Trump has repeatedly attacked the Fed since returning to office in January, blasting Powell — whom he appointed as Chair during his first term — as a “numbskull” and a “major loser” for not cutting interest rates more quickly.
The Fed withstood the pressure…
However, some officials believe that relationship was strained when the Bank’s head of research, Fabrizio Balassone, criticized a government budget draft last month, suggesting that tax cuts aimed at the middle classes were more beneficial to wealthy Italians than poor ones. Bank officials…
This week, a raccoon (let’s call him Rocky to honor our elders and betters) in the town of Ashland, Virginia fell through the ceiling of a liquor store, smashed some bottles, got very drunk and passed out on the bathroom floor. We’ve all been there!
We didn’t use to have raccoons in…
The move — prompted by U.S. demands to up its NATO spending, and mirroring the Trump administration’s move to gut its own USAID development budget — shocked Labour’s progressive MPs, supporters and backers in the aid sector.
But unlike attempted cuts to British welfare spending,…
Brussels was jolted this week by dawn raids and an alleged fraud probe involving current and former senior EU diplomats.
Host Sarah Wheaton speaks with Zoya Sheftalovich — a longtime Brussels Playbook editor who has just returned from Australia to begin her new role as…
An Irish navy ship spotted up to five drones operating near the flight path of Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy’s aircraft as he arrived for a state visit to Ireland on Monday, Irish and Ukrainian media reported. The sighting…
The Verkhovna Rada created a Temporary Investigative Commission (TIC) to investigate crimes committed by the armed formations of the Russian Federation against journalists and other media workers.
The relevant initiative, No. 14198, was adopted with 272 votes,…
The Verkhovna Rada created a Temporary Investigative Commission (TIC) to investigate crimes committed by the armed formations of the Russian Federation against journalists and other media workers.
The relevant initiative, No. 14198, was adopted with 272 votes,…
On a wet, lazy Sunday evening a baby fur seal waddled into a craft beer bar in Richmond, at the top of New Zealand’s South Island. Accustomed to seeing animals in the pet-friendly bar, co-owner Bella Evans initially assumed the visitor was a…