Posts by Amelia Frost
Trump, Aides Clamor To Sway Fed’s Policy. Is Kevin Warsh In A Fix?
Ahead of the Federal Reserve meet on September 15-16 to decide on interest rate, top aides in the Trump administration are parroting the president’s own recipe for economy: They want to stall a potential rate hike, and if possible enforce a cut. The development comes as the markets have already priced in a 60 percent…
Read MoreBeyoncé Wants You to Buy an Empty Box for $950, Calls It ‘Limited Edition’: Fans Say It’s ‘Trump Behaviour’
Beyoncé has given the Beyhive something very different to buzz about on her 45th birthday: a £701 ($948.01) collector’s box that is sold without the vinyl records it is designed to hold. The limited-edition Bey Keeper has quickly become a talking point online, with some fans questioning whether a wooden storage box is worth almost…
Read MoreJittery Wall Street Awaits Inflation Data. Uncertainty Looms Over Rate Trajectory.
The Wall Street will be awaiting cues from key inflation-related updates this week. On Thursday, the US will release its August the Producer Price Index (PPI) report, an indicator of inflation at the wholesale level, the Associated Press reported. The PPI report will provide details on prices for businesses before these are passed along with…
Read MorePentagon Hooks 50 Military and Civilian Staff Members to a Polygraph in Hunt for Iran War Munitions Leaks
Pentagon investigators administered polygraph tests to roughly fifty members of the US military’s Joint Staff in August, part of an unprecedented hunt for whoever leaked details of dwindling American munitions stockpiles to journalists. The New York Times first reported the tests on Friday, 4 September 2026, citing officials briefed on the investigation. Both military officers…
Read MoreTrump Says Cheaper Brazilian and Argentine Beef Is Coming Under 90‑Day US Tariff Pause to Cut Prices
President Donald Trump said on Friday that beef is coming under his administration’s beef tariff pause is coming primarily from Argentina and Brazil, part of a push to bring down grocery prices that have stayed stubbornly high all year. Speaking at an Oval Office event in Washington, surrounded by ranchers and farmers, Trump said inspectors…
Read MorePutin Pauses Strikes On Ukraine As US Envoys Arrive. Hope Flickers.
The Kremlin said on Saturday President Vladimir Putin has ordered a 72-hour pause in strikes on Kyiv, coinciding with the arrival of US envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner in Moscow in a bid to find a closure to Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine. “Putin has ordered that no strikes be carried out against Kyiv…
Read MoreMelania Trump Has Become ‘Firmly Ensconced’ In New York City Away From The White House, Biographer Asserts
Donald Trump biographer Michael Wolff claims Melania Trump is now based in New York City rather than the White House and has described the reported arrangement as a kind of separation between the first lady and President Trump. Questions about the state of the Trumps’ marriage have intensified in recent weeks amid renewed media focus…
Read MoreThe Middle East Conflict Is Not Yet Over. But A Post-war Strategy Is In The Works
The Middle East conflict is not yet over but a post-war scenario is being deliberated by the Trump administration, Axios reported. Washington is reportedly chalking out a post-war strategy, according to the news outlet. The US has set its eyes on a regional effort to contain Iran. The plan is to expand normalization of relations…
Read MoreElon Musk Reignites Years-Long Feud With Chess.com After Bold Claim, Calls Admin An ‘Intern’ In Online Spat
Elon Musk and Chess.com have reignited a public feud that dates back years, trading a series of pointed messages on X this week after the billionaire made a sweeping claim about the future of the game. “The actual number of moves that are not utterly stupid in chess is tiny and chess will be fully…
Read MoreXi’s US Trip May Not Be Business As Usual. Political Symbolism May Dwarf Trade Offs
President Xi Jinping’s upcoming trip to the US later this month may not be business as usual. A large business delegation is likely to accompany the Chinese president this time, in a major departure from his usual trips, news agency Reuters reported. The Xi trip assumes more significance than the diplomatic and geopolitical nuances usually…
Read MoreLatercase Pixel 10 Pro Hands-On Review: Protection Without The Bulk
Protecting the increasingly precious device in our hands is more relevant than ever before. While smartphones have become enormously more powerful over the years, their fragility has not really improved at the same pace, and arguably may have become worse as we moved from relatively sturdy unibody designs to phones with fragile glass covering both…
Read MoreDemocrats Might Expand Medicare if They Win the House. Lower Eligibility Age for Coverage Is on the Table.
House Democrats are developing an ambitious health care agenda that could go well beyond reversing President Donald Trump‘s policies if the party wins control of the U.S. House in November, with proposals ranging from expanding Medicare benefits to creating new government-run insurance options. According to a Washington Post report, Democrats involved in the discussions are…
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