Yesterday
Trump to set interest rates himself under secret presidential plan
Donald Trump’s aides have drawn up secret plans to oust the chairman of the Federal Reserve and allow the president to set interest rates.
- Tim Wallace
Wall Street lifts as Alphabet breaks $US2trn valuation
A rally in the tech megacaps gave US markets a boost while US economic data showed moderate inflation.
- Chibuike Oguh
This Month
US inflation rises moderately in March
There had been fears that inflation could exceed forecasts in March after US economic figures showed a surprise slowdown in the economy.
- Analysis
- MeToo movement
Why Harvey Weinstein’s conviction was fragile from the start
For years, his lawyers have argued that his trial was fundamentally unfair because it included witnesses who fell outside the scope of the charges.
- Jodi Kantor
- Analysis
- Monetary policy
Why the US is stuck in interest rate ‘purgatory’
GDP, adjusted for inflation, increased at a 1.6 per cent annual rate, but figures also included more evidence that efforts to tame price increases have stalled.
- Updated
- Ben Casselman
- Opinion
- Inflation
The catch-22 of high interest rates and high house prices
Elevated shelter inflation is keeping interest rates higher for longer. But high rates hold back the construction that could lead to lower rents and house prices.
- Conor Sen
The loyal lieutenant who buried Trump’s secrets
David Pecker, ex-publisher of The National Enquirer, testified at the trial that Donald Trump personally thanked him for hiding potentially damaging stories.
- Jonah E. Bromwich, Ben Protess and Michael Rothfeld
Top US judges sympathetic to Trump in historic immunity case
Conservative Supreme Court judges signalled support for the former president on his claims of protection from prosecution in a case likely to impact the US election.
- John Kruzel and Andrew Chung
#MeToo setback: NY court overturns Harvey Weinstein rape conviction
The New York ruling reopens a painful chapter in America’s reckoning with sexual misconduct by powerful figures.
- Michael R. Sisak and Dave Collins
US data shows economy in unexpected slowdown
Growth in the world’s biggest economy was slower than expected, while an acceleration in inflation reinforced expectations rates won’t be cut before September.
- Lucia Mutikani
- Opinion
- Israeli-Palestinian conflict
The ghost of the 1968 antiwar movement has returned
The sense in the Biden campaign that it can simply wait out the protests by Democratic voters is a reckless gamble.
- Charles M. Blow
FTC sued a day after banning non-compete agreements for workers
The US Chamber of Commerce lawsuit alleges the Federal Trade Commission lacks the power to adopt sweeping rules such as the ban on so-called non-compete agreements.
- Daniel Wiessner
US to rush weapons to Ukraine as Biden signs aid bill
The Pentagon said it would rush the first $1.5 billion in aid to Ukraine, including shoulder-fired Stinger surface-to-air missiles and other air defence munitions.
- Zolan Kanno-Youngs
- Opinion
- Courts
Trump’s prosecution puts American law on trial too
Flaws in the criminal case against former president Donald Trump demonstrate the vulnerability of the US legal system.
- Richard Porter
- Opinion
- Israeli-Palestinian conflict
What it means to be (visibly) Jewish in the Ivy League
Behaviour that would be scandalous if aimed at other minorities is treated as understandable or even commendable when directed at Jews.
- Updated
- Bret Stephens
Tabloid publisher says he sought to shield Trump from sex scandals
The effort to suppress unflattering information was designed to illegally influence the election, prosecutors have alleged.
- Michael Sisak, Eric Tucker, Jennifer Peltz and Jake Offenhartz
- Updated
- Electric vehicles
Tesla to accelerate cheaper EV rollout, revenue falls 9pc
Tesla’s shares rose 7 per cent after the announcement despite a reported fall in profit margins and sales.
- Updated
- Dana Hull and Ed Ludlow
He was a Silicon Valley icon worth billions. It wasn’t enough
Andreas Bechtolsheim made a legendary investment in Google that changed the world and made him billions. Then he threw it away for an insider trade worth far less.
- David Streitfeld
Trump set for another $1.9b in shares he can’t sell
The former president set up social media platform Truth Social to share his views, but the company has attracted meme-stock traders and Wall Street professionals alike.
- Bailey Lipschultz
Judge tells Trump lawyer he is ‘losing all credibility’
Donald Trump’s repeated attacks on witnesses in his criminal case have been labelled a deliberate violation of the judge’s gag order.
- Luc Cohen, Jack Queen and Andy Sullivan