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Update (1330ET): Key highlights from Powell's prepared remarks:

Powell again stressed the central bank's focus on preventing potential tariff-driven price hikes from triggering a more persistent rise in inflation.

Powell added that policymakers would balance their dual responsibilities of fostering maximum employment and stable prices, “keeping in mind that, without price stability, we cannot achieve the long periods of strong labor market conditions that benefit all (more…)

Authored by Nathan Worcester via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours),

Columbia University student Mohsen Mahdawi was detained by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) on April 14 during a naturalization interview in Vermont.

Mohsen Mahdawi, a Palestinian man who led protests against the war in Gaza as a student at Columbia University, is detained at the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services office in Colchester, Vt., on April 14, 2025. Christopher Helali via AP

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Public outrage over the Karmelo Anthony case is growing with a recent court decision to dramatically reduce the teen suspect's bail from $1 million to $250,000, of which only 10% must be paid to secure the suspect's release. 

Judge Angela Tucker of the 199th District Court in Collin County (pictured below) significantly reduced track meet stabbing suspect Karmelo Anthony's bond and placed him under house arrest.  Anthony, a 17-year-old student at Frisco Centennial High (more…)