Fed raises rates, keeps forecast for 3 hikes in 2018

The Federal Reserve raised its key interest rate and kept its forecast for three hikes in 2018 amid modest inflation Fed raises rates, keeps forecast for 3 hikes in 2018 The Federal Reserve raised its key interest rate and kept its forecast for three hikes in 2018 amid modest inflation Check out this story on USATODAY.com: https://usat.ly/2DL2wlt Jerome Powell listens to President Trump announce him as Trump's nominee for Chair of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, in the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington on Nov. 2, 2017. If confirmed, Jerome Powell will succeed Janet Yellen as chair of the US central bank.

Former FBI deputy director fired just days before retirement to kick in

Former FBI deputy director Andy McCabe was fired Friday from the federal government, just two days before he was set to retire, Attorney General Jeff Sessions announced in a statement late Friday night. Add Trump Administration as an interest to stay up to date on the latest Trump Administration news, video, and analysis from ABC News.

Justice Department Fires Embattled FBI Deputy Director Just Short Of Retirement

Then-Acting FBI Director Andrew McCabe testified before the Senate Intelligence Committee on Capitol Hill on May 11, 2017, soon after James Comey's abrupt firing by President Trump. Alex Wong/Getty Images hide caption Then-Acting FBI Director Andrew McCabe testified before the Senate Intelligence Committee on Capitol Hill on May 11, 2017, soon after James Comey's abrupt firing by President Trump.

Reports from Cuba: The recent ‘elections’ in Cuba and…

Last Sunday another Castro electoral farce was held in which voters were summoned to "vote" for candidates for deputies to the National Assembly of Popular Power - candidates appointed by the Government-Party-State. In Cuba, where there is no freedom of expression, association, election or economic activity, the 605 candidates appointed by the central power to form part of the Parliament were declared deputies.

FBI officials recommend firing former deputy director about to retire

Officials within the FBI have recommended that the agency's embattled former deputy director, Andy McCabe, be fired, just days before he is set to officially leave government, according to a source with knowledge of the recommendation. The recommendation from the FBI's Office of Professional Responsibility came after an internal report by the Justice Department 's inspector general accused the FBI veteran of misleading investigators looking into an array of matters connected to the 2016 presidential campaign , the source said.

Fifth Circuit, in Bankruptcy Ruling, Lets Convicted Businessman Pay…

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit has ruled that a Texas businessman who was sentenced to two years in prison for bankruptcy fraud may use the sale of the proceeds of his house to pay his criminal defense attorneys, rejecting a U.S. bankruptcy trustee's attempts to claim the home sale proceeds as part of his estate. Curtis Harold DeBerry, the former owner of a failed produce company in Boerne, Texas, was eventually sentenced to two years in prison last year for hiding assets from creditors in bankruptcy.

How Ayn Rand became a big admirer of sadistic serial killer William Hickman

There's something deeply unsettling about living in a country where millions of people froth at the mouth at the idea of giving health care to the tens of millions of Americans who don't have it, or who take pleasure at the thought of privatizing and slashing bedrock social programs like Social Security or Medicare. It might not be so hard to stomach if other Western countries also had a large, vocal chunk of the population that thought like this, but the U.S. is seemingly the only place where right-wing elites can openly share their distaste for the working poor.

Washington legislators tackle homelessness for those on aid

It's a success story state lawmakers and advocacy groups are trying to replicate by targeting perhaps the biggest challenge faced by the homeless: rejection. Woods, 52, slept on friends' couches for eight months and had eight property owners turn her down before she found a landlord willing to accept her Section 8 voucher, a federal subsidy that helps low-income people pay their rent.