Biden rejects Republican criticism of his energy policy
By Steve Holland and Eric Beech WASHINGTON – President Joe Biden on Thursday rejected Republican accusations that he is holding back production of oil in the United States amid a…
By Steve Holland and Eric Beech WASHINGTON – President Joe Biden on Thursday rejected Republican accusations that he is holding back production of oil in the United States amid a…
State Agents ‘Raided’ Preschool And Interviewed 1-Year-Olds About Mask Policy Laurel Duggan on March 9, 2022 California announced its plan to drop the state’s mask mandate for childcare centers and…
Washington, DC – Today, U.S. Marshals Service (USMS) Director Ronald L. Davis signed the interim policy for the USMS to begin use of body-worn cameras (BWC) in law enforcement operations…
BRUSSELS – European Union countries should move to a neutral fiscal stance next year from a supportive stance in 2022, with high debt countries focusing on tighter fiscal policy and…
TRENTON, N.J. – New Jersey’s new vehicle pursuit policy prohibiting when a police officer can initiate the pursuit of a suspect is coming under fire today. According to the new guidelines…
FRANKFURT – The European Central Bank should hold off on removing any more stimulus for now as the war in Ukraine raises uncertainty and the bank still needs evidence that…
By Jonnelle Marte – The conflict unfolding in Ukraine could have an effect on the U.S. economy in the medium term and should be factored in as Federal Reserve policymakers…
BANGKOK – Thailand’s fiscal and monetary policy are still operating together to achieve 4% economic growth this year and ensure a full economic recovery, its finance minister said on Thursday.…
ALMATY – Kazakhstan’s central bank hiked its policy rate to 13.5% from 10.25% on Thursday as the central Asian nation’s tenge currency sank alongside the Russian rouble after Moscow launched…
LONDON – Britain is in the midst of its most challenging period for monetary policy since it started to target inflation 30 years ago, Bank of England Deputy Governor Ben…
TALLAHASSEE, Fla.—Attorney General Ashley Moody is demanding the immediate resignation of U.S. Department of Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas—leading 13 other states in an effort to replace the DHS leader.…
WASHINGTON – Top U.S. foreign policy officials arrived at the White House on Monday as Russian President Vladimir Putin said he was weighing a request by two regions of eastern…
– Federal Reserve chief Jerome Powell will testify before Congress on March 2 and 3 in what are likely to be his final public remarks on monetary policy before the…
By Howard Schneider NEW YORK – Current high inflation requires a “substantial repositioning” of Federal Reserve policy, but not so much that it will restrict the economy and wreck employment,…
FRANKFURT – The European Central Bank has been right to maintain its easy money policy as inflation is set to fall after “transient boosts” from supply snags that may extend…
– Backers of the U.S. biofuel industry told lawmakers on Wednesday that the nation’s renewable fuel mandates are good for farmers, national security and the environment, defending the controversial program’s…
TOKYO – The Bank of Japan could temporarily suffer losses on its huge asset holdings if it were to end its ultra-loose monetary policy, governor Haruhiko Kuroda said on Wednesday.…
By Karen Brettell NEW YORK – A dramatic flattening in key parts of the U.S. Treasury yield curve is reflecting worries that the Federal Reserve has been too slow to…
By Md Manzer Hussain BENGALURU – The Philippine central bank will wait until the end of the year before raising interest rates from a record low 2.0% to support an…
A federal district court in Louisiana halted one of President Joe Biden’s key climate initiatives implemented shortly after he was inaugurated in January 2021. Judge James Cain, Jr. of the…
FRANKFURT – Euro zone inflation will return to trend without significant policy tightening by the European Central Bank as pandemic-related bottlenecks in goods as well as labour are resolved, the…
TRENTON, NJ – Phil Murphy can’t help himself. Even after five people have been murdered as a result of his early inmate release program, he’s letting even more criminals out…
UPPER MARLBORO, MD – Just weeks after the Biden Administration promised at home COVID-19 testing kits for every American, then buying $1.2 billion worth of masks from China, President Joe…
By Balazs Koranyi and William Schomberg FRANKFURT/LONDON – In just a few short weeks, the balance of power at the world’s top central banks has shifted to conservatives, heralding the…
By Ann Saphir and Howard Schneider -St. Louis Federal Reserve President James Bullard on Tuesday said he favors starting the turn to tighter U.S. monetary policy with successive rate increases…