Dow Closes Above 40,000 for First Time

Published: Sat, 05/18/24

Updated: Wed, 05/22/24

The Dow Jones Industrial Average hit a new milestone Friday, closing above 40,000 for the first time and underscoring the stock market's resilience despite volatile inflation and rate cut uncertainty.Insert Preheader


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Dow Closes Above 40,000 for First Time

USA Today

The Dow Jones Industrial Average hit a new milestone Friday, closing above 40,000 for the first time and underscoring the stock market's resilience despite volatile inflation and rate cut uncertainty.

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IDF Found Bodies of 3 Hostages

Associated Press

The Israeli military found the bodies of three hostages, including Shani Louk, Amit Buskila, and Itzhak Gelerenter, killed by Hamas during the Oct. 7 attack on the Nova music festival near Gaza.

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Why Police Say They Arrested Scheffler

GOLF.com

Scottie Scheffler was arrested on his way to the PGA Championship for allegedly disobeying police during a investigation, but was released in time to make his tee time.

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2016 Video Shows Diddy Attacking Ex

CNN

A 2016 surveillance video obtained by CNN shows Sean "Diddy" Combs assaulting his then-girlfriend Cassie Ventura, corroborating allegations in her now-settled federal lawsuit.

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Fahrenkopf Defends Debate Commission

Politico

Frank J. Fahrenkopf Jr. lets loose on the potentially mortal wound to the Commission on Presidential Debates, and why President Joe Biden got the better of former President Donald Trump.

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Trump Wants Biden Drug Tested

New York Post

Trump demanded on Friday that Biden be drug tested ahead of the two presidential debates. The former president cited the incumbent’s State of the Union, alleging that Biden was “high."

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Protests Loom Over Biden at Morehouse

The Hill

The president of Morehouse College will halt graduation ceremonies if there are significant disruptions during Biden's commencement address, instead of involving police.

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Pelosi Attacker Sentenced to 30 Years

ABC7 San Francisco

David DePape, convicted of attempting to kidnap Nancy Pelosi and assaulting her husband with a hammer, was sentenced to 30 years in prison, with credit for 18 months served.

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Read Cohen's Texts With 14-Year-Old

Mediaite

The text messages at the heart of star prosecution witness Michael Cohen’s “devastating” testimony Thursday in the Donald Trump hush money trial are now public record.

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Johnson Slams Raucous Hearing

ABC News

Speaker Mike Johnson on Friday said he is disappointed in the chaos and name-calling that happened during a raucous House Oversight Committee markup on Thursday night.

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Dick Durbin Calls for Alito Recusal

The Hill

Dick Durbin called on Justice Samuel Alito to recuse himself from all cases related to the 2020 election and Jan. 6, 2021, after it was reported an upside-down American flag was flown outside his home.

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Flag-Waving at the Supreme Court

Wall Street Journal

The political left will never forgive Justice Samuel Alito for writing the opinion that overturned Roe v. Wade, and so like Justice Clarence Thomas he will be attacked to the end of his days.

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Complaint Dismissed Against Merchan

Reuters

The New York State Commission on Judicial Conduct has dismissed an ethics complaint against Justice Juan Merchan, who is overseeing the hush money criminal case against former U.S. President Donald Trump.

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Why the Race Remains a Stalemate

Yahoo!

According to the latest Yahoo News/YouGov poll, Trump and Biden are tied at 45% apiece among registered voters — just like last month, and (statistically speaking) just like every month before since Sept.

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Detroit Sees First Growth Since '57

Detroit News

For the first time in 66 years, Detroit grew in population, according to new Census Bureau estimates for 2023 that Mayor Mike Duggan hailed as "a day of celebration" for Michigan's largest city.

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Trumps Attend Barron’s Graduation

Fox News

Photos have captured Donald Trump and his wife Melania appearing together Friday at their son Barron’s high school graduation in Florida during a break in the former president’s New York criminal trial.

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Coppola New Movie: Epic or a Mess?

Entertainment Weekly

Francis Ford Coppola's "Megalopolis," a futuristic epic about an architect with the ability to start and stop time who envisions a harmonious New York, premiered at Cannes to mixed reviews.

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Wife of Chiefs Owner Weighs In

People

In the wake of the controversy surrounding Harrison Butker’s commencement address, the wife of Chiefs chairman and CEO Clark Hunt is supporting many of the same values the kicker championed in his speech.

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Suspect Arrested in Buscemi Attack

CBS News

Williams is facing two counts of assault. One is a misdemeanor, but the attack on Buscemi was upgraded to a felony because he's 66 years old, which makes him a senior citizen in the eyes of the law.

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Dabney Coleman Gone at 92

Hollywood Reporter

Dabney Coleman, the popular comic actor from 9 to 5, Tootsie and Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman whose many redeeming qualities including a knack for portraying characters who had none, has died. He was 92.

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Massie Introduces Bills To Audit, Abolish the Federal Reserve

For the Left

H.R. 8421, the Federal Reserve Board Abolition Act, aims to dismantle the Federal Reserve System by abolishing its Board of Governors and banks, as per a statement seen by Benzinga. 

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Menendez Jurors See the Gold Bars at the Heart of Bribery Case

For the Right

With the corruption trial of Senator Bob Menendez of New Jersey underway on Thursday, a prosecutor handed a juror in the first row of the jury box a plastic bag containing an object at the heart of the case. 

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