The global bond selloff has pushed the yield on the 30-year U.S. Treasury bond to its highest level since 2007, while the 10-year Treasury yield has climbed to a 19-month high, increasing the government’s borrowing costs and potentially making everything from mortgages to business loans more expensive for Americans.
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More than a dozen people have been charged over ties to an alleged cocaine trafficking operation at fraternities associated with Penn State University, according to state Attorney General Dave Sunday. The university said in a statement that it has placed one of the fraternities allegedly involved on interim suspension and is investigating the current students who were charged.
A one-year-old boy is safe after police say his mother's car was stolen in Philadelphia's East Falls neighborhood.
The Department of the Air Force selected Layton/Gensler to lead the Medical Education and Training Campus Recapitalization project at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland, Texas, utilizing an innovative Other Transaction Authority Agreement with Progressive Design Build.
Data: Pew ; Chart: Noah Bressner/Axios A majority of U.S. adults under 30 are now more concerned than excited about AI's growing use in daily life, according to a Pew Research Center report published Tuesday. Why it matters: AI excitement has dropped off across all age groups since 2021, as concerns about the technology's impact on job availability and society have grown. By the numbers: About 55% of adults under 30 say they're more concerned than excited about AI, a 24-point increase from 2021, when Pew first started asking the question. - Roughly 1 in ten say they're more excited about AI embedded in daily life, while a third feel both equally. - That's more in line with other age groups: 51% of adults ages 30–49 feel more…
Data: Pew ; Chart: Noah Bressner/Axios A majority of U.S. adults under 30 are now more concerned than excited about AI's growing use in daily life, according to a Pew Research Center report published Tuesday. Why it matters: AI excitement has dropped off across all age groups since 2021, as concerns about the technology's impact on job availability and society have grown. By the numbers: About 55% of adults under 30 say they're more concerned than excited about AI, a 24-point increase from 2021, when Pew first started asking the question. - Roughly 1 in ten say they're more excited about AI embedded in daily life, while a third feel both equally. - That's more in line with other age groups: 51% of adults ages 30–49 feel more…Open
Maine Democrat Troy Jackson is running for U.S. Senate on a promise to fight corporate greed and lobbyist influence, but campaign finance records show the committee he led took hundreds of thousands of dollars from the same interests he now attacks. The Maine Senate Democratic Campaign Committee collected nearly $54,000 from corporate PACs, more than […] The post Troy Jackson built a campaign against corporate cash — but his party committee cashed more than $207,000 from PACs and lobbyists appeared first on American Almanac .
Maine Democrat Troy Jackson is running for U.S. Senate on a promise to fight corporate greed and lobbyist influence, but campaign finance records show the committee he led took hundreds of thousands of dollars from the same interests he now attacks. The Maine Senate Democratic Campaign Committee collected nearly $54,000 from corporate PACs, more than $131,000 from registered lobbying firms, and over $22,000 from individual lobbyists between 2018 and 2024, the entire stretch Jackson served as president of the Maine Senate. A Washington Free Beacon review of the committee's finance disclosures put the combined haul at more than $207,000. Jackson was listed as the committee's "principal officer" throughout that period. The SDCC exists to…Open
Rosie O'Donnell returned to late-night television Monday with a monologue built almost entirely around President Trump, a performance that doubled as a reminder of why she left the country in the first place. O'Donnell stepped behind the desk at "Jimmy Kimmel Live!" on Aug. 17 for her first night as guest host, filling in while […] The post Rosie O'Donnell uses Kimmel guest-hosting debut to target Trump for 15 minutes straight appeared first on American Almanac .
Rosie O'Donnell returned to late-night television Monday with a monologue built almost entirely around President Trump, a performance that doubled as a reminder of why she left the country in the first place. O'Donnell stepped behind the desk at "Jimmy Kimmel Live!" on Aug. 17 for her first night as guest host, filling in while Kimmel takes a two-month summer break. She spent the opening segment, roughly 15 minutes, Breitbart reported , cycling through references to the president without once saying his name, mixing personal grievances with political commentary and jokes about her self-imposed exile in Ireland. It was less a comedy monologue than a campaign speech delivered to a studio audience already on her side. And it landed on a…Open
Prominent Democrats including Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and Bernie Sanders continue funneling campaign donations through ActBlue even as congressional investigators probe the platform's failure to stop potentially illegal foreign contributions, and an 88-year-old Michigan woman disputes $150,000 in donations attributed to her name. The case of Elizabeth Waffle has become a flashpoint in a years-long congressional investigation […] The post Progressive leaders keep raising money through ActBlue as fraud investigation deepens appeared first on American Almanac .
Prominent Democrats including Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and Bernie Sanders continue funneling campaign donations through ActBlue even as congressional investigators probe the platform's failure to stop potentially illegal foreign contributions, and an 88-year-old Michigan woman disputes $150,000 in donations attributed to her name. The case of Elizabeth Waffle has become a flashpoint in a years-long congressional investigation into the Democratic fundraising giant. Federal Election Commission records attribute more than 16,000 political contributions totaling nearly $150,000 to Waffle, an 88-year-old resident of Milan, Michigan, over a six-year span from September 2020 through June 2026. Waffle says the numbers are wrong. Interviewed…Open