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US single-family homebuilding hits 11-month low; building permits slump  Reuters Housing Starts Gain but Still Lag From Last Year  The Wall Street Journal Gold prices holding near session highs as U.S. housing starts increase 4.6% in June  KITCO Housing starts tick up in June after hitting 5-year low  The Hill Single-family construction is getting worse due to rates  HousingWire Source link

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump has looked to the marble finishes and hefty price tag of the Federal Reserve headquarters to claim grounds to fire Chair Jerome Powell, with whom he has tussled for years over interest rates. But the extensive use of marble in the building is, at least in part, the result of policies backed by Trump …

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump has looked to the marble finishes and hefty price tag of the Federal Reserve headquarters to claim grounds to fire Chair Jerome Powell, with whom he has tussled for years over interest rates. But the extensive use of marble in the building is, at least in part, the result of policies backed by Trump …

The Chargers officially announced on Thursday that they’ve placed running back Najee Harris on the non-football injury list. While it’s unclear when he’ll be able to get on the field, head coach Jim Harbaugh confirmed Harris is in the building and participating in meetings after sustaining an eye injury in a fireworks mishap at a July 4 event. “‘Naj’ is …

CNN  —  President Donald Trump is accusing some of his onetime supporters of being “weaklings” who are falling prey to Democratic “bullshit” about the late sex offender Jeffrey Epstein — concluding that he no longer wants their support. The message was the clearest sign yet of the cracks emerging in the president’s coalition, many of whom are loudly demanding more …

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump says he has finally found a way to achieve his goal of removing Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell, accusing him of mismanaging the U.S. central bank’s $2.5 billion renovation project. The push comes after a monthslong campaign by Trump to try to rid himself of the politically independent central banker, who has resisted the …

Mark Zuckerberg is in full founder mode again. This time it’s the AI version. Meta fell behind in the generative AI race earlier this year when the company rolled out its Llama 4 model. The product was not up to scratch, compared to rival offerings from DeepSeek, OpenAI, Anthropic, and Google. Since then, Zuck has gone on a hiring bender, personally recruiting …

Meta is currently building out a data center, called Hyperion, which the company expects to supply its new AI lab with five gigawatts (GW) of computational power, CEO Mark Zuckerberg said in a Monday post on Threads. The announcement marks Meta’s latest move to get ahead of OpenAI and Google in the AI race. After previously poaching top talent to …

Fed building renovation gives Trump new opening to attack Powell  The Washington Post Trump’s increasingly aggressive attacks on Powell aren’t what you think  CNN Fed Defends Renovations as White House Widens Attacks on Central Bank  The New York Times Statement from Chairman of the Board of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac William J. Pulte on Reports that Jerome Powell Is Considering Resigning  FHFA (.gov) …