Author: The Gazette
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Judge blocks National Guard troop deployment in Illinois for now
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -A U.S. judge in Chicago temporarily blocked the Trump administration’s deployment of federalized National Guard troops in the state on Thursday in response to a lawsuit filed by the Illinois attorney general. (Reporting by Diana Jones; Editing by Jasper Ward and Caitlin Webber)
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Farmers, traders ‘flying blind’ as US shutdown blocks key crop data
By Tom Polansek, P.J. Huffstutter and Karl Plume CHICAGO (Reuters) -U.S. data vital to global grain and soybean trading has gone dark during the federal government’s shutdown, leaving commodity traders and farmers without crop production estimates, export sales data and market reports during the peak of the autumn harvest. The data blackout comes at a particularly…
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BLS bringing back staff to get inflation report out, reports say
(Reuters) -The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics is bringing some furloughed workers back in order to get the statistical agency’s benchmark report on inflation out despite the wider shutdown of the federal government, the New York Times and Bloomberg reported on Thursday. A specific target date for releasing the Consumer Price Index – originally scheduled…
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Peru Congress ousts president, successor vows ‘war on crime’
By Marco Aquino and Sarah Morland LIMA (Reuters) -Peru’s lawmakers swore in Congress chief Jose Jeri as the country’s new president less than an hour after unanimously voting to remove President Dina Boluarte, as anger mounted over rising crime and accusations of corruption. One of the world’s least popular leaders was ousted shortly after midnight…
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Modi says he and Trump, in call, reviewed “good progress” in trade negotiations
(Reuters) -Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi said he spoke to U.S. President Donald Trump on Thursday, adding that they “reviewed good progress achieved in trade negotiations” and agreed to stay in close touch over the coming weeks. Indian commerce ministry officials have said after the latest meetings of trade officials in Washington, another round of…
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Raskin urges leading banks to release financial records tracking Epstein’s funding stream, citing FBI failure
Rep. Jamie Raskin (D-MD) on Thursday urged four of the country’s largest banks to release more financial records related to the late convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. The top Democrat on the House Judiciary Committee sent letters to JPMorgan Chase, Deutsche Bank, Bank of America, and Bank of New York Mellon, demanding they release information…
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Former US Fed Governor Larry Lindsey withdraws name for Fed chair, CNBC reports
(Reuters) -Former U.S. Federal Reserve Governor Larry Lindsey has withdrawn his name from consideration for the position of chair of the U.S. central bank, CNBC reported on Thursday. Reuters could not immediately verify the report. (Reporting by Rishabh Jaiswal in Bengaluru; Editing by Chris Reese)
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Trump proposes barring Chinese airlines from flying over Russia on US routes
By David Shepardson and Lisa Barrington WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The Trump administration on Thursday proposed banning Chinese airlines from flying over Russia on routes to and from the United States, saying the reduced flight time this practice enables puts American carriers at a disadvantage. The proposal is another escalation of the trade war between the world’s…
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Colombian President Petro suggests Qatar could mediate US military actions off Venezuela
BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) — Colombian President Gustavo Petro proposed Thursday that Qatar could serve as “mediator” so that the United States would end its military deployment in international waters off the coast of Venezuela, where it has attacked small boats it says were carrying drugs. Petro’s comments while on a trip to Brussels came a…
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What the timeline of the Gaza peace deal looks like
The historic peace deal set to end the war in Gaza has multiple phases, setting up a timeline to end the bloodiest round of fighting between Israelis and Palestinians to date. Trump told Fox News’s Sean Hannity that it was a “great honor” to be involved in the peace negotiations, and that the final deal…