Inflation Disappoints Hawks Again, Stays Low
Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. A couple of months ago it looked like maybe the inflation rate would finally poke its head above the Fed’s “target” rate of 2 percent. But no. It remains as quiet as ever. It’s now spent six consecutive years under the “target.” It kinda makes…
Elon Musk Nearly Ready to Ship Cool New Forest Fire Starter
Steven K. Doi via ZUMA Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. Unless, in the end, this turns out to be a joke after all, visionary entrepreneur Elon Musk is getting ready to ship 20,000 flamethrowers to waiting customers next week. It’s not clear why Musk decided to market flamethrowers as “fun”…
Lions, Rhinos, and Elephants Are Coming Back in Droves to This Part of Africa
A lion in Malawi.Adriane Ohanesian/For the Washington Post The rhinos were gone from Chad. The elephants were poached from part of Malawi. The lions, too. But now, these animals are starting to return—thanks to a group of philanthropists and environmentalists working to repopulate Africa’s parks and wildlands. African Parks transports animals to some of the…
California Democrat Enlists Former “Seinfeld” Star to Mock Dana Rohrabacher
Jason AlexanderHarley Rouda for Congress Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. Former Seinfeld star Jason Alexander has a new role. In a new campaign ad, he plays the moderator of a mock debate between Democratic congressional hopeful Harley Rouda and his Southern California district’s 15-term Republican incumbent, Rep. Dana Rohrabacher. The three-minute…
“We Have Done a Great Job”: What Trump Tweeted as Thousands of Puerto Ricans Died
Donald Trump tosses paper towels into a crowd in Guaynabo, Puerto Rico, after Hurricane Maria.Evan Vucci/AP Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. On Tuesday, researchers at Harvard published a new study showing that the death toll from Hurricane Maria was 75 times higher than what the government had previously reported. By…
Wall Street Profits Just Aren’t High Enough, Darn It
Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. It’s been ten years since Wall Street destroyed the world, and apparently that’s plenty of time for them to have learned their lesson: Federal bank regulators on Wednesday unveiled a sweeping plan to soften the Volcker Rule, opening the door for banks to resume some…