The Federal Reserve is raising interest rates again to curb inflation; it’s the smallest hike since March.
Along with the rate hike, Fed Chair Jerome Powell gives strong rhetoric in his speech, but are the markets convinced? We talk to an analyst.
More than 1,000 people have pleaded guilty or been convicted of COVID relief fraud. Lawmakers are trying to find out where billions of taxpayer dollars went, and what could have been done to avoid this.
Farmers visit Capitol Hill to warn about a potential corn catastrophe. Many could go out of business if Mexico bans all genetically-modified corn imports from America.
Lawmakers are proposing more protections for airline passengers—just a month after thousands of flights were canceled over the holidays.
Ukraine is using drones to document alleged Russian war crimes. The aircraft let them observe sites they can’t get to on the ground.
Stories in this episode:
1. Fed Announces Quarter Point Rate Hike
2. Markets Not Sold on Powell Rhetoric: Analyst
3. 1,000+ Pleaded Guilty or Convicted of COVID Relief Fraud
4. GOP Senators Challenge Biden’s ESG Rule
5. Intel Slashes Employee, Executive Pay
6. PayPal Set to Lay Off 7% of Staff
7. FTX Founder’s Bail Tightened Over ‘Threat’
8. Pfizer CEO Made ‘Misleading’ Statements on Vaccinating Children: UK Watchdog
9. Farmers Warn Congress of Corn Catastrophe
10. OpenAI Tool Aims to Detect AI-Created Content
11. Lawmakers Push Airline Passenger Protections
12. Frontier Reveals All You Can Fly Summer Pass
13. Ukrainian Drones Document Alleged War Crimes
