Fewer US interest rate cuts expected after job gains surprise
Getty Images US jobs growth unexpectedly surged last month, suggesting the world’s largest’s economy is not about to give up its claim to be the “envy of the world” anytime…
What do we know about the LA fires victims?
Family of Victor Shaw At least 11 people have died as wildfires rage in Los Angeles – and there are fears that number will rise. Officials say it may take…
Opinion | The Best Time to Fireproof Los Angeles Was Yesterday
“The city burning is Los Angeles’s deepest image of itself,” Joan Didion wrote way back in the 1960s. And on X and Truth Social and, indeed, Fox News, they were…
Opinion | Five Presidents and a Funeral
Trump may be buoyed by his win, but in this exclusive club, he was largely narcissist non grata. Karen Pence, not over the little matter of Trump shrugging off acolytes’…
Weaponizing the US Dollar. Can It Work? | naked capitalism
Yves here. Michael Hudson kindly provided an article to distill and extend some of his recent YouTube discussions about where US imperialism and the dollar are headed. Hudson’s makes clear…
Lebanon’s Prime Minister Meets With Syrian Leader
The Lebanese prime minister on Saturday headed to the Syrian capital, Damascus, for the first official visit to meet with the new government there, after clashes along the countries’ shared…
Meet the Cats Who Roam Rikers Island | naked capitalism
Yves here. It seemed a change in programming might be welcome. So Rikers cats! In all seriousness, the prison cat-carer below hopes to turn her efforts into a training program…
How Much Would Buying Greenland Cost?
Donald Trump, who has long loved big real estate deals, has made it clear that he’s serious about striking one for Greenland. Never mind that Denmark, which controls the island,…
‘The Interview’: Ben Stiller Knows How ‘Severance’ Ends
In my reading of your career, around 2010, a real change happens. You started doing fewer of the big, broad comedies and instead made films like “Greenberg,” “While We’re Young”…
Jeju Air Flight Recorder Stopped Working 4 Minutes Before Plane Crash
The flight recorder of the Jeju Air passenger jet that crashed last month, killing 179 people, stopped recording for its last four minutes, South Korean officials said on Saturday, a…