Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell told President Donald Trump that monetary policy decisions would be “based solely on careful, objective, and non-political analysis,” according to a brief statement by the central bank Thursday. Powell’s comments came in a meeting he attended at the White House on Thursday “at the President’s invitation,” the Fed said in…
Marriage for same-sex couples has been legal across the United States since the Supreme Court’s Obergefell v. Hodges decision a decade ago. While Democratic support for gay nuptials has risen steadily since that landmark 2015 ruling, Republican support has tumbled 14 points since its record high of 55% in 2021 and 2022, according to a…
HONG KONG — The sky was apparently not the limit for a Chinese paraglider who climbed to a near record-breaking altitude of more than 28,000 feet Wednesday. The only problem? He hadn’t even intended to fly. In what acrophobes — those with a fear of heights — could only imagine in their worst nightmares, 55-year-old…
Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer on Thursday said that she’s “very disappointed” that President Donald Trump is considering pardoning the men who were convicted of conspiring to kidnap her in 2020. The governor told NBC affiliate WOOD-TV on Thursday that she’s “very disappointed that they are even considering it, frankly.” During an Oval Office event on…
The Trump administration said in court filings Wednesday that it was working to bring back a Guatemalan man who was deported to Mexico in spite of his fears of being harmed there, days after a federal judge ordered the administration to facilitate his return. The man, who is gay, was protected from being returned to…
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SALT LAKE CITY — When Utah Republicans passed a ban on gender-affirming health care for children and teens in 2023, they argued it was needed to protect vulnerable kids from treatments that could cause long-term harm. Years later, the results of a study commissioned under the same law contradict that claim, and the Republican-led Legislature…
NEW YORK — The typical compensation package for chief executives who run companies in the S&P 500 jumped nearly 10% in 2024 as the stock market enjoyed another banner year and corporate profits rose sharply. Many companies have heeded calls from shareholders to tie CEO compensation more closely to performance. As a result, a large…
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