US weekly jobless claims increase; labor market conditions still healthy
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The number of Americans filing new applications for unemployment benefits increased more than expected last week, but remained at levels consistent with a healthy labor market. Initial claims for state unemployment benefits rose 14,000
Analysis-Dollar rules as investors eye Trump’s economic policies
By Saqib Iqbal Ahmed NEW YORK (Reuters) – U.S. President-elect Donald Trump’s imminent return to the White House and fading hopes for aggressive interest rate cuts have driven the dollar to multi-year highs, and investors see this
Nick Reed’s Must Read Headlines – 01.16.25
Ceasefire Deal: President-elect Donald Trump was the first to announce a ceasefire deal was reached in Gaza between Israel and Hamas on Wednesday. Trump Announces Gaza Hostage and Ceasefire Deal (Breitbart) Biden on Wednesday snapped at a
Many Americans doubt Trump will be able to lower prices in his first year, an AP-NORC poll shows
WASHINGTON (AP) — Worries about everyday expenses helped return President-elect Donald Trump to the White House. But with his second term quickly approaching, many U.S. adults are skeptical about his ability to bring down costs. Only about
Trump nominee for Interior backs full-throttle drilling on federal lands
(Reuters) – President-elect Donald Trump’s pick for secretary of the interior, Doug Burgum, will tell lawmakers during his nomination hearing on Thursday that he will vigorously pursue Trump’s goals of maximizing energy production from America’s public lands
Trump upended trade once, aims to do so again with new tariffs
By David Lawder WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Donald Trump came to Washington eight years ago vowing to rewrite U.S. trade relationships, shrink a massive goods trade deficit and rebuild America’s industrial base with new tariffs. The president-elect is
How much is TikTok worth and who could buy it?
NEW YORK (AP) — The supremely popular TikTok could be banned on Jan. 19 under a federal law that forces the video sharing platform to divest itself from its China-based parent company, ByteDance, or shut down its
‘TODAY’ co-host Sheinelle Jones taking time away from show due to ‘family health matter’
NBC TODAY co-host Sheinelle Jones is taking time away from the show to tend to “a family health matter.” Sheinelle has been with NBC News since 2014 as a Weekend Today co-host, and began co-hosting the third
American accused of assaulting a Pennsylvania student is being extradited to the US, prosecutors say
PARIS (AP) — French Appeal Court prosecutors said Thursday that an American man accused of sexually assaulting a Pennsylvania college student in 2013 is being extradited to the United States. The Appeal Court prosecutors’ office in Metz,
See the new trailer for Season 3 of HBO’s ‘The White Lotus’
The White Lotus is set to return for a third season in February, with HBO sharing a teaser trailer and revealing the Feb. 16 premiere date. The black-comedy, drama anthology series was created, written, directed and executive
