April 24, 2024

Breitbart Business Digest: Wall Street Expects More Cuts Than the Fed Does

Wall Street Is a Haven for Doves Wall Street has not let go of its conviction that the Federal Reserve will cut interest rates next year. When Federal Reserve officials met last month, their Summary of Economic Projections showed a median expectation for the target rate to be 5.6 percent at the end of this

Mayorkas backtracks on Texas border wall hours after DHS cites ‘immediate need’

Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas on Thursday backtracked from Biden administration statements made this week that cited the need to waive dozens of federal laws to build a border wall in South Texas. “I want to address today’s reporting relating to a border wall and be absolutely clear,” he said in a statement. “There is […]

Jean-Pierre claims Biden is helpless against own admin’s border wall; president believes it won’t work

White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre clarified that President Biden does not actually want the border wall expedited by his administration. Jean-Pierre, speaking to the press Thursday, said Biden is opposed to the border wall demanded by his Department of Homeland Security and immigration officials. “This is a law that we are complying with. We […]

The week McCarthy threw it all at the wall — and nothing stuck

House Speaker Kevin McCarthy needs the House to move on a spending bill in order to avert a shutdown and give Republicans any hope of exerting leverage in negotiations with the Democratic-controlled Senate. | Francis Chung/POLITICO Speaker Kevin McCarthy is trapped in a vicious cycle. Every day this week, he has unveiled a new strategy

Live updates: Northern wall of Hurricane Idalia makes landfall

News live hurricane idalia By New York Post August 30, 2023 4:07pm Updated Hurricane Idalia swept through Florida Wednesday morning with catastrophic storm surges and damaging winds, leaving two men dead in storm-related incidents before moving into Georgia. Follow the Post’s live updates to track the storm’s path and damage. What you need to know: […]

REPORT: Biden Admin Welds Arizona Border Wall Gates Open

A media report revealed that Biden administration officials welded border wall gates open near Lukeville, Arizona. The open gates allow migrants to freely walk through the border wall and into the Arizona desert. Border Patrol officials admitted responsibility for a decision to weld open flood gates in sections of border wall near Lukeville, the New York

Marco Rubio: U.S. Immigration Policy Is Driven by Wall Street

The federal government’s migration policy is driven by business and economics, not by claims about “citizens of the world,” says Sen. Marco Rubio (R-FL). “This country has prioritized the importation of cheap labor,” including legal cheap labor, he said in his book, titled, “Decades of Decadence: How Our Spoiled Elites Blew America’s Inheritance of Liberty, Security

On this day in history, June 12, 1987, Reagan urges Gorbachev to ‘tear down this wall’

On this day on June 12, 1987, President Ronald Reagan’s call to Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev to “tear down the Berlin Wall” became widely considered a defining moment of the Reagan presidency, according to Stanford University.  The line, “Mr. Gorbachev, tear down this wall,” also came to be a profound statement of the 1980s.  President […]

Biden calls for Russia to free Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich: ‘Let him go’

President Biden on Friday called for Russia to free Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich, an American citizen who has been accused of spying on behalf of the U.S. government. “Let him go,” Biden told reporters on Friday when asked about Gershkovich’s arrest. Russian state news agency TASS has reported that Gershkovich was ordered to […]

Carney on ‘Kudlow’: Wall Street Is Fooling Itself by Betting on Fed Rate Cuts

The stock market is still “at loggerheads with the Fed” thinking the central bank will cut interest rates this year instead of hiking them in response to persistently high inflation, Breitbart Economics Editor John Carney said in a Friday interview with Fox Business host Larry Kudlow. “Stocks are pricing in interest rate cuts as we

Pinkerton: 1989: Fall of the Berlin Wall; 2022: Fall of the Covid Wall

A Crack in the Great Covid Wall of China We can now see that the fight against Covid lockdowns is global. The official liberal narrative—that opposition to lockdowns was just “Ron Death Santis” and cranky ultra-conservatives in red states—has long since been shot to hell. For freedom-loving Americans, it’s heartening to know that people all over

