Published by maggie@omahadai... on Mon, 05/06/2024 - 4:00am
WASHINGTON (AP) — 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.
Published by maggie@omahadai... on Mon, 05/06/2024 - 3:00am
LINCOLN — Nebraskans incarcerated in county jails will have access to voting rights information under a partnership between the American Civil Liberties Union of Nebraska, Civic Nebraska and RISE.
Educational pamphlets produced by the advocates are arriving by mail at county jails.
Published by maggie@omahadai... on Mon, 05/06/2024 - 3:00am
Once again, the U.S. is entering a presidential campaign with some voters expressing curiosity about independent and minor-party candidates. None of those candidates has a real shot at victory in November, but they might influence the race and politics beyond the election.
Published by maggie@omahadai... on Mon, 04/29/2024 - 6:00am
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — Ariel Henry resigned Thursday as prime minister of Haiti, leaving the way clear for a new government to be formed in the Caribbean country, which has been wracked by gang violence that killed or injured more than 2,500 people from January to March.
Published by maggie@omahadai... on Mon, 04/29/2024 - 5:00am
SCRANTON, Pennsylvania -- Several years ago the Smithsonian magazine ran an elegant story about the use of postcards in American culture as a way both to communicate to loved ones far away and to illustrate what the traveler wants you to see about where they have been.
Published by maggie@omahadai... on Mon, 04/29/2024 - 4:00am
WASHINGTON — The U.S. Supreme Court will hear oral arguments Thursday over former President Donald Trump’s pursuit of absolute immunity from criminal charges alleging that he schemed and knowingly fed lies to subvert the 2020 presidential election, eventually leading to the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol riot.
Published by maggie@omahadai... on Mon, 04/29/2024 - 3:00am
The Senate overwhelmingly approved a US$95.3 billion foreign aid funding package for Ukraine, Israel and Taiwan on April 23, 2024, following months of political infighting that stalled the bill in the House of Representatives. About $61 billion of this aid package will be spent on Ukraine, while $26 billion will go to Israel. Another $8 billion is designated for Taiwan.
Published by maggie@omahadai... on Mon, 04/29/2024 - 2:00am
VENICE, Italy (AP) — Under the gaze of the world’s media, the fragile lagoon city of Venice launched a pilot program Thursday to charge day-trippers a 5-euro ($5.35) entry fee that authorities hope will discourage visitors from arriving on peak days and make the city more livable for its dwindling residents.
Published by maggie@omahadai... on Mon, 04/22/2024 - 12:07am
PITTSBURGH (AP) — President Joe Biden suggested to cheering, unionized steelworkers on Wednesday that his administration would thwart the acquisition of U.S. Steel by a Japanese company, and he called for a tripling of tariffs on Chinese steel, seeking to use trade policy to win over working-class votes in the battleground state of Pennsylvania.
Published by maggie@omahadai... on Mon, 04/22/2024 - 12:06am
Paying "hush money" to keep an extramarital affair quiet is not a crime. And falsifying business records to cover it up is not a felony. What makes it one - or 34, the number of felony counts Trump has been charged with -- is an "intent to defraud" that includes an intent to "commit another crime or to aid or conceal" another crime.