Melania Trump is a world-class snubber. She skipped almost every event of Donald Trump's 2024 campaign, only returning to regular political spouse duties late last year, as she had a memoir to plug and a lucrative documentary project to film. Despite suggesting she would be a full-time First Lady in Trump's second term, she has gone unseen for weeks at a time and even skipped her stepdaughter Tiffany's baby shower (a People source explained, savagely, that Melania "has her own schedule, even on weekends" and didn't see "any reason" to attend). Now Melania is getting a small taste of her own medicine: Former president George W. Bush is skipping an event she is hosting at the White House on Thursday even though it's about his late mother.
The Federal Reserve said Wednesday it is leaving its benchmark interest rate unchanged, resisting pressure from President Trump to lower U.S. borrowing costs as policy makers assess the economic impact of his trade policies. The Fed said it will maintain the federal funds rate at its current range of 4.25% to 4.5%, where it's been parked since the central bank last moved to lower short-term rates in December. The federal funds rate " the rate banks charge each other for short-term loans " helps determine what businesses and consumers pay in interest on loans and credit card debt. Wall Street interpreted Powell's comments as signaling an increased risk that the U.S. economy could slide into stagflation, or a combination of slower economic growth and higher inflation.
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Enrique Tarrio, the former leader of the far-right Proud Boys and convicted seditionist in the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol siege, thanked Donald Trump at Mar-a-Lago for his pardon and got an "I love you guys" from the president, according to Tarrio and a New York Times report. read more
Get ready for stinky's stagflation.