Intelligence experts interviewed by Yahoo News are skeptical that Richard Grenell, President Trump’s pick to replace Adm. Joseph Maguire as acting director of national intelligence, is a good fit for the job. The White House announced Thursday that Grenell, the current U.S. ambassador to Germany, would become the second person since August to assume the […]
A plane full of Americans and Canadians was stranded on a tarmac at an airport in Karachi, Pakistan, for several hours on Thursday after it was turned away from multiple countries due to fears of the coronavirus, according to a family member of two of the passengers. Kelly Chrjapin, whose parents were among those on […]
Investors snapped up U.S. Treasurys, pushing yields down sharply, as traders noted the growing number of COVID-19 cases outside of China’s borders, raising concerns that a broader contagion could weigh on regional Asian economies. What’s driving Treasurys? The 10-year Treasury note yield TMUBMUSD10Y, -2.93% fell 4.5 basis points to 1.524%, while the 2-year note rate […]
U.S. stocks were lower Thursday afternoon, clawing back from late-morning losses when the main stock indexes took a sharp dip from all-time highs, as investors struggled to find their footing amid the coronavirus outbreak. Although investors have been heartened by daily reports of a slowing rate of the spread of COVID-19, the infectious disease that […]
Getty Images Roger Stone leaves the Federal District Court for the District of Columbia after being sentenced on Thursday in Washington. Roger Stone, a longtime associate of President Donald Trump, on Thursday was sentenced to 40 months in prison after being convicted of lying to Congress, witness tampering and obstruction. Stone was convicted by a […]
The percentage of Americans whose families have trouble paying medical bills has generally declined in recent years, according to a recent government report, but a substantial number of people continue to struggle. The share of people in families with problems paying medical bills in the past year fell overall from 19.7% in 2011 to 14.2% […]
Question: I graduated from college in 2003, with over $50,000 in student loans. Right after graduation, I was offered the opportunity to consolidate them at 3% interest, paying less than $300 monthly with a state-managed higher education student financial-aid program. ‘Due to poor health I had to put the payments on hold for one year […]
AP Donald Trump was called out for his “totally inappropriate” tweets by the judge presiding over Roger Stone’s trial as she handed down a 40-month sentence for the president’s longtime friend, saying his crimes should cause universal “dismay and disgust”. The president has meanwhile been live-tweeting attacks towards his Democratic 2020 rivals after the latest […]
Michael Bloomberg attacked Sen. Bernie Sanders at Wednesday’s Democratic presidential debate in Las Vegas, with the billionaire former New York City mayor claiming the self-described democratic socialist’s ownership of multiple homes makes him a hypocrite. Bloomberg also accused Sanders of trying to “throw out capitalism” — something that he said resulted in “communism” in other […]
Michael Bloomberg was at pains Wednesday to explain his use of a stop-and-frisk policy that disproportionately affected minorities in New York City in an effort to lower crime rates when he was mayor of America’s biggest city. “If I go back and look at my time in office, the one thing that I’m really worried […]