US Officials Discussed Coronavirus Response With Wall Street Firm That Grew 144% During Pandemic, Emails Show

Top Federal Reserve, Treasury Department and White House leaders discussed the U.S. economic recovery with billion-dollar firm BlackRock amid the coronavirus outbreak last year, The New York Times reported. Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell and former Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin consulted with BlackRock CEO Laurence Fink multiple times throughout the pandemic even as the Wall…

‘Mr. Gorbachev, Tear Down This Wall!’: Ronald Reagan Delivered His Berlin Wall Speech 34 Years Ago

Former President Ronald Reagan delivered his famous Berlin Wall speech 34 years ago on June 12, 1987. Reagan stood in front of the Berlin Wall and delivered the lines that echoed around the world, a direct challenge to the Soviet Union’s power in Eastern Europe: “Mr. Gorbachev, tear down this wall!” (RELATED: Dennis Quaid Reveals…

Pat Toomey Grills Wall Street over De-Banking Fossil Fuel Companies

Sen. Pat Toomey (R-PA) grilled Citibank Wednesday and other Wall Street firms over if they made commitments to not provide financing for fossil fuel companies such as coal and natural gas. Toomey, the ranking member of the Senate Banking Committee, spoke during a hearing on the “Annual Oversight of Wall Street Firms. During the hearing,…

FACT CHECK: Is Texas Finishing The Southern Border Wall Through Operation Lone Star?

A viral Facebook post shared over 3,800 times claims Texas will “finish the wall themselves” using Operation Lone Star. Verdict: False Press releases about Operation Lone Star do not mention finishing the border wall. Completing the wall is not part of Operation Lone Star, according to a spokesperson for the Texas Department of Public Safety…

Mace: Congress Won’t Fund a Border Wall, But Will Fund Fencing to Keep People Out of Capitol

During an interview released on Wednesday’s “Fox News Rundown” podcast, Rep. Nancy Mace (R-SC) criticized the “hypocrisy” of members of Congress opposing funding a wall on the border, but supporting “fencing and keeping people out of our Capitol.” Mace said, “[H]ere we have a Congress that doesn’t want to fund a border wall at our…

White House Reporter Compares Kayleigh McEnany To ‘Bad Ex-Boyfriend,’ Says Biden Has ‘Blue Wall’ Of Staffers Blocking Press

February 07, 2021 3:31 PM ET Yahoo White House correspondent Brittany Shepherd compared former White House press secretary Kayleigh McEnany to a “bad ex-boyfriend” and said that President Joe Biden has a “blue wall” of staffers who stand between him and the press. Shepherd spoke with CNN’s Brian Stelter during a Sunday morning appearance on…

NYT: Trump Allies Gave Documents On Hunter Biden To The Wall Street Journal

Before the New York Post broke the story about Hunter Biden’s alleged laptop, Trump allies and one of Hunter Biden’s business partners, met with a Wall Street Journal (WSJ) reporter to discuss a similar story, The New York Times (NYT) reported. Wall Street Journal reporter Michael Bender reportedly met with White House lawyer Eric Herschmann,…

Our Elites Couldn’t ‘Reset’ a Wall Outlet, Let Alone the Global Economy

The Great Reset sounds sinister, but it’s less Marxist conspiracy than dreary board game for the wealthy and powerful.In this screengrab, Klaus Schwab speaks as part of SWITCH GREEN during day 1 of the Greentech Festival at Kraftwerk Mitte aired on September 16, 2020 in Berlin, Germany. (Photo by Getty Images/Getty Images for Greentech Festival)No…

Exclusive — House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy Introducing Bill to Fully Fund Border Wall, Making Midterm Immigration Referendum.

House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy will introduce a bill this week that will fully fund President Donald Trump’s planned wall along the U.S. border with Mexico, thereby setting the midterm elections up as a referendum on immigration policy, Breitbart News has learned exclusively. Outgoing Speaker Paul Ryan hinted at a post-election border wall funding fight […]

Dave Brat: $850B Spending Bill ‘Good for the Swamp,’ Fails to Fund Wall.

