Government bond yields are hitting multi-decade highs, reflecting anxiety about debt levels, deficits and inflation. The effects will extend to mortgages, business loans and other types of credit.
Global interest rates are rising. Interest rates on U.S. government bonds can affect everything from auto and student loans to mortgages.In the U.S. government bond market, the borrower is the federal government and the bonds are called Treasuries.
U.S. Central Command did not say precisely what it was trying to destroy in Iran, but it said the attacks were aimed at Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps.Vessels near the Strait of Hormuz, as seen from Musandam, Oman, on Monday.
The ships were hit near Oman on Monday, the latest attacks on vessels in the Persian Gulf. Oil prices rose more than 2 percent.Vessels near the Strait of Hormuz as seen from Musandam, Oman, last week. Shipping in the strait has been mostly at a standstill, with only five ships passing through on Mon
The Treasury secretary is also facing pushback on the Trump administration’s trade policies at the global gathering.Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent spoke at an event on Tuesday for the Group of 20 nations gathering in Asheville, N.C.
Jurors said they were deadlocked after 18 hours, but the judge pushed them to keep trying to reach a verdict in the high-profile case of a mother who strangled her three children.Lindsay Clancy watching jury members on Monday.
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A report detailed “grave concerns” that a new system being rushed into use by the U.S. Postal Service could imperil millions of mail ballots ahead of the midterm elections.The office of Senator Richard Blumenthal, Democrat of Connecticut, published the whistle-blower report on voting by mail.
The Trump administration’s deal with a private oil company to increase oil production in the South American country could take many years to come to fruition.
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This may be the end of the Costume Institute’s John Galliano exhibition, but it’s not likely to be the end of his career.The designer out on the scene in London in March.
The vice president is attempting to unite conservative Jews with their antagonists in one coalition, as one appearance in Nevada on Monday showed. Some are uneasy about it.Vice President JD Vance at the White House in July.
Lawmakers sent the legislation to President Trump in an overwhelming vote, reflecting bipartisan enthusiasm around punting a messy spending fight until after the midterms.Speaker Mike Johnson at the Capitol on Tuesday morning. The stopgap bill would keep federal funding flowing at current levels thr
Senator Edward Markey, who began his congressional career in 1976, faces a challenge from Representative Seth Moulton.Senator Ed Markey and Representative Seth Moulton are up against one another in the Democratic primary for senator in Massachusetts.
Dayna Mooney chose alternative remedies over the recommendations of her son’s doctors. Was that her right as a parent or a threat to his care?
After Justice Scalia died, the justices held private negotiations about locking away their papers. We may not see the ultimate record of the Roberts court for decades.
Novo Nordisk’s chief executive, Mike Doustdar, is a year into a corporate turnaround. He says investors are still underestimating the promise of the company’s drugs.Novo’s share price is languishing about 70 percent below its peak from mid-2024, when it was Europe’s most valuable public company.
The country said Moscow was behind an explosive-laden drone found near a Ukrainian plane at a German airport last month. Russia said Germany had provided no evidence.A Ukrainian cargo plane sat at the Leipzig/Halle Airport in eastern Germany the day after an explosive-laden drone was found near it.
In a frontline city, parents don’t see schools built below ground as apocalyptic. Instead, they offer relief from worry about the threat of Russian strikes.The first day of school at Sichovy Collegium in Zaporizhzhia, Ukraine, on Tuesday. The school operates from an underground space, built to allow
We must be honest about the seriousness of the situation we’re in.
The Met shouldn’t have canceled the Galliano exhibition.
John Galliano and Anna Wintour in 2018.
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The police fired at the woman, who was holding two knives, after trying to use less lethal force, officials said. A woman, 32, was killed, and a man, 68, is in stable condition.The episode unfolded just before 4:30 p.m. on Monday in Times Square.
