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Looming deadline to extend warrantless surveillance powers sparks congressional scramble
Lawmakers staring down an end-of-the-year deadline to reauthorize the nation’s warrantless spy powers are grappling with a dizzying number of options for how to tackle needed reforms as well as a chorus of complaints about how to proceed. Congress ...5 hr ago - thehill.com - Just In News | The Hill -
Lawmakers push 702 reauthorization requiring warrant to access info on Americans
A bipartisan group of Senate and House lawmakers introduced a bill Tuesday that would require the intelligence community to secure a warrant before tapping into information on Americans swept up during surveillance of foreigners abroad. Led by ...Nov. 7, 2023 - thehill.com - Just In News | The Hill -
Cleveland Fed Launches Search for President as Mester Approaches Retirement
Loretta Mester, who turned 65 last month, has been at the helm of the Cleveland Fed since June 2014.Nov. 8, 2023 - online.wsj.com - WSJ.com: World News - Federal Reserve -
Wiretaps, cash and lavish dinners: how Portugal’s PM was undone
Prosecutors allege ‘influence peddling’ in scandal that brought down António Costa11 hr ago - ft.com - UK homepage -
Government Surveillance Reform Act of 2023 Seeks to End Warrantless Police and FBI Spying
The Government Surveillance Reform Act of 2023 pulls from past privacy bills to overhaul how police and the feds access Americans’ data and communications.Nov. 7, 2023 - wired.com - Wired -
Section 702 Surveillance Reauthorization May Get Slipped Into ‘Must-Pass’ NDAA
Congressional leaders are discussing ways to reauthorize Section 702 surveillance, including by attaching it to the National Defense Authorization Act, Capitol Hill sources tell WIRED.Nov. 27, 2023 - wired.com - Wired -
63 Asian American groups slam potential reauthorization of controversial surveillance measure
Dozens of Asian American organizations sent a letter to Congress this week to protest the reauthorization of Section 702, a controversial surveillance statute that critics say could be used to racially profile communities of color.Nov. 16, 2023 - nbcnews.com - NBC News Politics -
The Fed: Fed’s Williams says interest rates are ‘at, or near’ peak
The Federal Reserve's benchmark interest rate may have already hit its peak level, as it is now putting more downward pressure on the economy than anytime in the last 25 years, New York Fed President John Williams on Thursday.Nov. 30, 2023 - marketwatch.com - MarketWatch.com - Top Stories - Federal Reserve -
The Fed: Fed’s Beige Book finds economy has slowed — and so has inflation
The U.S. economy slowed in November and inflation also tapered off, a Federal Reserve survey showed, suggesting the central bank could be finished raising interest rates if those trends continue.Nov. 29, 2023 - marketwatch.com - MarketWatch.com - Top Stories -
The Fed: Fed’s Mester says interest-rate policy is in a ‘good place’
Interest-rate policy is in a "good place" at present and can move in either direction based on how the economy evolves, said Cleveland Fed President Loretta Mester on Wednesday.Nov. 29, 2023 - marketwatch.com - MarketWatch.com - Top Stories - Federal Reserve -
The Fed: Fed’s Bostic says he’s more confident in his soft-landing forecast
Inflation will keep falling while economy avoids destructive downturn, the Atlanta Fed president says.Nov. 29, 2023 - marketwatch.com - MarketWatch.com - Top Stories -
The Fed: ‘Most’ Fed officials continue to worry about reacceleration of inflation, minutes show
Federal Reserve officials remain concerned that the strong U.S. economy would cause inflation to reaccelerate, according to minutes of the Fed's meeting earlier this month that were released Tuesday.Nov. 21, 2023 - marketwatch.com - MarketWatch.com - Top Stories - Federal Reserve -
The Fed: Fed’s Collins won’t take additional rate hikes off the table
Boston Fed President Susan Collins said Friday it was premature to rule out further interest-rate hikes.Nov. 17, 2023 - marketwatch.com - MarketWatch.com - Top Stories - Federal Reserve -
The Fed: Fed’s Mester says markets’ focus on interest-rate cuts is premature
Cleveland Fed President Loretta Mester said Thursday she still needed to be convinced that inflation is coming down "in a timely way."Nov. 16, 2023 - marketwatch.com - MarketWatch.com - Top Stories - Federal Reserve -
The Fed: Fed’s Cook says a soft landing is possible, but not assured
Inflation can continue to decline without a sharp increase in unemployment, a so-called "soft-landing," Fed Gov. Lisa Cook said Thursday.Nov. 16, 2023 - marketwatch.com - MarketWatch.com - Top Stories -
The Fed: Powell says Fed is wary of ‘head fakes’ from inflation
Powell says Fed is wary of 'head fakes' from inflationNov. 9, 2023 - marketwatch.com - MarketWatch.com - Top Stories - Federal Reserve -
The Fed: Goldman’s chief economist downplays recession fears from past Fed rate hikes
Goldman's chief economist, Jan Hatzius, thinks the negative effect of the Fed's rapid rate hikes on economic growth is already behind us.Nov. 8, 2023 - marketwatch.com - MarketWatch.com - Top Stories - Federal Reserve -
The Fed: Cleveland Fed’s Mester to retire next June
Loretta Mester will step down as the president of the Cleveland Federal Reserve in June 2024, the regional Fed bank announced Wednesday.Nov. 8, 2023 - marketwatch.com - MarketWatch.com - Top Stories - Federal Reserve -
The Fed: Fed’s Kashkari: No discussion about interest-rate cuts
Federal Reserve officials have not discussed what it would take to cut interest rates, Minneapolis Fed President Neel Kashkari said Tuesday.Nov. 7, 2023 - marketwatch.com - MarketWatch.com - Top Stories - Federal Reserve -
The Fed: Fed’s Cook says debt not a big threat yet to U.S. economy
Households, businesses and banks are in pretty good financial health and don't appear to pose a big threat to the U.S. economy, a senior Federal Reserve official said.Nov. 6, 2023 - marketwatch.com - MarketWatch.com - Top Stories -
Restructure or liquidate? Deadline looms for China’s Evergrande
Heavily indebted developer must come up with a plan before crucial court hearing on Monday11 hr ago - ft.com - UK homepage - China -
PGA commish: Saudi deal deadline 'firm target'
PGA Tour commissioner Jay Monahan hopes to reach a potential alliance with Saudi Arabia's Public Investment Fund and a deal with at least one other investor before the end of the year.22 hr ago - espn.com - www.espn.com - TOP -
Israel-Hamas War: Latest Hostage-for-Prisoner Exchange Completed as Truce Deadline Looms
Hamas freed 16 hostages, and Israel released 30 imprisoned Palestinians. With the expiration of a temporary cease-fire just hours away, mediators in Qatar were trying to negotiate another extension.Nov. 30, 2023 - nytimes.com - NYT > World News -
More Hamas-held hostages released, but cease-fire deadline nears
A woman with dual U.S.-Israeli citizenship was one of 16 hostages released by Hamas Wednesday, along with nine other Israelis, four Thai nationals and two Russians. The release comes on the sixth day of a temporary cease-fire in the Gaza war that ...Nov. 29, 2023 - cbsnews.com - World - CBSNews.com