(RNS) — On Tuesday (April 18), the Supreme Court heard oral arguments in this year’s big religion case, about an attempt to get the court to expand employers’ legal obligation to accommodate the religious needs of their employees. The case, Groff v. DeJoy, concerns Gerald Groff, an evangelical Christian mail […]
A bipartisan group of political operatives — spanning the ideological spectrum from former members of the hard-right House Freedom Caucus to a Democrat who challenged Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene of Georgia — has started a political action committee aimed at “stopping MAGA” and eradicating what the operatives call an authoritarian […]
BEIJING (AP) — China’s economic growth accelerated in the latest quarter as consumer flocked back to shops and restaurants following the abrupt end of anti-virus controls. The 4.5{b56f7a0c6479bc075d08fb7619591a4c4023144d1b4aceb7f3fe2776303deb2f} growth in gross domestic product from January to March compared to the same period in 2022 was the fastest in the past […]
China’s economy grew 4.5{b56f7a0c6479bc075d08fb7619591a4c4023144d1b4aceb7f3fe2776303deb2f} in the first quarter of 2023, beating expectations. Steven Han | Moment | Getty Images Analysts at JPMorgan and Citi raised their full-year forecasts for China’s economy after it delivered an impressive first-quarter gross domestic product growth of 4.5{b56f7a0c6479bc075d08fb7619591a4c4023144d1b4aceb7f3fe2776303deb2f} on Tuesday. JPMorgan raised its 2023 growth […]
Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange, November 16, 2010.Brendan McDermid/Reuters Exit the stock rally now as the S&P 500 index could tumble about 22{b56f7a0c6479bc075d08fb7619591a4c4023144d1b4aceb7f3fe2776303deb2f}, according to the chief market strategist at FS Investments. The benchmark index is up about 8{b56f7a0c6479bc075d08fb7619591a4c4023144d1b4aceb7f3fe2776303deb2f} so far in 2023 on […]
(The Conversation) — U.S. courts have long wrestled with the extent to which government funding can be used at private religious schools. School-choice advocates have won key cases at the Supreme Court in recent years, opening up more ways for public dollars to support faith-based education. But Oklahoma pushed the […]