Yahoo Finance Market Closures, June Jobs Data, Fed Minutes, and More to Watch This Week
The jobs report for June will be out on Friday. U.S. markets will close early on Wednesday and remain closed on Thursday.
The jobs report for June will be out on Friday. U.S. markets will close early on Wednesday and remain closed on Thursday.
The 2024 US Presidential race intensifies. Speculation abounds over potential replacements for President Joe Biden amid increasing pressure from his party and the media to step aside after a jaw-dropping, catastrophic debate against Donald Trump last week. Among the names circulating, a game-changer is emerging: Michelle Obama. Could this be America’s worst nightmare?
Labour looks set to receive a landslide majority in the 2024 general election.
Labour is considering an inheritance tax raid to “redistribute” wealth if it gets into power, a leaked recording of a shadow frontbencher suggests.
Leading pollster highlighted two key uncertainties in predicting final result
Former Fox News pundit Jonah Goldberg had CNN’s Jake Tapper laughing with his response.
If Sir Keir Starmer is prime minister this weekend, then the newly-elected Labour government will set Britain on a path backwards and towards bankruptcy.
Just one problem: This person doesn't seem interested in running, should the opportunity arise.
The former president ripped into his rivals in newly leaked footage.
Boris Johnson made his first appearance as part of the 2024 General Election campaign but was criticised by some political commentators.
Democratic Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez suggested that desperate times call for desperate measures, as she looks to stop the Supreme Court from continuing what she views as an "assault on democracy"
Kyiv has been told that, before it can join Nato, it must fix its problems with corruption. These are very real: the latest Corruption Perceptions Index ranks Ukraine below Belarus and Kazakhstan. But that is not the true reason why there will be no good news on accession for Zelensky at Nato’s 75th anniversary summit in Washington next week.
“Nigel!” “Niiiige!” “Hey, Nige, can I get a selfie?” “You could be prime minister next week!” “Nigel, good on you, mate!”
Is the PM expected to resign immediately if he loses his seat, and are there any circumstances in which he could remain in No 10?
I’ve said it before, and will doubtless have cause to say it again: Boris Johnson might be the single most effective political illusionist this country has ever seen. No matter how many times experience fails to live up to the promise, there still seems to be no shortage of buyers for the could-have-been king act.
I hope you enjoy horror films, dear readers, for British politics is about to be turned into an infernal, soul-destroying hellscape worthy of the sickest of Hollywood minds.
A forest of final estimates is anticipated in this final 24 hours of the campaign. But unless they indicate that there has been a dramatic last-minute turnaround, it looks as though Sir Keir Starmer will become Prime Minister on Friday. What remains uncertain is just how badly things might turn out for the Conservatives.
A leading House Democrat is preparing a constitutional amendment in response to the Supreme Court's landmark immunity ruling, seeking to reverse the decision “and ensure that no president is above the law.” Rep. Joseph Morelle of New York, the top Democrat on the House Administration Committee, sent a letter to colleagues informing them of his intent to file the resolution, which would kickstart what's traditionally a cumbersome amendment process. "This amendment will do what SCOTUS failed to do — prioritize our democracy,” Morelle said in a statement to AP.
Volodymyr Zelenskyy has invited Russia to the next peace summit despite previously saying it could only join if it relinquished land in Ukraine.
Today, even before votes have been cast, the recriminations on the right of British politics have begun. Unfortunately, there is no sign as yet that people even understand what has actually happened and why. This makes an effective response impossible.
The US Air Force has been in an unseemly hurry to rid itself of its Lockheed Martin F-22 Raptor stealth fighters. Its argument: the 32 least-upgraded Block 20 versions of the supersonic, fifth-generation stealth fighter aren’t suitable for combat – and together cost nearly half a billion dollars a year to maintain.