Chapter 2: Liberal Economic Policy

Questions Raised About Talarico's Disappearance Texas state Rep. James Talarico, the Democratic nominee for U.S. Senate, has gone roughly two weeks without an in-person campaign event in Texas, less than a month before the general election. His campaign says he has the flu. Republican rival Ken Paxton's campaign and several conservative commentators say the explanation doesn't account for the length of the absence or the timeline the candidate himself has given. Senate candidate James Talarico campaigns during a Town Hall at Disciple Central Community Church in DeSoto, Texas, Monday, July 20,...

Nine members of the Iraqi Popular Mobilization Forces (PMF) were killed by what were likely US airstrikes in Iraq on Thursday, as Iraq has become a major battlefield in the US-Israeli war against Iran. Unnamed Iraqi security officials told AFP that the strikes targeted a PMF base near the Iraq-Syria border housing Harakat Ansar Allah […]

Birkin Bag Maker Plunges Most Since 2010 As Soft China Demand Weighs On Leather Sales Hermès shares in Paris suffered their steepest intraday decline in nearly 16 years after second-quarter leather goods sales missed estimates among analysts tracked by Bloomberg, reigniting concerns over the luxury group's large exposure to the Chinese market.  Second-quarter sales in the leather goods division rose 10.2% at constant exchange rates, missing the Bloomberg Consensus estimate of 10.7%. Overall revenue increased 6.7% to about 4.1 billion euros, slightly ahead of estimates, driven by 13.7% growth in the...