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Global Economy Senior Federal Reserve official puts ‘50-50’ odds on tariffs sparking sustained US inflation Head of the US central bank’s St Louis branch Alberto Musalem expects uncertainty ‘through the summer’ JUNE 7, 2025 by Claire Jones, US Economics Editor
On Our "Virtual Route 66" (Special Edition): In America As #ElonMusk leaves Government
Heather Cox Richardson Jun 3 The Republicans’ giant budget reconciliation bill has focused attention on the drastic cuts the Trump administration is making to the American government. On Friday, when a constituent at a town hall shouted that the Republicans’ proposed cuts to Medicaid, the federal healthcare program for low-income Americans, meant that “people will die,” Senator Joni Ernst (R-IA) replied, “Well, we are all going to die.” The next day, Ernst released a video purporting to be an apology. It made things worse. “I made an incorrect assumption that everyone in the auditorium understood that, yes, we are all going to perish from this Earth. So, I apologize. And I’m really, really glad that I did not have to bring up the subject of the tooth fairy as well. But for those that would like to see eternal and everlasting life, I encourage you to embrace my lord and savior, Jesus Christ," she said. Ernst blamed the “hyster...
On Our "Virtual Route 66" (Special Month End Edition): On Journalists and The Week that Was in America
As we embrace June here at the Daily Outsider, our team wanted to pay homage to all around the World, courtesy of the Committee to Protect Journalists, BBC Persian who struggle to bring the truth to all and a snapshot of the discourse that was courtesy CNN and the Coop Scoop in America, as we look forward to continuing to serve: Gaza journalists speak out about Hamas intimidation, threats, assaults A Palestinian youth takes photos with his phone during an anti-Hamas protest, calling for an end to the war with Israel, in Beit Lahia in northern Gaza on March 26, 2025. (Photo: AFP) Journalists in Gaza recently told CPJ they face intimidation, threats, and assaults by Hamas — abuses that often go unreported due to fear of retaliation. For almost two decades, CPJ has documented multiple press freedom violations by Hamas — as well as all the other warring parties in Israel and the Occupied Palestinian Terri...