Interest in residential mortgage loans fell 8.1% for the week ending March 18 as mortgage rates rose to 4.5%, the highest level in years, according to the Mortgage Bankers Association‘s latest survey. “The jump in rates comes as markets moved to price in a much faster pace of rate hikes, as well as expectations of fewer MBS purchases…Continue Reading
When Donald Trump endorsed Rep. Mo Brooks’ Senate campaign last year, no one was especially surprised. The Alabama Republican had been a loyal ally to the former president — Brooks even delivered radical remarks at the pre-riot Jan. 6 rally — and it made sense that he’d want to reward the far-right congressman.After all, if…Continue Reading
Madeleine Albright, former secretary of state, dies at 8403:59State Department declares Russians have committed war crimes in Ukraine03:45Sen. Graham says he hopes child porn offenders get enhanced sentence in direct address02:32Now PlayingDurbin: Some questions to Judge Jackson ‘showcase talking points for the November election’03:29UP NEXTMcCaskill: GOP questioning of Judge Jackson a ‘whack-a-mole game of hypocrisy’05:22Historic:…Continue Reading
UP NEXTWhy WH must think on ‘multiple levels’ about war in Ukraine08:15’The world can stop this,’ says Ukrainian journalist who fled Kyiv04:26’It’s heartbreaking’: Senators meet with refugees at Polish border12:24Sen. Portman: Difference between attacks and questions about a judge’s record03:31Why Putin’s options in Ukraine are ‘extremely limited’13:03Joe: It’s one GOP grievance after another at Jackson…Continue Reading
In a bid to rally opposition to Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson’s nomination to the Supreme Court, Republicans are on a mission to cast her as a staunch advocate of critical race theory.The problem for those Republican opponents is that little evidence has emerged to support the idea, and that Jackson has stated repeatedly that she…Continue Reading
UP NEXTTop US diplomat in Ukraine: Russians ‘not letting in the humanitarian assistance’ designated to ‘worst affected cities’05:45State Department declares Russians have committed war crimes in Ukraine03:45Igor Novikov: ‘We’re getting bombed, shot at and shelled daily.’ In Ukraine, ‘that’s what life is like.’05:18Fmr. UK PM Brown: A special tribunal could indict Putin on crime of…Continue Reading
Rep. Mo Brooks (R., Ala.) makes an announcement in Huntsville, Ala., March 22, 2021. (Elijah Nouvelage/Reuters) Alabama Senate candidate Mo Brooks responded to the loss of Donald Trump’s endorsement on Wednesday by revealing that the former president asked him to “rescind the 2020 elections, immediately remove Joe Biden from the White House, and hold a…Continue Reading
Associate Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas in the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington, April 10, 2017. (Joshua Roberts/Reuters) The Supreme Court will not reveal whether Justice Clarence Thomas remains in the hospital, after announcing on Sunday that the justice was hospitalized with flu-like symptoms. Court spokeswoman Patricia McCabe said she had no…Continue Reading
Hadia, 10, a 4th-grade primary school student attends a class in Kabul, Afghanistan, October 26, 2021. (Zohra Bensemra/Reuters) The Taliban has decided to cancel plans to offer schooling to girls above the sixth grade, backtracking on an earlier pledge in an effort to pacify its Islamic fundamentalist base in the rural countryside of Afghanistan. Waheedullah…Continue Reading
An illustration of a Moderna vaccine, December 11, 2021. (Dado Ruvic/Reuters) Moderna will seek emergency authorization for its Covid-19 vaccine in children under six, the company announced Wednesday, meaning that this age demographic will likely soon be eligible for the shot. The pharmaceutical company’s U.S. and Canadian clinical trial produced promising results, namely that two…Continue Reading
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