Donald Trump will not seek to remove Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell before the central banker’s term ends and would consider JPMorgan CEO Jamie Dimon for Treasury secretary if he wins the Nov. 5 election, the former president told Bloomberg in an interview published on Tuesday. JPMorgan declined to comment on Trump’s remarks. Powell’s term as chairman runs through January 2026, and his position as a Fed governor continues until 2028. The interview was conducted in late June, according...

Meta will withhold its next multimodal AI model — and future ones — from customers in the European Union because of what it says is a lack of clarity from regulators there, Axios has learned. Why it matters: The move sets up a showdown between Meta and EU regulators and highlights a growing willingness among U.S. tech giants to withhold products from European customers. State of play: "We will release a multimodal Llama model over the coming months, but not in the EU due to the...

Thomas Matthew Crooks apparently teased an attack online days before he climbed onto a roof and opened fire at a Pennsylvania campaign rally, killing one and injuring others, including former President Donald Trump, Fox News has learned. Secret Service and FBI officials told U.S. senators during an all-members briefing on Wednesday, July 17, that Crooks, 20, wrote a threatening message on the gaming platform "Steam" days before the attempted assassination in Butler,...

An overwhelming majority of Democrats say they approve of Vice President Harris replacing President Biden atop the ticket if he decides to step aside, according to a new poll. The new Economist/YouGov survey, released Thursday, found 79 percent of Democrats would support Harris at the party’s nominee in November if Biden chose to withdraw from the race. Their response comes as a growing number of Democrats call for the incumbent to step aside in the wake of...

 Germany plans to halve its military aid to Ukraine in 2025, to €4bn, despite concerns over continued US support, according to a draft budget seen by Reuters. Instead the German government hopes Ukraine will be able to meet the bulk of its military needs with $50bn in loans from proceeds of frozen Russian assets approved by the G7, and that funds earmarked for armaments will not be fully used. “Ukraine’s financing is secured for the foreseeable future thanks to European...

Calls for additional border security and mass deportation of illegal immigrants were again on display at the Republican National Convention’s third night, as the ongoing crisis at the border remains a top political issue. Signs of "Mass Deportation Now!" were seen on the convention floor, and the point was hammered home by former acting Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) chief Tom Homan, who said that a new Trump term would bring new enforcement measures and more...

A South Texas cat sanctuary struggling to keep up with its care of injured and hospice cats was on the verge of shutting down when it was rescued by a TikTok influencer and his community. The sanctuary director called the interaction with the normally Kansas-based influencer a “miracle.” Source: Over 700 cats saved after TikTok star saves injured cat, raises $190K Very cool story.

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The Who frontman discusses one of his favourite bands of the 1990s. The post “Reminded of where I come from”: the 1990s band that reminded Roger Daltrey of The Who first appeared on Far Out Magazine.