Strangest State: Cute Robots, Killer Bugs, and Cloud Conspiracies
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Fed’s favored inflation gauge accelerates slightly in August
By PAUL WISEMAN, Associated Press Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — The Federal Reserve’s favored inflation gauge accelerated slightly in August from a year earlier. The Commerce Department reported Friday that its personal consumption expenditures (PCE) price index was up 2.7% … Continued
Israel’s Netanyahu to address UN as pressure mounts over Gaza war
By JENNIFER PELTZ and ADAM GELLER, Associated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) — Facing international isolation, accusations of war crimes and growing pressure to end a conflict he has continued to escalate, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu gets his chance to … Continued
Boat strikes, warships and Venezuela rhetoric raise questions about Trump’s goals
By BEN FINLEY, KONSTANTIN TOROPIN and REGINA GARCIA CANO, Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump has dispatched a fleet of American warships into the waters off Venezuela, bragged about fatal strikes on alleged drug boats and claimed Venezuela … Continued
Arizona judge blocks Trump administration from deporting migrant Guatemalan and Honduran children
TUCSON, Ariz. (AP) — A federal judge in Arizona on Thursday temporarily blocked President Donald Trump’s administration from immediately deporting dozens of Guatemalan and Honduran children who came to the U.S. alone. U.S. District Judge Rosemary Márquez in Tucson granted … Continued
Hungary’s Orbán tells Trump that dropping Russian energy would bring economy ‘to its knees’
By JUSTIN SPIKE, Associated Press BUDAPEST, Hungary (AP) — Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán said Friday that Hungary will continue to source fossil fuels from Russia despite demands from his ally U.S. President Donald Trump, and that he’d informed the … Continued