The new U. S. Ambassador to Greece says she and the California governor have ‘a very good relationship.’. Continue reading Kimberly Guilfoyle Praises Ex-Husband Gavin Newsom, Snubs Former Fiancé Donald Trump Jr. in Greek TV Interview
China Issues Warning to Trump Over Arms Sale to Taiwan Continue reading China Issues Warning to Trump Over Arms Sale to Taiwan
The post USD/CAD steadies near 1. 4010 as US government shutdown ends appeared com. USD/CAD halts its four-day losing streak, remaining flat and trading around 1. 4010 during the Asian hours on Thursday. The pair may gain ground as the US Dollar (USD) could further appreciate amid improving sentiment, driven by the end of the United States (US) government shutdown. Reuters reported that US President Donald Trump signed the government funding bill on Thursday, marking the official end of the longest government shutdown in US history. The bill requires the Government to resume normal operations and calls for direct payment for individuals to purchase healthcare. Additionally, the US Dollar may also gain support from hawkish Fedspeak, which decreased the odds of the Federal Reserve (Fed) rate cut in December. The CME FedWatch Tool shows markets pricing in nearly a 60% chance of a 25-basis-point Fed rate cut in December, down from 67% a day ago. Atlanta Fed President Raphael Bostic addressed economic trends at the Atlanta Economic Club on Wednesday. Bostic cautioned that easing policy too soon could “feed the inflation beast,” while noting that a sharp downturn in the labor market is unlikely in the near term. The downside of the USD/CAD pair could be restrained as the Canadian Dollar (CAD) may gain on a cautious tone surrounding the Bank of Canada (BoC) policy outlook. Rate markets expect the BoC to keep interest rates unchanged at least through the end of 2026, though that could change if economic conditions worsen. Canadian Dollar FAQs The key factors driving the Canadian Dollar (CAD) are the level of interest rates set by the Bank of Canada (BoC), the price of Oil, Canada’s largest export, the health of its economy, inflation and the Trade Balance, which is the difference between the value of Canada’s exports versus its imports. Other factors include market sentiment whether investors are taking. Continue reading USD/CAD steadies near 1.4010 as US government shutdown ends
President Trump is planning to allow new oil and gas drilling off California’s coast, according to the New York Times, which cited three sources briefed on the matter. Continue reading Trump plans to allow oil drilling off California coast, report says
An analyst warns that President Donald Trump will “escalate attacks” on democracy to maximize damage after Republican election day losses, signaling there are “dark times ahead.”In commentary published Wednesday from Salon’s Chauncey Devega, the writer examines Trump’s response to election gains by Democrats, “which Trump credited to the GOP being blamed for the shutdown, the question is how he and MAGA Republicans will fight back.”Devega points to commentary from leading voting rights attorney Marc Elias on the Democracy Watch podcast who “warned of dark times ahead.” “The morning after the election,” Elias said, “you have Donald Trump talking about the filibuster, and what does he say? They need to get rid of the filibuster in his view so they can enact voter ID and other anti-voting measures.”“[T]his is a White House that understands that it lost big, that the American people are not with them,” Elias said. “And so it’s going to have to double down and triple down on voter suppression and election subversion if it’s to have a chance in 2026.”Trump doesn’t plan on listening to what Americans are saying, the writer adds. He has other ideas in mind.”Trump and MAGA Republicans are largely unresponsive to public opinion. They are anti-majoritarian, embracing policies such as tariffs and allowing health care premiums to skyrocket that most Americans reject. If anything, after last week’s defeats at the polls, they are likely to escalate their attacks on American democracy because they have reasonably concluded that, with the 2026 midterms approaching, the window of maximum opportunity and leverage may be closing,” Devega writes. And while some have referred to Trump as a lame duck president, he’s not showing signs of slowing down yet. What’s notable, the writer explains, are the different ways he could lash out.”. Trump is amplifying his threats to use the Insurrection Act to invoke de facto martial law and order the military to invade Democratic-led cities. In such a scenario, it’s not outside the realm of possibility that elections could be suspended,” Devega writes. His ultimate goal could be to outlaw any opposition to his party especially ahead of upcoming elections and make a move “nothing short of an attempt to criminalize free speech and opposition. Trump is preparing an executive order to restrict mail-in voting and require voters IDs as part of a larger plan to further limit the franchise and ensure that Democratic voters are not able to exercise their constitutionally guaranteed rights,” Devega explains. “On Monday, the Supreme Court agreed to hear a challenge to a Mississippi law that allowed counting of mail-in ballots received after Election Day, which has the potential to overturn similar measures in dozens of other states ahead of the midterms.”. Continue reading ‘Dark times ahead’: Analyst makes prediction about Trump’s ‘escalating attacks’
