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correspondence sent this report. the december note on the us central banks asked meeting showed policymakers are feeling better about inflation. they agreed with investors that interest rates are at or near the peak of the cycle. they also agree it will come down this year. they offered no clues as to how or when that will happen. to remind viewers come at the federal reserve started raising rates in march 2022 to tame inflation. it is so 11 times, taking the benchmark rate to 5.5%. inflation by the time of the last meeting had dropped to 3.2% from a peak of 9.1%. meanwhile, new data out on wednesday showed the number of job openings in the united states fell to 8.79 million in november. this points to weaker demand for labour but is still well above pre covid levels. that is consistent with the fed s goal. to slow the economy without triggering a nasty recession. the feds first ratesetting meeting this year starting january 30. that disappointment is reflected in how u ....
texas illegally. have the courage to speak what we put on that back side, true. moms for liberty highlighted antigovernment extremists. we are letting it kind of roll off our back in a sense. you re a hate up, put me in. good news on the horizon, first time that fox is going to be covering the rails. things are going to be spectacular. brian: here we go. we begin this hour with a fox news alert. get, this forge are president 2024 g.o.p. frontrunner donald trump indicted on seven criminal charges. ainsley: the charges still remain sealed. but, we know they re related to the classified documents that were found at mar-a-lago. steve: that s right. peter doocy joins us live from the white house with the very latest and, peter, i m sure you have plenty to talk about today. peter: former president trump is trying to get back here to the white house but, first, is he going to have to try beat a federal obstruction wrap. it sage election interference at the hi ....
with christmas eventually cancelled in bethlehem, we ll get a live report from that region coming up. former president donald trump releasing a new ad in states where primaries are set to begin in weeks. could he be worrying about his opponent s gaining ground? plus, 2023 was a year of weather extremes. record heat across the country, with phoenix sweltering for 31 days with temperatures over 100 degrees. and from blue ivy to barbie, some of the moments that blew up on social media this year. all that coming up. we begin with the escalation in the israel-hamas war. right now, the israelis are fighting on multiple fronts. first in gaza, where idf forces are taking casualties as ground and air operations killed dozens of palestinians, including civilians caught in the cross fire. israeli troops are also taking fire to the north in fresh exchanges with hezbollah forces while iran-backed militants in yemen ramp up attacks on u.s. military and commercial ships, all ....
the way he s characterizing this bill? yes, he is lying. members of the house caucus like congressman roy and bishop are still struggling to come with a strategy to actually block the deal tonight. and there is also a divide over whether to oust mccarthy as speaker. as for the republican leader he says he s not concerned about losing his post and can t seem to understand what all the fuss is about. i m not sure what in the bill people are concerned about. it is the largest savings of 2. 1 trillion that we ve ever had. a quick refresher share of what is in this deal over this memorial day weekend. it would replenish our near empty treasury with borrowed cash by suspending the debt ceiling for two years. it also includes caps on federal spending, more work requirements for food stamps and cuts to irs funding among other things. neither party got everything they wanted, something the senate republican leader noted on the floor earlier as all of this gop infighting ....
well. it didn t end well. our administration did not end well. obviously, the administration did not end well. obviously, the administration did not end well. the administration didn t end well. it obviously didn t end well. it didn t end well. it did not end well. i think i m very clear in saying that the administration did not end well. hang mike pence! hang mike pence! yeah, that s not the fairy tale ending that you kind of hope for. tend to agree. it could be a while before we see new material from the late night talk shows. they re expected to go dark during the hollywood writers strike, which started at midnight on the west coast. it s the first major labor-related work stoppage in 15 years. meanwhile, on capitol hill this morning, there is more pressure on lawmakers and the white house to reach a deal on the debt ceiling. following a new warning from the treasury department. we ll also have the latest on the first republic banking collapse. the third f ....