NEW YORK—The dollar recovered from a nine-week low on Thursday, lifted by a rise in U.S. Treasury yields after the government reported strong economic growth for the first quarter and an improvement in new jobless claims in the latest week. U.S. benchmark 10-year Treasury yields rose 2 basis points on Thursday, to 1.639 percent, boosted…
US Dollar Climbs From Nine-Week Low in Step With Higher Treasury Yields
Former Reality TV Star Josh Duggar Arrested by Federal Agents in Arkansas
Former reality TV star Josh Duggar was jailed Thursday after being arrested by federal authorities on charges that are not yet clear. Duggar, known for his extended family’s TLC reality show “19 Kids and Counting,” was arrested by U.S. Marshals at his Arkansas home on Thursday afternoon and placed in federal custody at Fayetteville’s Washington…
Biden Speaks with Key Republican Senator About Infrastructure Bill
President Joe Biden spoke with Sen. Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.), who is leading a Republican response to Biden’s infrastructure proposal, on Thursday about the president’s plan to pass a sweeping $2.3 trillion infrastructure package, according to the White House. The call signals willingness from both sides to negotiate on a bipartisan infrastructure plan following intense criticism over the…
Power Giants Could Pay Coal Stations to Open Under Proposed Changes by Energy Minister
Households won’t pay more for their power bills under changes being considered by the federal government, the energy minister claims. Angus Taylor is considering changing how the energy system works so that dispatchable power stations like coal and gas are paid for being available. It would see the east coast market follow what occurs in…
Four Deputies Return to Active Duty After Andrew Brown Shooting
Four North Carolina deputies who were placed on administrative leave in the aftermath of the fatal shooting of Andrew Brown Jr. have been permitted to return to duty after body-camera footage showed that they didn’t fire their guns, their sheriff said on Thursday. Pasquotank County Sheriff Tommy Wooten confirmed that the three other deputies who…
Video: Live Q&A: Trump May Pick DeSantis as 2024 Running Mate; Biden Draws Ire for $6 Trillion Spending Spree
Former President Donald Trump suggested he may pick Florida Governor Ron DeSantis as a running mate in the 2024 presidential election, but he said he may wait until after the midterms in 2022 before making any official announcements. In this live Q&A with Crossroads host Joshua Philipp, we’ll be discussing these stories and others, as…
Labor Wants Quarantine Hubs in All States
Labor is demanding the federal government establish purpose-built quarantine centres in each state and territory as hotels continue to house the bulk of people entering Australia despite state governments making proposals for facilities outside capital cities. Opposition Leader Anthony Albanese called on the Morrison government to build and run fit-for-purpose quarantine hubs in every jurisdiction….
Opinion: Biden Made Some Good Points on China but He Needs to Get Much Tougher
Commentary “We’re in a competition with China and other countries to win the 21st century,” President Biden told a joint session of Congress on April 28. The speech was panned by a jaundiced writer in the New York Times as oversimplified. But he got that wrong. Democracy is in an existential competition, if not conflict,…
Biden Made Some Good Points on China but He Needs to Get Much Tougher
Commentary “We’re in a competition with China and other countries to win the 21st century,” President Biden told a joint session of Congress on April 28. The speech was panned by a jaundiced writer in the New York Times as oversimplified. But he got that wrong. Democracy is in an existential competition, if not conflict,…
Crush at Israeli Religious Festival Kills At Least 44
MOUNT MERON, Israel—At least 44 people were crushed to death at an over-crowded religious bonfire festival in Israel on Friday, medics said, in what Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu described as a “heavy disaster”. The crush occurred as tens of thousands of ultra-Orthodox Jews thronged to the Galilee tomb of 2nd-century sage Rabbi Shim Bar Yochai…
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