Russian occupation forces in Crimea have claimed that Ukraine deployed ATACMS missiles to strike the peninsula on the night of 3-4 May, with Russian air defence downing all missiles.
Source: Ministry of Defence of the Russian Federation
Details: The Russian Defence Ministry said that Russian air defence systems shot down four US-made long-range ATACMS missiles.
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Washington is spending another $61 billion to help Ukraine. But most of the money will flow through the US economy first.
An annual government report offered a glimmer of good news for Social Security and a jolt of good news for Medicare even as both programs continue to be on pace to run dry next decade.
A sweeping White House move on China tariffs that is expected to be unveiled early next week "reflects lessons learned," according to a former official who was involved in the process.
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The former president’s criminal hush money trial resumed Thursday in Manhattan.
Ryan says he would be writing in a Republican candidate instead of voting for Donald Trump.
The former president’s criminal hush money trial resumes Tuesday in Manhattan, where his former lawyer and so-called fixer is expected to take the stand for the second straight day.
New York Fed president John Williams and Richmond Fed president Thomas Barkin offered comments Monday that soothed any concerns the Fed might be considering a rate hike.
Jay Powell’s colleagues spent the last week backing a stance the central bank chair hammered home at his last press conference: Interest rates will be staying higher for longer.
New rules from the Treasury Department will make it harder for vehicles to qualify for the federal EV tax credit, though the automakers were also granted a reprieve.
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The former president’s criminal hush money trial resumed Thursday in Manhattan.
When asked by lawyers for Donald Trump whether she had made up her story about a sexual affair with the former president, adult film actress Stormy Daniels had an emphatic, one-word answer: “No!”
Another hot inflation reading released Friday reinforces that any near-term interest rate cuts are less likely, as the Federal Reserve shifts to a higher-for-longer stance.
The former president’s criminal hush money trial resumes Monday in Manhattan, where his former lawyer and fixer is expected to take the stand.
Pro-Palestinian protests and encampments are springing up at numerous colleges, leading to arrests and heightened security concerns. Here’s what's happening.
It's the 10th day of the hush money trial.
The Federal Communications Commission made its official vote Thursday to reinstate net neutrality, which bars broadband providers from slowing or even blocking internet traffic to some sites while improving access to others that pay extra fees. With some changes and protections, passing the order titled Safeguarding and Securing the Open Internet restores rules passed back during the Obama administration in 2015 and rolled back in 2017, after Donald Trump was elected president. Since the FCC announced in September that it would be pursuing this as a policy goal, it was more or less a fait accompli; there was no real reason why the Commission, split 3-2 in favor of the Democrats, would vote against it.
The Biden administration announced Monday that Polar Semiconductor will receive up to $120 million in federal funds to expand its chip manufacturing facility in Minnesota. The funding stems from the bipartisan CHIPS and Science Act, which Biden signed into law in August 2022 to strengthen the U.S. supply of semiconductors. The expansion of Polar Semiconductor’s facility would enable the company to double its U.S. production capacity of sensor and power chips within two years, the U.S. Department of Commerce said in a press release.
Nearly 3,000 people have been arrested at protests against the war in Gaza at 57 colleges and universities across the U.S. The students involved face academic penalties as well as potential criminal charges.