Rep. Dave Brat (R-VA) says the more than $850 billion funding package that increases military spending is “good for the swamp” while failing to fund President Trump’s key campaign promise: A border wall on the United States-Mexico border. As President Trump signals that he will sign the $852 billion funding package, which expands spending for […]

Trump border wall going up in Texas

The existing US-Mexico border fence near downtown El Paso, Texas, is being replaced under President Donald Trump’s border wall program (AFP Photo/Paul Ratje) Los Angeles (AFP) – The United States was to begin construction in Texas on Saturday of part of President Donald Trump’s border wall designed to curb illegal immigration, which he calls a […]

Trump Rips Congress Over ‘Ridiculous’ Spending Bill: ‘Where Is The Money For The Wall?’

President Trump went on a furious tirade on Thursday as he slammed Congress’s “ridiculous” spending bill, deriding the lack of money for his campaign-promised southern border wall. “I want to know, where is the money for Border Security and the WALL in this ridiculous Spending Bill, and where will it come from after the Midterms?” […]

Sorry, Democrats, You Found Fool’s Gold: After Cohen/Manafort News, Trump Approval Rating Is Stable…Like A Wall.

It’s a good week for the Democrats. That’s what fellow Democrats, anti-Trump stooges, and members of the media think about this whirlwind week of news. Michael Cohen has a plea dealover alleged campaign finance violations, along with bank and tax fraud charges. Paul Manafort, Trump’s short-lived campaign chief, was found guilty on eight counts of […]

BUILD THE WALL => Jordanian Man Living in Mexico Smuggles Six Yemenis Into US Through Southern Border.

BUILD THE WALL! 31-year-old Moayad Heider Mohammad Aldairi, a Jordanian man living in Mexico was arrested this week for smuggling 6 Yemenis across the US-Mexico border into Texas, according to statement released by the Justice Department. This is not an isolated case. Conservative watchdog group, Judicial Watch has exposed countless Islamic terrorists sneaking across the […]

Wall Street celebrates Trump trade deal with EU.

No, President Trump isn’t provoking a trade war that will plunge the world economy into a new depression, and the disappointment of the Trump-hating media is palpable. Yesterday, the president and E.U. president Jean-Claude Juncker appeared in the Rose Garden and announced a win-win deal on trade. The Washington Post: The United States and the European […]

New San Diego Border Wall Under Construction, Includes ‘Anti-Climbing Plate’

A key segment of the planned border wall between the United States and Mexico began construction on Friday in San Diego, about a half mile from the Pacific Ocean. The segment is set to replace around 14 miles of scrap metal improvised border fencing and will reportedly be between 18 to 30 feet high. It’s […]

U.S. Captures $7B of $110B Laundered Across Border Every Year… Would Fund Wall in 4

Senator Bill Cassidy: Build the Wall — and Make the Cartels Pay for It Senator Bill Cassidy (R-LA) says we should fund a U.S.-Mexico border wall using money confiscated from Mexican cartels. “The cartels move about 110 billion dollars a year from the United States to Mexico,” the Louisiana senator explained to Breitbart News Sunday host […]

Trump in Michigan: If We Don’t Have Funding for the Wall by September “We’ll Close Down the Country” (VIDEO)

For the second year in a row President Trump held a rally with American workers on the night of the White House Correspondents’ Ball. Trump decided it was a better use of his time to be with the people from Ypsilanti rather than the White House reporters who hate him. Trump held a rally in […]

Finally! Trump Begins Work on ‘The Wall’, But Environmentalists Are Suing to Stop Him.

On Monday, the Trump administration scored a minor victory when it broke ground on construction for 20 miles of improved border wall near Santa Teresa, New Mexico, just a short drive across the Texas state border from El Paso. The 20-mile segment in question already has a fence, but it is only a vehicle barrier […]

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