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For decades, despite the diverse politics of the Black community, addressing Black voters’ concerns with racial and economic domestic issues was enough to solidify the Black American vote behind the Democratic Party. But this is changing. President Joe Biden’s reluctance to call for a cease-fire in the Israel-Hamas war—which has resulted in the deaths of […]
The Tesla chief’s mother, in a separate post, highlighted her struggles of getting US citizenship. New Delhi: Billionaire Elon Musk took to social media to voice his concerns about the economic implications of illegal immigration, adding his criticism to the ongoing debate surrounding the Joe Biden administration’s approach to an alleged border crisis. In a […]
By Tom Bateman BBC State Department correspondent 2 February 2024, 11:15 GMT Updated 16 minutes ago Image source, Getty Images More than 800 serving officials in the US and Europe have signed a statement warning that their own governments’ policies on the Israel-Gaza war could amount to “grave violations of international law”.
Buildings in Pudong’s Lujiazui Financial District in Shanghai, China, on Monday, Jan. 29, 2024. Bloomberg | Bloomberg | Getty Images The International Monetary Fund on Tuesday nudged its global growth forecast higher, citing the unexpected strength of the U.S. economy and fiscal support measures in China. It now sees global growth in 2024 at 3.1%, […]
U.S. Treasury yields were lower on Tuesday as investors awaited fresh economic data and as the Federal Reserve’s latest monetary policy meeting is set to begin. At 4:21 a.m. ET, the yield on the 10-year Treasury was down by over three basis points to 4.0586%. the 2-year Treasury yield was last less than one basis […]
A bipartisan group of senators has agreed on a compromise to crack down on the surge of migrants across the United States border with Mexico, including reducing the number who are allowed to live and work in the country temporarily, but a final deal depends on resolving critical funding disputes. Much of the recent haggling […]
The following is testimony given by Dr. John Louis Flateau to the New York State Assembly and New York State Senate Joint Legislative Hearing on Solutions to the Disproportionate Impacts Of COVID-19 On Minority Communities, May 18, 2020, Local, state and national research has definitively established that Black Brooklyn and Queens are the epicenter of […]
U.S. Steel is an iconic example of the lost manufacturing muscle that President Biden says his economic policies will bring back to the United States. But last month, the storied-but-diminished company announced plans to be acquired by a Japanese competitor. That development has put Mr. Biden in an awkward bind as he tries to balance […]
The stock market was up big in 2023.Associated Press Stocks ended the final trading session of the year lower but logged strong gains for the year. The S&P 500 stopped just shy of a new all-time high but gained 24% in 2023. Traders are laying bets that the Fed cuts interest rates as early as […]
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