Gold jumps to record above $2,460 an ounce on hopes Fed will soon cut rates
Gold jumped to a record Tuesday as rising expectations of a September interest rate cut bolstered demand for bullion. Gold futures advanced 1.7% to $2,471.1, topping the previous high of $2,454.20 reached May 20. Spot gold jumped 1.8% to $2,465.95 during the session,
Most Americans support Supreme Court reforms
The Washington Post reported on Tuesday that President Biden has warmed to the idea of reforming the Supreme Court. At the beginning of his term, pressure from the base of the Democratic Party prompted Biden to create a commission aimed
Trump’s biggest donor is a Gilded Age heir also backing RFK Jr.
Timothy Mellon, an heir to the Mellon family banking fortune, saw something in 2012 that he thought would alter aviation history: the possible remains of Amelia Earhart, who had disappeared in 1937 while trying to circumnavigate the globe. On an internet
Old rivals Bill O’Reilly and Jon Stewart reunite to spar on ‘The Daily Show’
Five months after Jon Stewart returned to host “The Daily Show,” he has reunited with an old foe: former Fox host and commentator Bill O’Reilly. “Stewart and I have a history, all right? We go back,” O’Reilly said on Tuesday night’s
Biden says his mental acuity is ‘pretty damn good,’ despite polls showing majority of Americans disagreeing
President Biden has declared in an interview this week that his mental acuity is ‘pretty damn good’ — despite numerous recent polls showing majorities of Americans thinking otherwise and raising concerns about his age. ‘I’ve been doing this a long time.
Four in five Americans fear nation spiraling into chaos, new poll finds
About four in five Americans believe that the country is spiraling into chaos, according to a two-day poll. The poll by Ipsos for Reuters was conducted after the assassination attempt on former President Trump at his rally in Pennsylvania and after
Top 5 moments from Night 2 at the Republican National Convention
From Nikki Haley’s standing ovation to political predictions by ‘Babydog,’ here are the biggest moments from Tuesday night at the Republican National Convention in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. 1. Nikki Haley wins over the crowd Former Ambassador and presidential contender Nikki Haley received a
Investigators raced to crack into phone used by Trump rally gunman
New, faster phone-cracking technology was used to access the phone of the Trump rally gunman, according to people familiar with the investigation who described the ongoing race to find any clues to the 20-year-old’s motive for trying to kill the
Haley embraces Trump, says ‘unified’ GOP ‘essential’ to ‘saving’ country
MILWAUKEE — Former GOP presidential contenders Nikki Haley and Ron DeSantis put their bitter feuds with Donald Trump behind them Tuesday night, taking the stage at the Republican National Convention to make the case that he is the only competent
Ted Cruz pushes the GOP’s immigrant-voting lie deeper into the slime
There is something about Sen. Ted Cruz’s brow, a knitting of his eyebrows, that gives him a default appearance of sheepishness. Or perhaps this is simply projection, an assumption that someone who made the claim that Cruz (R-Tex.) offered at