South Korean President Lee Jae-myung used his address to the United Nations General Assembly on Tuesday to cast his nation’s modern history as evidence of the global body’s success and to call for renewed multilateral cooperation to confront a host of global challenges—from armed conflict to artificial intelligence. Lee also used the occasion to reaffirm his administration’s controversial stance of détente toward North Korea and to defend democratic gains at home following the removal of his predecessor.
The Trump administration, under the leadership of Acting CFPB Director Russ Vought and Chief Legal Officer Mark Paoletta, has taken aggressive steps to rein in the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB), originally created under the Obama administration with the support of Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA). Describing the agency as “woke and weaponized,” Trump officials have targeted what they view as regulatory overreach and politically motivated enforcement against American businesses.
Jimmy Kimmel may be returning to late-night television, but Disney’s troubles are far from over. The media giant is facing a storm of controversies and financial setbacks, ranging from public backlash and media blackouts to dwindling park attendance and rising streaming prices.
Voters in Arizona's 7th Congressional District are casting ballots in a special election to fill the vacant seat left by the late U.S. Representative Raúl Grijalva, a Democrat who died in March from complications related to cancer treatment. The district, which spans Arizona’s southern border with Mexico, includes portions of Cochise, Maricopa, Pima, Pinal, Santa Cruz, and Yuma counties, as well as parts of Phoenix and Tucson.
Two illegal aliens from Mexico were quickly recaptured Monday after attacking a female U.S. Border Patrol agent and escaping from federal custody during transport to a Texas detention facility. The suspects, identified as 29-year-old Juan Carmen Padron-Mendez and 23-year-old Juan Carlos Padron-Barron, allegedly launched the assault while en route to the Montgomery Processing Center in Conroe, Texas.
Federal Reserve officials are increasingly divided over the future of interest rates, with a growing rift between those who believe monetary policy is too tight for a softening labor market and others who remain focused on persistent inflation. The disagreement comes on the heels of last week’s quarter-point rate cut and reflects broader uncertainty over how to balance the Fed’s dual mandate of stable prices and maximum employment.
