse Locations: Kyiv, Ukraine, N'Djamena, Chad, Ukrainian, Sudan’s, Russian, Sudan, Moscow, Omdurman, Khartoum, balaclava, British, al, Zurug, Russia, Africa, Mali, Central African Republic, Libya, Ombada, Ethiopia, Nigeria, Latakia, Bangui, “, Syria, Burkina Faso, St . Petersburg, Eritrea

☆ Biden’s Climate Law Is Reshaping Private Investment in the United States
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-13 | by ( Jim Tankersley | More About Jim Tankersley | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

The 2022 law, which passed with only Democratic support, aided factory investment in conservative bastions like Tennessee and the swing states of Michigan and Nevada. The law also helped underwrite a spending spree on electric cars and home solar panels in California, Arizona and Florida. The law so far has failed to supercharge a key industry in the transition from fossil fuels that Mr. Biden is trying to accelerate: wind power. Domestic investment in wind production declined over the past year, despite the climate law’s hefty incentives for producers. And so far the law has not changed the trajectory of consumer spending on some energy-saving technologies like highly efficient heat pumps.

Persons: Biden Organizations: Democratic Locations: United States, American, Midwest, Tennessee, Michigan, Nevada, California , Arizona, Florida

"Most Districts reported price growth slowed overall," the Fed said in its latest "Beige Book" summary of surveys and interviews conducted across its 12 districts through Aug. 28. It added that "nearly all districts indicated businesses renewed their previously unfulfilled expectations that wage growth will slow broadly in the near term." Data since the last Fed rate hike six weeks ago has tended to support that view, with the economy adding an average of 150,000 jobs per month over the last three months, down sharply from the prior three months. Earlier on Wednesday, Boston Fed President Susan Collins also said the central bank has the space to be patient, while acknowledging that inflation pressures, though easing, still remain too high. Home building was picking up, the Fed said, but building affordable properties is being strained by high financing costs and rising insurance premiums.

Persons: Christopher Waller, Susan Collins, Collins, Ann Saphir, Andrea Ricci, Paul Simao Organizations: Federal, Boston, New, New York Fed, San Francisco Fed, Fed, Thomson Locations: U.S, New York

☆ Trump’s Alleged Co-Conspirators Challenge Legal Ethics - The New York Times
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-14 | by ( Deborah Pearlstein | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +3 min

But at the same time, the key role lawyers played in buttressing the former president’s plans speaks to a troubling crisis in the legal profession. The lawyers he conspired with — whose alleged conduct breached a host of rules of professional ethics, in addition to provisions of criminal law — did not emerge from whole cloth. for the first time demanded that students at any American law school wishing to retain its A.B.A. Members of both parties said they supported the goal: to make sure government lawyers consistently uphold the highest standards of professionalism in the public service. Dozens of other lawyers who represented Mr. Trump in election litigation now face misconduct allegations in state disciplinary proceedings nationwide.

Persons: —, Richard Nixon’s, lawyering, Gerald Ford’s, Eastman, Rudy Giuliani, Trump Organizations: American Bar Association, Washington , D.C Locations: Clarks, California, Washington ,

☆ Russia Says Ukrainian Forces Push on Frontline: Live Updates
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-05 | by ( Andrew E. Kramer | Julian E. Barnes | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +3 min

Image A Ukrainian soldier firing a mortar at Russian positions on the frontline near Bakhmut, in the Donetsk region, Ukraine, last week. Consequently, Russian reports were expected to signal the start of military action before any formal Ukrainian announcements. Two unverified Russian reports said Ukrainian forces had pushed through Russian defenses in two areas. Buttressing the Russian reports the counteroffensive had begun, independent American military analysts said they believed Ukrainian units had begun an initial thrust to determine the position and strength of Russia’s forces. It said Russian forces had destroyed two Ukrainian tanks with anti-tank missiles.

Persons: Efrem, Igor Konashenkov, Rybar Organizations: Associated Press, Kremlin, Russian Ministry of Defense, Tass, Russian Telegram, Ukrainian, NATO, Telegram Locations: Ukrainian, Bakhmut, Donetsk, Ukraine, Associated Press Ukrainian, Russian, Velyka Novosilka, Zaporizhzhia

☆ Fate Brought Them Together During a Blizzard in Buffalo. Then They Reunited in Seoul.
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-20 | by ( Christine Chung | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

About five months ago, in the middle of a deadly and ferocious blizzard, Alexander and Andrea Campagna answered a knock on the door of their home near Buffalo. Outside were 10 South Korean travelers whose van had become stuck in the snow on their street. The Campagnas welcomed the stranded travelers in, and, in doing so, provided a much-shared story of compassion and good will during a vicious storm just before Christmas. They were about a week into a 10-day all-expenses paid tour of the city as guests of the Korea Tourism Organization, to reward their generosity and promote tourism to Korea as well. “It’s kind of a storybook situation that you could not have scripted,” Mr. Campagna, 40, said, in an interview at a cafe on the Gyeongbokgung grounds.

☆ W.H.O. Ends Global Health Emergency Designation for Covid
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-05 | by ( Stephanie Nolen | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +2 min

In Egypt, excess deaths were roughly 12 times as great as the official Covid toll; in Pakistan, the figure was eight times as high. Developing nations bore the brunt of the devastation, with nearly eight million more people than expected dying in lower-middle-income nations by the end of 2021. And Covid continues to spread: The W.H.O. recorded 2.8 million new cases globally, and more than 17,000 deaths, from April 3 to 30, the most recent numbers available. As many countries have reduced their testing for Covid, these numbers also probably represent a significant undercount.

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