WASHINGTON — Ten months after Congress passed its reconciliation effort, only $26 billion of the roughly $152 billion earmarked for defense has been placed on contract, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said today. However, Hegseth told members of the Senate Armed Services Committee that the money is set to start flowing soon, saying, “we’ve got the…
The Education Department resolved roughly 30 percent fewer complaints of discrimination in American schools last year than in 2024 amid a Trump administration overhaul of civil rights enforcement, the sharpest year-to-year decline in more than three decades, according to government data obtained by The New York Times. The drop came despite a record number of…
War in the Middle East has upended the world economy, the International Monetary Fund said on Tuesday, warning in a report that disruptions to oil markets could slow growth, fuel inflation and raise the possibility of a global recession. The sober message came after the global economy had largely weathered a pandemic, Russia’s war in…
Shorouk Express Economy Materials 11 September 2025 04:27 (UTC +04:00) U.S. natural gas prices are expected to edge higher in the coming months as winter demand and strong LNG exports drive faster-than-normal withdrawals from storage, according to the latest outlook from the U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA). Access to paid information is…
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Shorouk Express Britain’s economy expanded a little faster than expected in the first quarter, as a strong performance from the services sector offset a decline in industrial output. Gross domestic product (GDP) rose by 0.2 percent month-on-month in March, the Office for National Statistics said today in a preliminary estimate. Analysts had expected it to…