Donald Trump’s enemies list keeps growing Continue reading Donald Trump’s enemies list keeps growing
Veterans continue to learn how quickly Donald Trump will turn his back on them. He no longer needs their vote, their support or their involvement in his MAGA movement. He doesn’t even have to fake it. Predictable Betrayal, yet again. KOCO reports that the group being betrayed is the National Association for Black Veterans. The non profit, based out of Oklahoma City, will be closing at the end of November due to funding cuts from the Department of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services. The non-profit was built by veterans and for veterans and it is a true loss to the community that they are having to shutter their doors after 23 years purely due to funding cuts. Veterans, of all groups, need our support. But clearly this is not a priority to the Trump Administration. KOCO reports that “the closure is part of a larger cut affecting up to 300 programs after the Department of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services reduced contracts to address a budget shortfall.” Hopefully those who served can find an alternative safe space to connect with other veterans. It is critical that they find people like them that they can share their experiences with. Sad, for everyone. Continue reading Predictable Betrayal: Oklahoma VA Closing Non-Profit Due To Lack Of Funding
American Christian Leaders Issue Plea to Trump Ahead of White House Meeting Continue reading American Christian Leaders Issue Plea to Trump Ahead of White House Meeting
President Donald Trump is pardoning Rudy Giuliani, Sidney Powell and dozens of other allies who have been accused of trying to subvert the 2020 election, according to U. S. Pardon Attorney Ed Martin. Continue reading President Donald Trump pardons Rudy Giuliani, Sidney Powell, other allies tied to efforts to overturn 2020 election
President Donald Trump and his legal team may have made a huge “strategic blunder” in defending the president’s “reciprocal tariffs” scheme at the Supreme Court this week, Adam Liptak wrote for The New York Times in an analysis published on Friday and it could have big implications for the outcome of the case. Trump imposed the tariffs months ago, bypassing congressional approval and causing enormous chaos in markets, and invoked as his authority the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (IEEPA) despite the fact that this law doesn’t even mention the word “tariffs.”The problem, Liptak argued, is that for months now, Trump has been bragging about how much money the tariffs will raise for the government, but “before the Supreme Court on Wednesday, his lawyer said something different. The tariffs were tools to achieve policy goals, said D. John Sauer, the solicitor general. ‘The fact that they raise revenue,’ he said, ‘is only incidental.’The difference was legally significant. If the Supreme Court finds that the tariffs are, at bottom, a kind of tax, it is likely to rule against them, since the Constitution gives Congress, not the president, the power to tax,” wrote Liptak. “If the justices agree that the tariffs are diplomatic tools, they may sustain them, as part of the president’s foreign policy prerogative.”In general, Liptak wrote, the justices don’t pay much attention to political statements made in public, but this time they might, and there’s a very significant reason why: “the disconnect at Wednesday’s argument was more complicated than in the earlier cases because, in an unusual move, the introduction to the government’s main brief quoted and so adopted some of Mr. Trump’s public statements. ‘One year ago,’ the brief said, quoting Mr.'”This means, he continued, that not only do the administration’s legal arguments contradict the president’s own words, they contradict themselves. Legal experts broadly think the oral argument in the tariff case went poorly for the president, with many of the right-wing justices skeptical that Trump has the ability to create tariffs out of thin air with no input from Congress. Continue reading Trump’s team may have committed a major Supreme Court ‘blunder’: analysis