At this point in the unending search for a House speaker, Donald Trumps candidacy is making as much progress as Kevin McCarthys. The former president (and half-hearted 2024 White House applicant) today secured his first vote as the House slogged through its seventh fruitless attempt to elect a leader. The semi-serious effort to elevate Trump,
WASHINGTON – President Joe Biden on Friday will mark the second anniversary of the attack on the US Capitol with an award ceremony for heroes from law enforcement and politics for their contributions to democracy that day and beyond. Mr Biden, a Democrat, will award the Presidential Citizens Medal to 12 people and give remarks
NEW YORK – "Real Housewives of Salt Lake City" reality TV star Jen Shah is scheduled to be sentenced in federal court in Manhattan on Friday in connection with her fraud case. Shah pleaded guilty to one charge of conspiracy to commit wire fraud in connection with telemarketing. Federal prosecutors say she admitted she victimized
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VATICAN CITY (AP) — If ever there was an heir to the intellectual legacy of Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI, it’s Cardinal Gerhard Mueller. Benedict gave his fellow German theologian his old job — prefect of the Vatican’s doctrine office. He entrusted his life’s theological works to Mueller, who has spent nearly two decades organizing them
Look up on Jan. 6 for a view of the first full moon of 2023: The Wolf ‘micromoon.’ January’s full moon will be slightly smaller than average because the moon is at the farthest point from Earth in its orbit. The moon’s path around the planet is elliptical. At its nearest approach, called perigee, it
Gov. Maura Healey excitedly streamed through crowds swarming around her on the floor of TD Garden Thursday evening, as decorative basketball insignias and arcade basketball games and foam fingers festooned her and Lt. Gov. Kim Driscolls inaugural celebration, hours after their historic swearing-in ceremony at the Massachusetts State House. Healey paused for selfies and embraces,
TOKYO – In Tokyos Asakusa tourist district, caricaturist Masashi Higashitani is dusting off his Chinese as he prepares for an influx of travellers after Beijing ends inbound quarantine rules. We used to say ni hao all the time, he said with a laugh as he whipped up a portrait in minutes. Nearly 9.6 million Chinese
Municipals were mixed Thursday in the secondary market as a $765 million deal from the Triborough Bridge and Tunnel Authority took focus in the primary. U.S. Treasuries were weaker 10 years and in, and equities ended lower. The three-year muni-UST ratio was at 59%, the five-year at 63%, the 10-year at 69% and the 30-year
In a joint effort between the state-owned Chinese Technology Exchange, the state-owned Art Exhibitions China and the corporation Huban Digital Copyrights Ltd, China’s first national NFT marketplace is scheduled to come online this week. It’s designed as a secondary market for trading digital collectibles, along with copyrights for digital assets. Perhaps unsurprisingly, it’s built on
On Jan. 5, 2023, the state of New York and attorney general Letitia James filed a lawsuit against Alex Mashinsky, the co-founder and former CEO of Celsius. The lawsuit claims that Mashinsky and Celsius defrauded “hundreds of thousands of investors, including more than 26,000 New Yorkers, out of billions of dollars worth of cryptocurrency.” Former
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As her 40-year central banking career comes to a close, Kansas City Federal Reserve President Esther George is advising her colleagues to stay tough in their efforts to stamp out runaway inflation. George said Thursday that she thinks the Fed should raise its benchmark borrowing rate above 5% and keep it there until there are
Burton Malkiel, a Princeton University economics professor, in New York, Jan. 26, 2010. Julie Glassberg | The New York Times Want to learn how to be a better investor in 2023? Two classic books on long-term investing are out in new editions. If your New Year’s resolution is to learn more about the stock and
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On this week’s episode of Market Talks, Cointelegraph welcomes Mohit Sorout, co-founder of Bitazu Capital, a proprietary algorithmic trading and investment management platform. This week, to kick things off, we get to know a little bit about Sorout, his background in finance and trading. We also dive into his skillset, trading style and unique approach
A peaceful life in the countryside. An orchard of 72 olive-producing trees. Construction that dates to 1700. These are among the charms of a stone villa being offered for sale in the hills near Todi in the Umbria region of central Italy. Yet the property is close to shopping and services. The center of the
Minerva Studio | Istock | Getty Images Some expenses that go with homeownership can often be unpredictable — and costly. Last year, homeowners spent an average of $6,000 on maintenance and repairs, according to a recent report from insurance firm Hippo. A separate study from home services website Angi that measured similar 2022 costs shows
BONK BONK/USD is taking the crypto-world by storm soaring over 186% in the last 24 hours. What Happened: Crypto analyst 'LitecoinYagami', a BONK holder, has explained the good, the FUD (fear, uncertainty and doubt) and the ugly about this meme coin that is poised to beat the likes of Shiba Inu SHIB/USD and Dogecoin DOGE/USD