Live from MPR News on child Snyder, a Federal Reserve
defied President Trump and raised its benchmark interest rate by a quarter point
Wednesday.
“The decision marks the first time and more than three years at the Central Bank”
has raised rates. MPR Scott Horsey on what's behind the move. In a word, inflation. And that is largely due to the US war with Iran. Back in February, before the war started, inflation had fallen to just 2.4%.
And it looked to be headed towards the Central Bank's target of 2%, but with the fighting in the straight of four moves, crude oil prices of soared, gasoline and diesel prices are way up. And last month, inflation was clocked at 3.4%.
President Trump blasting the Fed in North Carolina for a mid-term campaign rally.
Trump said he still has confidence in the Fed Chairman Kevin Worsh, but that the board as a whole is very hostile towards his administration. The Federal Judge in Washington, DC, is expecting to hear from the Trump administration later this morning.
“Democratic Congresswoman Joyce Bady has filed a request for an emergency court hearing regarding”
the Kennedy Center. After the center's board shut down the complex is main building. And here's an Astacias yoga says more. Representative Bady, Democrat from Ohio, is asking the federal court to force the board, including its chairman, President Trump, to explain why they closed the Kennedy Center
so suddenly in what appears to be a major escalation of the fight over the future of the Arts and Institution. Just this week, Judge Christopher Cooper had said he needed to approve any closure ahead of the renovation. Cooper also ruled that the board cannot add President Trump's name to the front of the
building. The board has already filed an appeal and President Trump vowed on social media to take the fight all the way to the Supreme Court. Trump also said he will not renovate the center without his name on it. And it says it's socus and pieronus.
The United Nations Secretary General is gearing up for his last high-level meeting next week, appealing for renewed diplomacy to end Russia's war in Ukraine, and reopening key shipping routes in the Persian Gulf. And Pierce Michelle Kellerman reports. World leaders gather at the United Nations next week in an era of deep uncertainty.
“That's how Secretary General Antonio Gutaris describes the state of the world today.”
The only best forward is the escalation, diplomacy, and dialogue. And I will continue to press this message in my ongoing contact with leaders. The Secretary General is calling for a ceasefire between Russia and Ukraine, the freedom of navigation through the straight of our moves, unrestricted aid for Gaza, and the end of what he calls the creeping annexation of the West Bank by Israel.
His term ends this year, but Gutaris says he's looking ahead not back to push for peace. Michelle Kellerman and PR news, the state department. And you're listening to NPR news. President Trump is back at the White House, arriving there late Wednesday night after campaigning in North Carolina for Republican Senate candidate Michael Watley, a former party chair,
while he is locked in a challenging race against his Democratic opponent, former Governor
Roy Cooper, the seat is critical to Democratic efforts to flip control of the Senate.
The family of a San Antonio woman is suing Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton. They say she died because of the state's abortion ban. From Texas Public Radio Jerry Clayton reports. The family of 37-year-old Tierra Walker says she died after developing pre-clampsia, and that ending the pregnancy was the only treatment that could stabilize her.
The family alleges, doctors failed to provide that care because of Texas's abortion restrictions. The suit filed in a state district court names Paxton, as well as the executive director of the University of Texas Health System and individual doctors. Molly Duane is one of the attorneys for the family. The basic principle here is that you cannot take away someone's life as a state and not
be held liable for doing so. Paxton's office did not immediately respond to a request for comment. I'm Jerry Clayton, in San Antonio. European shares are advancing in stocks in Asia, mixed in Thursday trading. After the Federal Reserve's interest rate hike, Japan's benchmark Nikkei ended the day up
three-tints of a percent. As for oil prices, they've ease, but remain elevated, Brent Crude, the International Standard trading year $100 for dollars a barrel. I'm Jail Snyder, this is NPR News. This message comes from the Center for U.S.
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