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The Senate has confirmed President Donald Trump’s nominee Kevin Warsh to lead the Federal Reserve. The vote fell mostly along party lines. Warsh will replace Jerome Powell as chair of the world’s most powerful central bank. Powell plans to remain on the Fed’s board even after his term as chair ends.

Cleveland lead best-of-seven series 3-2 Detroit had led by nine with four minutes left James Harden scored 30 points and Donovan Mitchell added 21, including seven in overtime, as the visiting Cleveland Cavaliers rallied to beat the Detroit Pistons 117-113 on Wednesday to take a 3-2 lead in the Eastern Conference semi-finals. The result leaves … Read more

President Donald Trump spoke at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, praising China shortly after Chinese President Xi Jinping’s address during the historic event.

Dawkins appears to have gone from atheist to AI-theist: perhaps he doesn’t view AI as God, but he certainly seems to see it as God-like Are you there God? It’s me, Arwa. I’ll be quite honest, I’m afraid I’ve never been a believer. I agreed wholeheartedly with Richard Dawkins, the world’s most famous atheist, when … Read more

Wall Street has proved incredibly resilient to instability, and while consumer confidence has dipped, shares have soared It was a dark Friday for Wall Street on 27 March. Oil prices were climbing and the war with Iran raged on. Markets responded accordingly, with the Dow and Nasdaq entering correction territory, falling more than 10% below … Read more

A Democratic grassroots organization seeking to conduct at least 500,000 substantive conversations with voters across the battleground map this year said it is expanding its list of targets to more than 60 contested congressional and state races.

American zeal for ‘the Hamptons of England’ has rubbed off on sales with luxury British fashion house back to a full-year profit The luxury fashion brand Burberry has said a new £2,000 handbag named after the Cotswolds has boosted sales, as the English region becomes increasingly popular with wealthy Americans. Joshua Schulman, the boss of … Read more

A new exhibit at the 9/11 Memorial Museum is keeping the memory of that day and its aftermath alive, even for those who didn’t live through it, as the museum highlights 15 years since the raid that killed Usama bin Laden. “A third of the U.S. population has been born since then, so it’s not … Read more

Sen. Bill Cassidy’s advocacy for vaccines and his résumé as a doctor have defined his political career

The series quickly withdrew a shirt that stirred up a strong backlash. But IndyCar has been playing with fire for a while This could be the summer of IndyCar. Formula One fatigue is beginning to set in, both globally and among the American audiences who helped fuel the sport’s recent boom. Nascar, for all its … Read more