4 h. ago FTSE 100 LIVE: London muted and Europe rises as Federal Reserve chair Powell hints at US rate cuts

FTSE 100 LIVE: London muted and Europe rises as Federal Reserve chair Powell hints at US rate cuts  Yahoo

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20 h. ago Powell signals support for more rate cuts as US job market cools

Federal Reserve chair says inflation expectations are close to central bank’s 2% goal

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20 h. ago Slowdown in US hiring suggests economy still needs rate cuts, Fed's Powell says

Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell says that a sharp slowdown in hiring poses a growing risk to the U.S. economy

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22 h. ago I chaired the US Federal Election Commission. Now there’s no cop on the beat | Ellen L Weintraub

Democracy is under attack – and the watchdog agency has no quorum. It must be restoredThreats to the US electoral process keep accelerating. Donald Trump is issuing increasingly unhinged demands that his political adversaries and those who fund speech that he views as contrary to his political agenda or supports his political opponents be prosecuted. When a prosecutor balked at this political intervention, Trump simply found one who is more compliant.In what appears to be yet another attempt to concoct support for unproven claims of voter fraud, the Department of Justice has issued exhaustive voting records requests to multiple states. Voting rights lawsuits have been dismissed. A division targeting foreign interference in our elections has been dismembered. Attempts are under way to make voter registration more onerous. Alarmingly, at least one commentator has warned that the extraordinary call-out of the military against US civilians on US soil may be a “dress rehearsal” for takin...

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1 week ago AOC slammed for accusing Trump of killing kids with government shutdown amid desperate fundraising pitch

Ocasio-Cortez's comments came as she looks to keep growing her campaign dollars. She raked in $15.4million this year, according to Federal Election Commission filings.

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2 w. ago FCC chair claims he never threatened TV networks over Jimmy Kimmel

Brendan Carr earlier said ‘we can do this the easy way or the hard way’ as he urged networks to take action on KimmelBrendan Carr, the tough-talking, pro-Trump chair of the Federal Communications Commission (FCC), claimed on Tuesday that Democrats and the media had “misrepresented” critical comments he made about Jimmy Kimmel’s late-night talkshow.Television conglomerates including Nexstar and Sinclair opted to pull the show for “business” reasons, Carr argued, not because of anything he said. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago Moldova’s election result bolsters move towards EU and away from Moscow

Pro-European ruling party win comes after ‘massive pressure from Russia and its proxies’Europe live – latest updatesMoldova’s pro-European ruling party held on to its parliamentary majority after Sunday’s pivotal election, strengthening the country of 2.4 million’s attempt to move towards the EU and away from Moscow.With more than 99.9% of ballots counted, president Maia Sandu’s pro-western Action and Solidarity party (PAS) had 50.03% of the vote, putting it on track to win 55 of the 101 seats in parliament. That compared with 24.26% for a Moscow-leaning alliance of Soviet-nostalgic parties led by the former president Igor Dodon, according to results published on the election commission’s website. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago Moldova’s president hails voters’ refusal refusal to be ‘bought’ by Moscow

Ruling party holds on to its majority in Sunday’s poll which it says is ‘strong mandate for EU accession’Europe live – latest updatesMoldova’s pro-European ruling party held on to its parliamentary majority after Sunday’s pivotal election, strengthening the country of 2.4 million’s attempt to move towards the EU and away from Moscow.With more than 99.9% of ballots counted, president Maia Sandu’s pro-western Action and Solidarity party (PAS) had 50.03% of the vote, putting it on track to win 55 of the 101 seats in parliament. That compared with 24.26% for a Moscow-leaning alliance of Soviet-nostalgic parties led by the former president Igor Dodon, according to results published on the election commission’s website. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago Moldova’s election result boosts move towards EU and away from Moscow

Pro-European ruling party win comes after ‘massive pressure from Russia and its proxies’Europe live – latest updatesMoldova’s pro-European ruling party held on to its parliamentary majority after Sunday’s pivotal election, strengthening the country of 2.4 million’s attempt to move towards the EU and away from Moscow.With more than 99.9% of ballots counted, president Maia Sandu’s pro-western Action and Solidarity party (PAS) had 50.03% of the vote, putting it on track to win 55 of the 101 seats in parliament. That compared with 24.26% for a Moscow-leaning alliance of Soviet-nostalgic parties headed by the former president Igor Dodon, according to results published on the election commission’s website. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago Electric car ‘myths’ are putting drivers off from making the switch – survey

Chargepoint supplier char.gy, which commissioned the research, said electric vehicles (EVs) are ‘rapidly outpacing’ traditionally-fuelled models.

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2 w. ago Sir Keir Starmer's chief of staff 'hid' £50,000 despite being told by Electoral Commission to declare funding

Morgan McSweeney's think-tank Labour Together received the cash as he was told to declare donations

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2 w. ago UK elections watchdog refuses to reopen inquiry into Labour Together donations

Electoral Commission says it has found ‘no evidence of any other potential offences’

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2 w. ago Watchdog rejects Tory call to reopen probe into Labour Together donations

The Conservatives had called for a new probe into the handling of donations during Morgan McSweeney’s time as Labour Together’s director.

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2 w. ago Fury as elections watchdog throws lifeline to Starmer over claims his chief of staff 'hid' £730,000 in donations

In a controversial move, the Electoral Commission said it would not reassess why Morgan McSweeney failed to declare the donations to his think tank Labour Together.

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2 w. ago Starmer's top aide and a £50,000 secret: Morgan McSweeney 'hid' donation on very day he was told he had a legal duty to declare funding

Documents reveal Morgan McSweeney's Labour Together think-tank received the cash injection on the day the Electoral Commission confirmed he was required to report all donations over £7,500.

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2 w. ago They’ve finally gone there: South Park lets rip at Benjamin Netanyahu

No matter how hot the political temperature, Matt Stone and Trey Parker’s show can be counted on to go for the jugular. And with Brendan Carr in a mountain of poo and Israel’s PM in its sights, the latest episode doesn’t pull any punchesIn the three weeks since South Park last aired, things have changed. The assassination of right-wing pundit Charlie Kirk exploded already fiery political tensions, with the Trump administration and its base embarking on a campaign of retribution the likes of which haven’t been seen since the McCarthy era, and stating, without sufficient evidence, that Kirk’s murder was the result of a wide-ranging leftist plot. Scores of people in the public and private sectors have been punished for commenting on the situation, most notably late-night host Jimmy Kimmel, whose show was briefly pulled off air after the chair of the Federal Communications Commission, Brendan Carr, put parent company Disney under pressure to do so.Suffice to say, the situation is far to...

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3 w. ago Tories call for probe into Keir Starmer’s top aide over undeclared donations

Conservatives urge Electoral Commission to investigate Morgan McSweeney’s failure to declare donations to think-tank

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3 w. ago Labour donations row reignited by leaked email as Tories demand probe into Starmer's right

The Conservatives released a leaked email from a lawyer to Morgan McSweeney in response to the Electoral Commission investigating the failure to report donations to Labour Together

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3 w. ago McFadden defends ‘talented’ No 10 chief of staff McSweeney from Tory attack

The Conservative Party published legal correspondence on Morgan McSweeney’s handling of donations to the Labour Together group.

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3 w. ago Asian shares mostly slip after Wall Street rally takes a pause

Asian shares are mostly declining, following a drop on Wall Street, as Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell said that stock prices were “fairly highly valued.”

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