Politics

Federal Reserve Chair Powell downplays potential for a rate hike despite higher price pressures

By Christopher Rugaber, Associated Press

Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell said Tuesday that the central bank is unlikely to raise its key interest rate in response to signs of stubborn inflation and underscored his view that price increases would soon start to cool again.

Georgian lawmakers approve a divisive foreign influence bill that sparked weeks of protests

By Sophiko Megrelidze, Associated Press

Georgian lawmakers have approved a "foreign influence" bill that sparked weeks of mass protests. Critics see it as a Russian-style threat to free speech and the country's aspirations to join the European Union.

WATCH: Speaker Mike Johnson's appearance at Trump's felony trial marks a remarkable moment in US politics

By Meg Kinnard, Associated Press

Johnson is leading his Republican Party against the U.S. system by declaring Trump's felony trial to be a sham.

Palestinians mark 76 years of dispossession as yet another catastrophe unfolds in Gaza

By Joseph Krauss, Associated Press

Palestinians on Wednesday will mark the 76th year of their mass expulsion from what is now Israel. It's an event that is at the core of their national struggle, but in many ways pales in comparison to the calamity now…

Judge rejects Hunter Biden's bid to delay his June trial on gun charges

By Claudia Lauer, Alanna Durkin Richer, Associated Press

U.S. District Judge Maryellen Noreika on Tuesday rejected Hunter Biden's request to delay the trial until September, which his lawyer said was necessary to give the defense time to line up witnesses and go through evidence handed over by prosecutors.

WATCH: Pentagon holds briefing as U.S. wraps up building a pier to bring aid to Gaza by sea

By Ellen Knickmeyer, Associated Press

In the coming days, the U.S. military in the eastern Mediterranean is expected to jab one end of a hulking metal dock — the length of five U.S. football fields — into a beach in northern Gaza.

WATCH: White House suggests possibility of penalties if production of Chinese electric vehicles moves to Mexico

By News Desk and Christopher Rugaber, Associated Press

The Biden administration is suggesting the possibility that additional penalties could be put in place if the Chinese makers of electric vehicles try to move their production to Mexico to avoid newly announced import taxes.

In hush money trial, witness Michael Cohen says, 'Everything required Mr. Trump's sign-off'

By Michael R. Sisak, Eric Tucker, Michelle L. Price, Colleen Long, Associated Press

Donald Trump, the first former U.S. president to go on trial, was joined at the courthouse by an entourage of lawmakers that included House Speaker Mike Johnson, who claimed the case was politically motivated.

Blinken says U.S. arms are helping Ukraine as nation faces a new Russian offensive

By Matthew Lee, Associated Press

Analysts have called this moment one of the most dangerous for Ukraine since Russia's full-scale invasion in February 2022.

WATCH: Biden announces new tariffs on Chinese goods including electric vehicles, solar panels

By Josh Boak, Fatima Hussein, Paul Wiseman, Didi Tang, Associated Press

The Democratic president said that Chinese government subsidies ensure the nation's companies don’t have to turn a profit, giving them an unfair advantage in global trade.