The Federal Reserve is heading into a critical period as the United States prepares for 2026, with a change in leadership and heightened scrutiny of the central bank’s independence. Chair Jerome Powell’s term expires in May, and President Donald Trump is expected to announce a successor early in the year, likely in time for the…
Kazuma Kato-Stafford will continue as Japan’s captain for the men’s Under-19 World Cup, to be played in January-February 2026 in Namibia and Zimbabwe. Nikhil Pol, a former captain, and allrounder Timothy Moore, who missed the recent Asian Cricket Council Premier Cup in Ajman in November-December, are back in the squad. At the Premier Cup, Japan…
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Spotty Wi-Fi can make even simple tasks feel harder than they should. If you’ve ever had a video call freeze in one room or watched a stream buffer in another, a mesh Wi-Fi system can fix those frustrations. Instead of relying on a single router tucked in a corner, a mesh setup uses multiple units…
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The Federal Reserve is expected to lower interest rates Wednesday for the third time this year. Traders overwhelmingly expect a relatively small 0.25% cut, the same size as the last two cuts. But the Fed’s rate-setting meeting in Washington is taking place in the fog of a data blackout, the result of the prolonged federal…
About one-third of Americans get their news from YouTube, and some of them are watching Brett Cooper. The 24-year-old has drawn a following as host of The Brett Cooper Show, where she offers mostly conservative reactions to news events. In recent weeks she has sometimes praised President Trump and also, notably, criticized him. She also…
Pictures of National Guard members Andrew Wolfe and Sarah Beckstrom, who were shot on Nov. 26 in Washington, D.C., are displayed next to a picture of the suspect in the shooting, Afghan national Rahmanullah Lakanwal, on the day of a news conference in Washington, D.C., on Nov. 27. Nathan Howard/REUTERS hide caption toggle caption Nathan…
On April 8, during a dip in the stock market after President Donald Trump had announced sweeping tariffs the previous week, Republican Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene bought thousands of dollars’ worth of stocks. Many of those stocks soared in value after the president paused most tariffs the following day. Rep. Greene was one of the…
Nvidia has developed a location verification feature for its chips, aiming to help prevent its advanced artificial intelligence processors from being smuggled into countries where exports are restricted, reported Reuters, citing people familiar with the matterThe move comes amid growing pressure in the United States to tighten oversight of high-end AI hardware. Lawmakers and the…