Giorno: 29 Settembre 2023

Social Security Admin Seeks to Recoup Overpayments

The Social Security Administration sent letters to recipients insisting they owe money due to the agency overpaying them, Newsweek reported Friday.

S&P 500 Dips, Ending Weak Third Quarter

The S&P 500 ended lower Friday as investors digested implications of a U.S. inflation report for the Federal Reserve’s interest rate policy and adjusted their portfolios on the last day of a weak third quarter for stocks.[#item_full_content]

Eswatini, one of the world’s last monarchies, holds largely ceremonial elections

The small southern African nation of Eswatini held elections Friday to decide part of the makeup of its Parliament, even as its extremely wealthy king retains absolute power, political parties are banned and elected representatives can merely advise a monarch whose family has reigned supreme for 55 years. Eswatini, wedged between South Africa and Mozambique, […]

Government shutdown would ‘undermine’ Biden admin’s economic ‘progress’: Yellen

Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen on Friday warned that economic progress could be negatively impacted by a government shutdown through the halting of key programs for small businesses and children.  Yellen, speaking at the Port of Savannah in Georgia, urged Republicans in the House to adhere to a budget deal agreed to in May in order […]

Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen warns of economic perils of government shutdown

Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen on Friday warned that economic progress could be negatively impacted by a government shutdown through the halting of key programs for small businesses and children.  Yellen, speaking at the Port of Savannah in Georgia, urged Republicans in the House to adhere to a budget deal agreed to in May in order […]

Sycamore Gap: man, 60, arrested in connection with felled tree

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Biden admin ‘deliberately’ trying to make looming government shutdown ‘as painful as possible’: GOP senator

A Republican senator is accusing the Biden administration of trying to make a potential government shutdown as painful as possible for American families. The National Park Service announced Friday that many of its parks will close in the event of a government shutdown, which could happen on Sunday at midnight. “In the event of a […]

House Dem Leader Jeffries floats end-run around McCarthy to avert government shutdown

House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, D-N.Y., said on Friday that he would not rule out a bid to force a short-term spending patch onto the House floor – whether Speaker Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., allowed it or not.  Jeffries led House Democratic leaders in a press conference just after a group of 21 GOP hardliners helped […]

Bail Bondsman First Co-Defendant in Ga. to Plead Guilty

Bail bondsman Scott Hall, one of 18 co-defendants alongside former President Donald Trump in the Georgia election interference case, became the first to plead guilty to the charges against him on Friday. Hall was accused of participating in a breach of election equipment in …

Putin Calls Up 130,000 More Troops

Russian President Vladimir Putin has signed a decree setting out the routine autumn conscription campaign, calling up 130,000 citizens for statutory military service, a document posted on the government website showed on Friday.[#item_full_content]