January 2020

Trump Called Powell an ‘Enemy.’ ‘Ugh’ Was a Response Inside the Fed.

WASHINGTON — President Trump’s nonstop attacks on the Federal Reserve have raised eyebrows and broken with recent presidential norms. But an Aug. 23 tweet in which Mr. Trump called the Fed chair, Jerome H. Powell, an “enemy” of America appears to have prompted some hand-wringing inside the central bank. “My only question is, who is

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The real lives behind ‘shocking’ migrant children’s stories

Image copyright Studio Soho Image caption The film Undocument tells the story of four migrant families, focusing on how the children are affected “When you see people dying in trucks and children dead on shores in the news – you can’t ever imagine yourself in that situation,” says filmmaker Kyla Simone Bruce. Her film, Undocument,

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As forests burn around the world, drinking water is at risk

Fabric curtains stretch across the huge Warragamba Dam to trap ash and sediment expected to wash off wildfire-scorched slopes and into the reservoir that holds 80% of untreated drinking water for the Greater Sydney area. In Australia‘s national capital of Canberra, authorities are keeping a wary eye on burning forests and bushland, hoping a new

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Senators Question Trump’s Motives on Ukraine as Vote on Witnesses Looms

At one point, Eric Herschmann, one of Mr. Trump’s lawyers, implored senators to consider the president’s record of accomplishments — launching into a long, campaign-style litany of trade pacts sealed, unemployment rates falling and miles of wall built on the southwestern border — effectively arguing that those factors should offset the charges against him. “If

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