WASHINGTON — The Federal Reserve on Wednesday emphasized that inflation has remained stubbornly high in recent months and said it doesn’t plan to cut interest rates until it has “greater confidence” that price increases are slowing sustainably to its 2% target. The Fed issued its decision in a statement after...
House Passes Bill Expanding Antisemitism Definition Amid Campus Protests Over Gaza War
WASHINGTON — The House passed legislation Wednesday that would establish a broader definition of antisemitism for the Department of Education to enforce anti-discrimination laws, the latest response from lawmakers to a nationwide student protest movement over the Israel-Hamas war. The proposal, which passed 320-91 with some bipartisan support, would codify the...
Trump Awarded 36 Million More Trump Media Shares Worth $1.8 Billion
WASHINGTON — Former President Donald Trump has secured an additional $1.8 billion worth of shares in Trump Media, according to a regulatory filing this week. Based on the company's stock hitting certain price benchmarks, Trump was awarded an additional 36 million shares in the company that owns his social media...
Red Sox Notch Another Shutout in Fenway Win Over Giants
BOSTON — Rookie Wilyer Abreu had a single, double and his first career triple, Cooper Criswell pitched five scoreless innings and the Boston Red Sox beat the San Francisco Giants 4-0 on Tuesday night for their major league-leading sixth shutout. Up Next Giants manager Bob Melvin had not named a...
Bee-Lieve: Walker’s Homer Lifts Diamondbacks Over Dodgers After Delay for Bee Swarm
PHOENIX — Christian Walker homered twice, including a two-run drive in the 10th inning that gave the Arizona Diamondbacks a bee-delayed 4-3 win over the Los Angeles Dodgers on Tuesday night. A bee swarm atop the netting behind home plate caused a delay of nearly two hours as players and...
United Methodists Repeal Longstanding Ban on LGBTQ Clergy
CHARLOTTE, N.C. — United Methodist delegates repealed their church’s longstanding ban on LGBTQ clergy with no debate on Wednesday, removing a rule forbidding “self-avowed practicing homosexuals” from being ordained or appointed as ministers. Delegates voted 692-51 at their General Conference — the first such legislative gathering in five years. That...
US Job Openings Dip to Lowest Level in More Than 3 Years
WASHINGTON — U.S. jobs openings slid in March to the lowest level in more than three years, but stayed at historically high levels in a sign that the job market remains resilient in the face of higher interest rates. The Labor Department reported Wednesday that employers posted 8.5 million vacancies...
Biden’s Historic Marijuana Shift Is His Latest Election Year Move for Young Voters
PHOENIX — President Joe Biden may eventually ban TikTok, but he's moving to give something back to the young people who dominate the popular social media app — a looser federal grip on marijuana. Facing softening support from a left-leaning voting group that will be crucial to his reelection hopes...
Protesters Urge Olympic Officials to Limit Israel’s Paris Games Role
PARIS — Several hundred pro-Palestinian protesters gathered near the Paris Olympics organizers’ headquarters on Tuesday and called for limiting Israel’s participation at the Summer Games in the French capital. About 300 people attended the rally at the headquarters of the Paris Organizing Committee for the Olympic and Paralympic Games in the...
The Latest | In Israel, Blinken Pushes Hamas to Agree on Gaza Cease-Fire Deal
U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken was in Israel on Wednesday to press for a cease-fire deal in the Israel-Hamas war, saying “the time is now” and warning that Hamas would bear the blame for any failure to reach an agreement to halt the war in Gaza. Blinken greeted the...