Bessent calls for series of rate cuts US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent has reiterated his call for a half-point interest rate reduction at the Federal Reserve’s next meeting in September, and called for a series of rate cuts. His comments come after data showed inflation held steady at 2.7% in July. He said the central bank’s benchmark ought to be …
Read More »SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — National Guard troops repeatedly rehearsed their role in an operation at a Los Angeles park intended as a show of force against undocumented people and those protesting the Trump administration’s immigration crackdown, a deputy commanding general testified Tuesday. Maj. Gen. Scott Sherman, who commanded Guard troops in Los Angeles, was testifying at a trial to determine …
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Scottie Scheffler will not have Ted Scott on his bag during the final round of the FedEx St. Jude Championship, Golf Channel’s Todd Lewis reported Sunday from TPC Southwind. Scott, according to Lewis, left Memphis, Tennessee, Saturday night for his home in Louisiana to address a “family emergency.” Brad Payne will serve as Scheffler’s caddie. Payne, the PGA Tour’s chaplain, …
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PITTSBURGH — It should come as no surprise that Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent declined to be the next Federal Reserve chairman. Spend any time listening to Bessent talk, and it is clear he is laser-focused on one thing, something he can only accomplish in his current job: lifting America’s economy into a position where both Main Street and Wall Street …
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On Thursday at midnight, steep retaliatory tariffs Donald Trump slapped on dozens of countries went into effect. “IT’S MIDNIGHT!!! BILLIONS OF DOLLARS IN TARIFFS ARE NOW FLOWING INTO THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA!” the president wrote on Truth Social minutes before the levies snapped into effect. “Tariffs are flowing into the USA at levels not thought even possible,” he added …
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This offseason, we’ve published enough fantasy football content to rival War and Peace by word count. And, of course, this entire time, you’ve been asking for just one article in particular… This one. How am I approaching 2025 drafts? Where are my rankings? Who are my top draft-day targets? Who are my “Exodia” players – the players I don’t want …
Read More »WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump said Tuesday that he’s whittled down his list of potential Federal Reserve chair candidates to four as he considers a successor to Jerome Powell — a choice that could reset the path of the U.S. economy. Asked on CNBC’s “Squawk Box” for a future replacement for Powell, Trump named Kevin Hassett, director of the …
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Facebook Tweet Email Link President Donald Trump said Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent is no longer being considered as a replacement for Jerome Powell as Federal Reserve Chair. “I love Scott, but he wants to stay where he is,” Trump said Tuesday in a CNBC interview Tuesday morning. “I’ll take him off, because I asked him just last night, ‘Is this …
Read More »Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent off list for next Fed chair, Trump says Axios Trump says Scott Bessent no longer in the running for Fed chair CNN Trump says Treasury Secretary Bessent ‘does not want’ to be Fed chair, but 4 others in running CNBC Donald Trump rules out Scott Bessent for Federal Reserve chair Financial Times Trump Says Four Candidates in Running for Fed …
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Twin brothers and former NASA astronauts Mark and Scott Kelly have each flown four missions and were part of NASA’s twin study to research the impact of spaceflight on the human body. Hours before SpaceX planned to launch another crew to the International Space Station, which was scrubbed minutes before liftoff, they spoke to “CBS Mornings” about NASA cuts, spaceflight and the …
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