Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-S.D.) said that President Trump’s harsh attacks on Senate Parliamentarian Elizabeth MacDonough are “concerning” if those salvos could make the Senate rules-keeper a political target and pose a security risk. Thune dismissed Trump’s call for Senate Republicans to fire the parliamentarian, whom then-Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) appointed in…
In a rare direct address, Secretary of State Marco Rubio blamed the former leader Raúl Castro for the country’s longstanding electricity and resource shortages.
The two officers accused the administration of creating a “slush fund” to reward rioters and groups that committed violence on behalf of President Trump.
The president has spent a great deal of political capital this spring trying to unseat fellow Republicans he sees as disloyal, and he has succeeded.
The deal the president reached with his own subordinates relies on a mechanism created by Congress that legal experts had warned was subject to manipulation.
The legislation, which had been stalled amid Republican divisions, passed overwhelmingly, signaling an eagerness in both parties to address affordability in an election year.
Treasurys and TIPS, 70 and 46 bps respectively. Figure 1: Change since 2/27 in 10 year Treasury yield (blue), TIPS (dark red), expected real yields (light red), all in %. Source: Treasury via FRED, Federal Reserve, and author’s calculations. As of 4/30, the estimated increase in TIPS (22 bps) due to higher future expected real rates was 15 bps.
Jakarta to set up state-owned enterprise that would be sole exporter of palm oil, thermal coal and nickel
Stuart Machin’s comments come as government pushes supermarkets to sign up to voluntary price limits for key items
Brent crude falls below $105 a barrel as vessels bound for Asia raise hopes of resumption of energy flows
