Author: Daniel snow
Chinese yuan strengthens as BCA forecasts further appreciation Source link
Dollar continues to weaken as shutdown continues; euro gains Source link
Authoritarians have lost elections before, and they will again. Source link
Brussels is nearing the end of its experiment in urban autonomy. Source link
Asia FX, dollar muted amid US shutdown; S.Korea CPI, Aussie trade data in focus Source link
South Korea foreign minister says rough agreement on security reached with US Source link
Orphaned in a massacre in Congo, a onetime elementary school dropout is now an American and can teach us something about resilience. Source link
The health secretary promised a revolution but delivered minor changes. Why? Source link
Readers sharply criticize the speeches by the president and the secretary of defense. Also: A cynical order from the Supreme Court. Source link
new video loaded: Government Shutdown: Democrats Did the Smart ThingtranscriptBacktranscriptGovernment Shutdown: Democrats Did the Smart ThingThe U.S. government is shut down. Democrats and Republicans failed to agree on a stopgap funding bill, leading to the shutdown. The journalist Molly Jong-Fast argues that the Democrats did the smart thing by refusing to acquiesce to President Trump.The government has been shut down. “Government has shut down for the first time in nearly seven years.” It means that parts of the federal government that you rely on will no longer work the way they should. “Delayed loans to small businesses, to farmers. Longer…