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The US president is considering a candidate to replace Federal Reserve Director Jerome Powell, who is resigning after disagreeing with President Trump over interest rate cuts.Published December 24, 2025December 24, 2025Click here to share on social mediaShare 2shareUS President Donald Trump said he expects the next US Federal Reserve chairman to keep interest rates low and never go “against” him.President Trump made the remarks Tuesday during interviews to replace outgoing Federal Reserve Director Jerome Powell.Recommended stories list of 4 itemsend of list”I want the new Fed chairman to lower interest rates when markets are strong, but not to destroy markets…

Most winter mornings, Jamie Randle loads bread, stacks of cups and cleaning supplies into the back of his SUV, commuting about two hours from his home in Connecticut to his stall at New York’s Union Square Holiday Market. “It’s like opening a mini-store every week,” she says.Randall, 39, is the founder and chef of Coco Bread, a food stand that offers portable Coco Bread pockets stuffed with Jamaican jerk chicken, oxtail and curried goat. She says working as a vendor at a popular tourist destination is expensive and “tiring” but rewarding. Coco Bread made more than $31,000 in sales in…

Brooks Koepka will no longer compete in LIV Golf so he can prioritize the needs of his family and stay closer to home.The American was one of the players featured on the Saudi-backed tour when the league was controversially launched in 2022, and had one year left on his current contract. While captaining Smash GC, Koepka won five trophies, including individual and team titles. “Mr. Koepka is deeply grateful to Yasir Al Rumayan, Scott O’Neill, the LIV Golf leadership team, his teammates and fans,” Koepka’s representative said in a statement. image: Brooks Koepka was part of the first group of…

Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange.new york stock exchangeStock futures traded mostly flat Tuesday night after the market-wide S&P 500 index hit a record close.futures tied to Dow Jones Industrial Average Lost 25 points (0.05%). S&P500 futures While the decline was approximately 0.05%, Nasdaq 100 futures Little had changed.Major U.S. indexes rose for the fourth day in a row on Tuesday, led by tech stocks including parent company Google. alphabet, Nvidia, broadcom and Amazon. of S&P500 It ended regular trading up about 0.5%, setting a new record of 6,909.79. The index is just below its…

Venezuela’s ambassador to the United Nations condemns the US military attack and naval blockade at a UN Security Council meeting.Venezuela has told the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) that the United States is waging an unofficial war to remove the government of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro and has “continental ambitions” for much of Latin America.”This is not just a Venezuelan problem. Its ambitions are continental,” Venezuelan Ambassador to the United Nations Samuel Moncada told a meeting of the 15-nation Security Council on Tuesday.Recommended stories list of 4 itemsend of list”The U.S. government has stated this in its National Security Strategy,…

lisbon — Former neighbors have painted an intricate portrait of Claudio Neves Valente. More than a week after police say they killed two Brown University students and a Massachusetts Institute of Technology professor, the motive remains a mystery. The film depicts a “very bright” but reclusive young man estranged from his family, whose mother once told neighbors that her son “needs help.” CNN visited the apartment where Neves Valente, a native of Portugal, lived as a student more than 20 years ago before immigrating to the United States. The brown, cream, and gray skyscrapers in Olivais, a modest middle-class neighborhood…

Top articles in Wednesday’s newspapers and transfer rumors…premier league Manchester United expect Bruno Fernandes to return from injury in time for the match against Manchester City on January 17, meaning the captain will only miss five games, The Times reports. Use Chrome Browser for a more accessible video player Ruben Amorim believes Bruno Fernandes has suffered a soft tissue injury and feels the Manchester United captain will be out for a while Six years ago, The Sun reported that Chelsea could have signed lifelong Blues fan Antoine Semenyo for just £2m.Antoine Semenyo’s release clause at Bournemouth is only valid for…

Emerging markets are poised to end 2025 on a high, with a series of positive developments pushing stock indexes to record highs, with many expecting even higher highs in the new year. The MSCI Emerging Markets Index (comprised of large- and mid-cap stocks listed in emerging market countries) is up about 30% since the beginning of the year, outperforming the average of all three major Wall Street stocks. By comparison, the MSCI World Index, which includes only large- and mid-cap stocks from developed markets, including the U.S., rose just over 20% in 2025. Certain countries in this cohort had particularly…

Jerusalem — They called themselves the “Women in Red.” The year before the Gaza war, they wore crimson robes and white hats and marched with their heads downcast in silent protest against the Israeli government. Borrowing an image from Margaret Atwood’s dystopian novel The Handmaid’s Tale, the group intended to sound the alarm that the government’s judicial reforms threatened to undo decades of progress on women’s rights. Three years later, what the government dismissed as theatrical exaggeration is increasingly seen as a prescient omen. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s right-wing government, which relies on support from ultra-Orthodox parties, is moving Israel…

Jake Paul claimed a two-round win over Anthony Joshua and said he “wobbled” his opponent before being knocked out in the sixth round in Miami on Friday.Joshua, 28, suffered his second loss in his professional boxing career, having lost to Tommy Fury in 2023, and had to undergo surgery to break his jaw in two places. The two-time world heavyweight champion struggled to stop Paul in the early rounds, but the American also struggled to stay on his feet throughout the fight. Use Chrome Browser for a more accessible video player Jake Paul has commented on his clash with Anthony…