Author: Sara William
Sara William
Sara William is a veteran journalist, economist, and columnist with over 40 years of experience reporting on the intersection of politics and economics. Since beginning her career in 1984, she has built a distinguished reputation for her deep analysis and authoritative coverage of major historical events and their financial implications. Sara has reported extensively on the connection between politics and the stock market, the economic aftermath of the 9/11 attacks, the 2008 financial crash, and the Covid-19 market collapse. Her work unpacks how global and domestic policies shape financial markets and the economy at large.
China seeks to attract investment by emphasizing reliability as tensions rise involving Donald Trump and Iran.
A US judge has blocked subpoenas issued by Donald Trump’s Department of Justice to the Federal Reserve, in a major blow to prosecutors’ criminal investigation into chair Jay Powell and a victory for the central bank.James Boasberg, a US federal judge in the District of Columbia, wrote in an opinion unsealed on Friday that prosecutors were using their probe into renovations of the Fed’s headquarters to force Powell to “knuckle under” and bend to Trump’s relentless calls to slash borrowing costs. “There is abundant evidence that the subpoenas’ dominant (if not sole) purpose is to harass and pressure Powell either…
Smoke from an oil refinery rises over residential buildings in southern Tehran after Israeli airstrikes. (Abedin Taherkenareh/EPA) “Regime change by jazz improvisation.” Karim Sadjadpour’s phrase is not just clever — it is damning. It perfectly exposes the reckless, contradictory, and fundamentally dishonest mess that Donald Trump’s White House has unleashed on Iran and, by extension, on the entire world.This is not foreign policy. This is a saxophone solo played by a president who campaigned on “America First” but has instead delivered “Israel First” on steroids, orchestrated by the same neoconservative warmongers, AIPAC donors, and Zionist ideologues who have hijacked U.S. strategy…
WASHINGTON, D.C. — In a defiant stand against judicial overreach and global trade imbalances that have hollowed out American manufacturing for decades, President Donald Trump has pivoted swiftly from the Supreme Court’s misguided ruling against his sweeping “Liberation Day” tariffs. Far from a defeat, this is a rallying cry for America First economics. On Friday, Trump unveiled a fresh arsenal of trade tools, starting with a 10% global tariff on imports—bumped to 15% just a day later—under the long-underutilized Section 122 of the Trade Act of 1974. This move not only keeps the pressure on unfair foreign competitors but signals…
The 6–3 ruling says the president overstepped executive authority by imposing sweeping duties without clear approval from Congress.
Warsh has long advocated for aggressively shrinking the Federal Reserve’s $6.6 trillion balance sheet, a move that could tighten financial conditions and push mortgage rates higher, potentially clashing with Trump’s housing affordability goals.
The hearing comes amid mounting criticism of federal immigration tactics, including requests for reforms such as mandatory body cameras, restrictions on masks and independent investigations following the deaths of Alex Pretti and Renée Good in Minneapolis enforcement operations.
A whistleblower complaint filed against Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard centers on a sensitive foreign phone call intercepted by U.S. intelligence, involving discussion of a person close to President Trump, according to people familiar with the matter
Democrats are pressing for new restrictions on federal immigration agents as a condition for funding ICE and the Department of Homeland Security, a demand Republicans say goes too far but remain open to discussing.
Minnesota courts are facing mounting pressure as a surge in immigration-related cases overwhelms judges, prosecutors, and court staff, creating significant backlogs across the region.