DEAR ABBY: After their 25th anniversary dinner, my nephew “Will” was blindsided when his wife announced that she had never loved him and has been in love with her stepbrother since her teens. Will had supported her completely and gladly. (She wanted to be a stay-at-home mother; he makes good money.) This hurt him terribly. Will has met another woman …
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An old clip of Howard Stern interviewing actress Sofía Vergara has resurfaced, leaving some fans “disgusted” by the comments he made to her. In the clip, the radio host can be seen asking several questions about how the actress breastfed her child, and even asked Vergara to let him “feed from her chest.” The video resurfaced amid ongoing speculation about …
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Indiana Fever star guard Caitlin Clark can’t stay healthy during this 2025 WNBA season. Of course, this isn’t news to anybody reading this, but it’s worth re-emphasizing just how frustrating a second professional season Clark has experienced to this point; not only for her fan base and the Fever’s organization, but for No. 22 herself. Clark had never missed time …
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Moments after Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell’s closely watched speech at the Jackson Hole symposium on Friday, President Donald Trump dramatically escalated his ongoing assault on the central bank’s leadership by threatening to fire governor Lisa Cook if she does not resign. The extraordinary move punctuated an already tense week for the central bank, as Trump has been criticizing Cook …
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The Making Money panel discusses President Donald Trump calling for Lisa Cook to resign from the Federal Reserve Board of Governors and more. President Donald Trump on Friday threatened to fire a member of the Federal Reserve’s board of governors if she doesn’t resign from her role. Federal Reserve Governor Lisa Cook is facing mortgage fraud allegations that are under …
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MORAN, Wyo.—Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell signaled Friday that the central bank could be edging closer to lowering interest rates, even as he warned of the difficult economic backdrop confronting policymakers. Speaking at the Kansas City Fed’s annual Jackson Hole symposium, Powell described an unsettling mix of risks. “In the near term, risks to inflation are tilted to the upside, …
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President Donald Trump said Friday that he will fire Federal Reserve governor Lisa Cook if she doesn’t resign. “What she did was bad. So I’ll fire her if she doesn’t resign,” he told reporters. Trump’s comment came days after Federal Housing Finance Agency Director William Pulte alleged that Cook had committed mortgage fraud. In a letter to Attorney General Pam …
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