Author: Leslie Stewart

The local Mexican restaurant chain in Pennsylvania is about to move forward a week ago when workplace immigrants at the two storefronts left property damage and the workforce was afraid to get their jobs, according to witnesses who spoke with two employees and NBC News.It began on August 7th when the Immigration Bureau appeared at two Emiliano Mexican restaurants and bar locations in the Pittsburgh area. As many as 16 workers were detained. The nine worked at Gibsonia location north of Pittsburgh.A social media post containing videos filmed by workers accused the business of assaulting the restaurant, leaving behind a…

Authorities said he was attacked and killed on a Southern California highway on Thursday while fleeing an immigrant raid at Home Depot.Dylan Fake, mayor of Monrovia in Los Angeles County, about 10 miles northeast of Pasadena, said officers saw the attack after officers received a call about US immigration and customs enforcement activities in the area. During the activity, someone drove onto the 210 highway, he said. Shortly afterwards, the fire department and paramedics responded to the call of vehicles hitting pedestrians. The person was taken to hospital and died of injuries in the incident, Fake said. The California Highway…

Wall Street veteran David Zelbos added his name on Thursday to the list of potential Federal Reserve committees that the central bank believes are in the past to approve interest rate cuts.Jeffries’ chief market strategist told CNBC that central bankers should not challenge the producer price index for July.Instead, he actively advocated the Fed’s move as a way to prevent a slowdown in the labor market, in fact, helping to create jobs for a million people. In the last three Federal Reserve meetings, Zervos has advocated a point cut of half the federal funding rate, and has repeated his position…

The man accused of throwing a sandwich at the U.S. Customs and Border Protection in Washington, D.C., was an employee of the Justice Department, Attorney General Pam Bondy said Thursday.”I learned that this defendant worked for the Department of Justice. He was now working for the Department of Justice. He was not only fired, but also charged with a felony,” Bondy said in a post on X. Defendant sandwich slinger Shawn Charles Dan worked in the International Affairs Division of the Department of Justice’s Criminal Division, a DOJ source told NBC News.Dan’s attorney did not immediately respond to a request…

Wholesale prices rose more than expected in July, providing potential signs that inflation remains a threat to the US economy, a report from the Bureau of Labor Statistics showed Thursday.The producer price index, which measures the price of final demand goods and services, jumped to 0.9% of the month, compared to Dow Jones’ estimates with a profit of 0.2%. This was the largest monthly increase since June 2022.Excluding food and energy prices, Core PPI rose 0.3% to 0.9% against forecast. Excluding food, energy and trade services, the index rose 0.6%, the biggest profit since March 2022.Each year, headline PPIs are…

Economist Mark Schmerlin, one of nearly 12 reported candidates for the Federal Reserve Chair, said Thursday he was interested in work and thought aggressive interest rate cuts were appropriate.Schmerlin, former senior economist for then-President George W. Bush, told CNBC that lowering the Fed’s key rate would now be an easy decision.The current yield structure, combined with labor market debilitating and stable inflation, shows that “a 50 basis point cut can be easily performed…without confusion. The basis point equals 0.01%, so 50 basis points is half the point.With the widespread openness towards the success of current Chairman Jerome Powell, Schmerlin’s position…

The loyal cryptocurrency has had quite a moment. Donald Trump’s return to the White House brought true horniness of pro-crypto promises, from talk of “strategic Bitcoin reserve” to a declaration about making America the “crypto capital of the world.” The market responded as expected. Bitcoin has skyrocketed past highs, and followers have treated it as the ultimate proof. But under the gloss of political legitimacy, nothing fundamentally changes about the essential nature of cryptocurrencies. The irony of Trump’s code embrace is hard to overlook. The proposed “Strategic Bitcoin Reserve and US Digital Asset Stockpile” consists entirely of assets that have…

The man accused of forgerying his death to avoid sexual assault and fraud allegations and fleeing to avoid sexual assault and fraud allegations, prosecutors said he was convicted of rape in Utah.A ju judge in Salt Lake County found Nicholas Aralverdien, who was accused of Nicholas Rossi by Utah authorities and committed crimes after three days of testimony. Deliberations began on Wednesday. He will be sentenced Oct. 20, the Salt Lake County District Attorney’s Office said. He faces five years of life in prison.”In this case, we are grateful to the survivors for their willingness to move forward a few…

People will shop pet supplies at pet retailers in Manhattan, New York City on August 12, 2025. Spencer Platt | Getty ImagesGoldman Sachs is getting heated for calls that heavier consumer inflation is ahead of tariff-induced, but that view is not the only one among Wall Street brothers.Despite investors accepting Tuesday’s rather benign consumer price index report, economists expect the biggest impact on inflation has yet to come.The general sentiment is that pre-duty inventory will be rolled out, effective tariff rates will rise, and businesses are not willing to absorb higher costs from their duties, so consumers will be increasingly…

For decades, the Arab government, a fierce defender of the Palestinian cause, is facing criticism of their ti-sick reaction to the extreme suffering of Gaza caused by Israeli war, putting more and more calm citizens and dangerous rifts at stake.As deaths from starvation and Israeli artillery emerged, Palestinians, their supporters, and some analysts turned their anger towards Arab rulers in the region who perceived them as being too passive and quiet. They refer to countries outside the Middle East that publicly criticised Israel and sought to stop the expansion of military operations in Gaza. “Where are the Arabs? Arabs are…