A security guard at Randalls Island shelter in New York City was brutally attacked by an illegal alien on Monday morning‚ sources told the New York Post. The tent city shelter has become a hotbed for violent activity since it was converted into temporary makeshift housing for illegal immigrants in August. Around 6:45 a.m. Monday‚ 24-year-old Oscar Adrian Al Ordonez was heard arguing with his wife inside the shelter‚ the Post reported. A security guard‚ 40‚ intervened in the altercation‚ hoping...

The US military has published photos showing a floating pier being built in the Mediterranean Sea to help increase humanitarian aid deliveries to Gaza. Logistics vessels and personnel can be seen assembling the pier from steel segments‚ next to a US Navy ship. Costing about $320m (£255m)‚ the pier and a causeway attached to the shore should be operational in a week. The goal is to deliver aid equivalent to as many as two million meals a day to Gaza to help avert a famine there. A UN...

The Federal Reserve on Wednesday held its ground on interest rates‚ again deciding not to cut as it continues a battle with inflation that has grown more difficult lately. In a widely expected move‚ the U.S. central bank kept its benchmark short-term borrowing rate in a targeted range between 5.25%-5%. The federal funds rate has been at that level since July 2023‚ when the Fed last hiked and took the range to its highest level in more than two decades. The rate-setting Federal Open Market...

Wednesday’s Federal Reserve policy decision was fairly boring for investors — officials kept interest rates the same‚ just as they have since July 2023. But some savvy traders are excited about another key decision. The Fed announced that it will significantly curtail its quantitative tightening (QT) program — that’s the selling off of its assets to decrease money supply and increase interest rates — beginning in June. US Treasury yields fell on the news. Yields on the 10-...

The Federal Reserve on Wednesday held interest rates steady for the sixth straight time after a string of disappointing inflation readings dimmed the odds of cuts later this year. The widely expected decision – which left interest rates unchanged at a range of 5.25% to 5.5%‚ the highest level in 23 years – comes amid signs that progress on inflation is stalling‚ or even starting to reverse. In their post-meeting statement‚ policymakers left the door open to rate cuts but...

Hena Khan‚ a grade nine student in Dhaka‚ has struggled to focus on her studies this week as temperatures surpassed 43 degrees Celsius (109 degrees Fahrenheit) in the Bangladesh capital. &;quot;There is no real education in schools in this punishing heat‚&;quot; she said. &;quot;Teachers can't teach‚ students can't concentrate. Rather‚ our lives are at risk.&;quot;

Universities are supposed to be places where students and faculty can debate politics and other subjects without fear or censure. As the anti-Israel protests spread at Columbia‚ Yale‚ Harvard‚ New York University and elsewhere‚ however‚ progressives are claiming that any restriction on the protesters is a violation of free speech. That isn’t true‚ and it’s important to understand why. Under its “state action doctrine‚” the Supreme Court has ruled that the First Amendment applies to...

Members of the New Orleans Police Department‚ including SWAT officers‚ cleared a pro-Palestine encampment at Tulane University in the early hours of Wednesday morning‚ arresting 14. After police confronted protesters at Columbia University‚ pro-Palestine protests have spread to college campuses across the country. Many of the protests are peaceful‚ but as some schools have called in law enforcement to clear what they call unauthorized gatherings‚ police have clashed with protesters‚...

Say you’re a college senior‚ just a few weeks from graduation. For as long as you can remember—even back in high school‚ before you set foot on campus—older people have talked about free speech. More specifically‚ older people have talked about free speech and you: whether your generation understands it‚ whether you believe in it‚ whether you can handle it. After watching some of those same people order crackdowns on campus protests over the past few days‚ you might have a few questions for...

European regulators have launched an investigation into Mark Zuckerberg’s Meta‚ escalating pressure on the tech giant to bolster its safeguards against misinformation and foreign interference on Facebook‚ Instagram‚ and Whatsapp ahead of pivotal EU elections. The New York Times reports that the European Union’s executive branch‚ the European Commission‚ has Zuckerberg’s Meta in its crosshairs over concerns that the company’s Facebook and Instagram platforms lack sufficient protections...