Chart of the Day: The Probability of Recession Is Now 20%
Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. Fed expert Tim Duy is getting seriously worried. Based on the movement of short-term and long-term interest rates, he thinks the chance of a recession in the next few months is getting very high: Duy thinks the Fed needs to cut interest rates sooner rather…
How a Gay Teen, an Internet Nazi, and a Late-Night Rendezvous Turned to Tragedy
Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. From his cage in the far back of a courtroom in Newport Beach, California, Sam Woodward looked around. He appeared to stand on his tiptoes for a moment, peering through the bars at the gallery where his parents and a couple of family friends sat.…
Is John Hickenlooper the Fracking Candidate?
Jerry Mennenga/ZUMA Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. John Hickenlooper is probably the only 2020 presidential candidate who knows what fracking fluid tastes like. In a meeting with an oil and gas representative once, the then-governor of Colorado politely took part in a “ritual-like” sampling of the fluid used to extract…
Climate Change Could Make Insurance Too Expensive for Most People
Marcus Yam/Los Angeles Times via Getty Images Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. This story was originally published by the Guardian. It appears here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. Insurers have warned that climate change could make cover for ordinary people unaffordable after the world’s largest reinsurance firm blamed global warming for $24…
Trump Aided and Abetted Russia’s Attack. That Was Treachery. Full Stop.
Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. On Sunday afternoon Attorney General William Barr sent a letter to Congress noting that Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation “did not establish that members of the Trump Campaign conspired or coordinated with the Russian government in its election interference activities.” The message also noted that…
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Just Pointed Out the “Real Conversation” the Country Needs to Have About Trump
Kevin Hagen/AP Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. On Sunday afternoon, just a few hours before Attorney General William Barr delivered his summary of Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s report to Congress, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez weighed in on the flurry of attention being paid to Trump and several investigations surrounding him and the…