The Federal Reserve will reduce its work force by 10 percent over the next several years to ensure the institution is “right-sized and able” to carry out its duties to foster a healthy economy. Jerome H. Powell, the chair of…
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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.
President Trump announced in a speech in Saudi Arabia that he is lifting U.S. sanctions on Syria “to give them a chance.” Why it matters: Trump’s announcement is a dramatic shift in U.S. policy towards Syria less than six months after…
Delaney Hall, an immigrant detention facility in Newark, has drawn controversy since President Donald Trump’s administration announced a billion-dollar deal with a private prison company in February to reopen the complex, part of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s effort to…
The Justice Departmentwill investigate whether a planned real estate development around one of North Texas’s largest mosques violates federal law, Sen. John Cornyn (R) said Friday after weeks of calling the project antisemitic and anti-Christian. Attacks over the developmentoutside Dallas have been…
The Justice Department has opened a criminal investigation into real estate transactions involving New York Attorney General Letitia James, according to a person familiar with the case — the first known criminal probe of a law enforcement official who took…
President Donald Trump on Thursday said he is appointing Jeanine Pirro — a Fox News host whose misstatements about the 2020 election were cited in two defamation lawsuits against the network — as the interim U.S. attorney for the District…
President Donald Trump on Thursday announced a new trade pact with the United Kingdom that he touted as likely just the first of many agreements with countries around the world, as the administration races to mitigate the damage from its…
More than 20 times during a roughly 45-minute news conference on Wednesday, Jerome H. Powell, the chair of the Federal Reserve, referenced the idea of waiting to see how President Trump’s policies would ripple through the economy before taking any…
On Monday, President Donald Trump met with Russian-American Ksenia Karelina, a former ballerina who was arrested during a family trip to Russia last year for donating roughly $52 to support Ukrainian aid in 2022. She was later sentenced to 12 years…
US President Donald Trump’s top trade officials will meet with their Chinese counterparts this week to discuss a de-escalation of their increasingly ugly and damaging trade war. The future of the global economy is riding on their success. The trade talks, the…
