americans can rest assured that our banking system is safe. did the government s actions actually make the system healthier? i ll ask democratic senator elizabeth warren of massachusetts.ollides plus, close encounters a russian fighter jet collides with a u.s. drone over the black sea. we know the intercept was intentional. we know the aggressive behavior was intentional. vladimir putin gets ready to welcome chinese president xi jinping at what could be a pivotal moment for the war while the top 2024 candidates no longer see supporting ukraine as a vital security interest. the greatest threat to western civilization today is not russia it s probably more than anything else ourselves. is the party ronald reagan now embracing isolationism i ll ask republican mike rounds of south dakota and a call for protest. former president donald trump claims he will be arrested and calls on his supporters to protest as he faces the possibility of an indictment in new york city
on. these extreme rate increases are something that he should not be doing. why? and the reason for that is twofold. the first is to remind chair something that he should not be doing.tion and he why? and the reason for that is twofold. the first is to remind chair powell he has a dual mandate yes, he is responsible for dealing with inflation and he is trying to in effect slow down the economy so that this is by the fed s own estimate, 2 million people will lose their also responsible for employment and what chair powell is trying to do and he has said fairly explicitly is that they are trying to in effect slow down the economy so that this is by the fed s own estimate, 2 million people will lose their jobs, and i believe that is not what the chair of the federal reserve should be doing. i want to make a second point on inflation as well though there are other drivers of the cost increase. for example, price gouging and supply chain kinks and the war in ukraine raising interest rates d