U.S. Senator Chris Van Hollen (D-MD) speaks to the media during a visit to El Salvador to advocate for the release of Kilmar Abrego Garcia in San Salvador, El Salvador, April 16, 2025. Jose Cabezas | ReutersMaryland Sen. Chris Van Hollen said Sunday that his trip to El Salvador to meet with Kilmar Abrego Garcia was about “defending the rights of this man to due process,” and not about “defending the man.””The Trump administration has admitted in court that he was wrongfully detained and wrongfully deported,” the Maryland senator said on ABC News’ “This Week.””My mission and my purpose is to…
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Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents detain a man after conducting a raid at the Cedar Run apartment complex in Denver, Colorado, U.S., Feb. 5, 2025. Kevin Mohatt | ReutersVideo from Friday night shows Immigration and Customs Enforcement buses full of Venezuelan migrants headed toward an airport in North Texas before abruptly turning around before the Supreme Court ruled the Trump administration must, for now, refrain from deporting Venezuelan men based in the state under the Alien Enemies Act.At least 28 detainees — most, if not all, understood to be Venezuelan nationals — were placed on buses Friday evening at ICE’s Bluebonnet Detention…
The fear in the stock market from President Donald Trump’s April 2 tariff announcement appears to have cooled off, but it’s hard for many investors to feel like their favorite individual stocks have safely avoided any trade war damage. The second week of trading after Trump’s initial rollout of the “reciprocal” tariffs ended with no announced new trade deals, even though some of the biggest import levies are now paused until at least July . The White House and Trump say there have been discussions with several countries, including Japan, but the details and timelines remain murky. “We don’t really…
Pavlo Gonchar | SOPA Images | Lightrocket | Getty ImagesFears of a potential recession and anxiety over tariff policy are weighing on the markets, but dividend stocks can help steady investors’ portfolios.Top Wall Street analysts help identify companies that can withstand short-term challenges and generate solid cash flows, allowing them to consistently pay solid dividends.Here are three dividend-paying stocks, highlighted by Wall Street’s top pros on TipRanks, a platform that ranks analysts based on their past performance.Energy TransferMidstream energy company Energy Transfer (ET) is this week’s first dividend pick. The company has a diversified portfolio of energy assets in the U.S., with more…
Warren Buffett’s advice for investors in times of violent volatility rings especially true today: Keep your cool, and you will be rewarded in the long run. The Oracle of Omaha once offered his view on the dramatic market rout in 1974, driven by rising inflation, an oil crisis and political instability surrounding the Watergate scandal. At the end of 1974, the Dow Jones Industrial Average was more than cut in half, down 52% from its 1972 peak, as stocks tumbled into a vicious bear market. “The country didn’t disappear or anything. It’s just people behave in extreme ways in markets. And over…
Bernstein is looking at Chinese internet tech stocks like it’s the downtrodden days of Covid-19. “For all the justified consternation around geopolitics and trade headwinds, we think the mantra of ‘fade sentiment extremes’ still applies,” Bernstein China internet analyst Robin Zhu and a team said in an April 14 report. “Several of the other conditions that marked prior bottoms in the China internet sector now apply again,” they said, pointing out that valuation multiples have mostly fallen back to the lows seen in the 2021 to 2023 period. Tighter government regulation on Chinese internet businesses and the Shanghai lockdown in…
Pope Francis stands on the main balcony of St. Peter’s basilica for the Urbi et Orbi message and blessing to the city and the world as part of Easter celebrations, at St Peter’s square in the Vatican on April 20, 2025. Tiziana Fabi | Afp | Getty ImagesPope Francis reiterated his call for an immediate ceasefire in Gaza in an Easter Sunday message read aloud by an aide as the pontiff, still recovering from pneumonia, looked on during a brief appearance on the main balcony of St. Peter’s Basilica.The 88-year-old pope, limiting his workload on doctors’ orders, did not preside…
People smell a marijuana plant at Washington Square Park on April 20, 2023 in New York City. Leonardo Munoz | Corbis News | Getty ImagesMarijuana culture’s high holiday, known as 4/20, falls this year on Easter Sunday, as well as the last day of Passover, meaning cannabis fans can celebrate in some unusual ways, including an “Easter nug hunt” in Los Angeles, kosher-style THC gummies in New York and a “blaze and praise” drag brunch in Portland, Oregon.”It seemed appropriate with egg prices today that we’d be searching for something else,” said Brett Davis, who runs the marijuana tour company Weed…
U.S. Vice President JD Vance shakes hands with Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi during a bilateral meeting, at the residence of the U.S. Ambassador in Paris, France, Feb. 11, 2025.Leah Millis | ReutersU.S. Vice President JD Vance will embark on a four-day visit to India on Monday as the two countries seek to unlock economic opportunities and negotiate a bilateral trade deal.Vance will meet Prime Minister Narendra Modi in New Delhi for talks on the economy, trade and geopolitical ties. Vance’s visit is seen as an important diplomatic mission by President Donald Trump’s administration, and it coincides with a rapidly intensifying trade war between…
Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskyy speaks during a press conference, amid Russia’s attack on Ukraine, in Kyiv, Ukraine March 25, 2025. Valentyn Ogirenko | ReutersUkrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy accused Russia on Sunday of creating a false appearance of honoring an Easter ceasefire, saying Moscow continued to launch attacks overnight after Russian President Vladimir Putin announced a unilateral temporary truce in Ukraine.”As of Easter morning, we can say that the Russian army is trying to create a general impression of a ceasefire, but in some places, it does not abandon individual attempts to advance and inflict losses on Ukraine,” Zelenskyy said in a post on X.Despite Putin’s…
