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Pledge Week at the Fed

Opinion Journal - Mon, 2026-05-04 18:24
Regulators get ready to expand the too-big-to-fail club.


Olympic flame handed over to UK

BBC - News - Mon, 2026-05-04 18:24
The Olympic flame is officially handed over to organisers of the London 2012 Games at a ceremony in Athens.
Categories: BBC, News

Cameron defends his euro warning

BBC - News - Mon, 2026-05-04 18:24
David Cameron says it was "more dangerous to stay silent than to speak out" - and insists there will be no retreat on deficit reduction.
Categories: BBC, News

No sure thing for GOP: a tight battle for Senate

AP - Politics - Mon, 2026-05-04 18:24
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Divisive Republican primaries, an out-of-nowhere GOP retirement in Maine and an unexpectedly competitive race in North Dakota add up to an unpredictable battle for control of the Senate this fall, confounding early forecasts that an era of Democratic rule was inevitably coming to an end....

Rove: Obama's Campaign Is Off to a Rocky Start

Opinion Journal - Mon, 2026-05-04 18:24
The record in May has been one mistake or disappointment after another.


Allan Meltzer: Banks Need More Capital, Not More Rules

Opinion Journal - Mon, 2026-05-04 18:24
The U.S. economy can't grow unless investors are free to finance risky assets.


House OKs GOP's anti-violence against women bill

AP - U.S. News - Mon, 2026-05-04 18:24
WASHINGTON (AP) -- House Republicans set up a showdown Wednesday with the Senate and President Barack Obama over legislation to protect women from domestic violence, a fight that's become as much about female voters this election year as cracking down on abuse....
Categories: Associated Press, News, US

House OKs GOP's anti-violence against women bill

AP - U.S. News - Mon, 2026-05-04 18:24
WASHINGTON (AP) -- House Republicans set up a showdown Wednesday with the Senate and President Barack Obama over legislation to protect women from domestic violence, a fight that's become as much about female voters this election year as cracking down on abuse....
Categories: Associated Press, News, US

Tea Party Terror Flakeout

Opinion Journal - Mon, 2026-05-04 18:24
House Republicans give political cover to the ACLU left.


Union Disclosure Rout

Opinion Journal - Mon, 2026-05-04 18:24
Shareholders reject the proxy ruse to kill business speech.


Dagan, Hanning, Woolsey, Guthrie, Silverberg and Wallace: Total Sanctions Might Stop Iran

Opinion Journal - Mon, 2026-05-04 18:24
The regime is hurting. Fully cutting off its access to international business, especially banking and shipping, could be the solution to its bomb program.


Fees rise 'didn't boost teaching'

BBC - News - Mon, 2026-05-04 18:24
Higher university tuition fees have not boosted teaching time at England's universities, research suggests.
Categories: BBC, News

Notable & Quotable

Opinion Journal - Mon, 2026-05-04 18:24
Actor Will Smith on new French President Francois Hollande's proposal to tax high-earners at 75%.


Coffee linked to longer life

MILWAUKEE — One of life's simple pleasures just got a little sweeter. After years of waffling research on coffee and health, even some fear that java might raise the risk of heart disease, a big study finds the opposite: Coffee drinkers are a little more likely to live longer. Regular ...

Oldest living kidney donor at 83

BBC - News - Mon, 2026-05-04 18:24
An 83-year-old man becomes the oldest person in the UK to donate a kidney while still alive, the NHS Blood and Transplant service says.
Categories: BBC, News

Statins 'benefit healthy people'

BBC - News - Mon, 2026-05-04 18:24
Thousands of heart attacks and strokes could be prevented if the cholesterol-lowering drugs, statins, were more widely prescribed, research suggests.
Categories: BBC, News

U.S. lowers threshold for lead poisoning

ATLANTA — For the first time in 20 years, U.S. health officials have lowered the threshold for lead poisoning in young children.

The new standard announced Wednesday means that hundreds of thousands more youngsters could be diagnosed with high levels of lead. Too much lead is harmful to developing brains ...

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