“The Department of Defense announced today the deaths of two Airmen who… died January 27 in the crash of a Bombardier E-11A aircraft in Ghazni Province, Afghanistan.” United States Air Force spokesman Colonel Sonny Leggett tweeted: “[w]hile the cause of crash is under investigation, there are no indications the crash…
Federal Reserve Keeps Interest Rates Fixed
January 29, 2020
Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell announced today, they have “decided to leave our policy rate unchanged”. This will “maintain the target range for the federal funds rate (interest rate) at 1‑1/2 to 1-3/4 percent.” Chairman Powell remarked how the current interest rate “is well positioned to serve the American people…
CBO Releases New 10-Year Federal Budget Outlook, Forecasting Deficit to Increase $13 Trillion
January 28, 2020
The United States Congressional Budget Office (CBO) published their newest report, presenting “projections of what federal deficits, debt, revenues, and spending… would be for the current year and for the following 10 years and beyond if existing laws governing taxes and spending generally remained unchanged.” “CBO currently projects a federal deficit…
President Trump Unveils Israel – Palestine Peace Plan
January 28, 2020
Today, President Trump announced his plan for achieving Israel and Palestine peace. President Trump says his “80 page proposal” provides a “conceptual map” towards a “realistic two-state solution”. “This map will more than double the Palestinian territory and provide a Palestinian capital in eastern Jerusalem”. President Trump “sent a letter…