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New York manufacturing activity rises modestly in June
Manufacturing activity in the New York region improved modestly in June, according to a survey released Monday by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York.According to the Empire State Manufacturing Survey, the general business conditions index rose 9 points to 7.8 after dipping into negative territory in May.Roughly 29 percent of manufacturers reported that conditions had got better over the month, ...
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Bolivia slams US military aid to Syrian rebels
The Bolivian government on Monday criticized the United States for arming Syrian rebels, warning that the move would only intensify and prolong a conflict that has already killed tens of thousands in that country.Bolivia "rejects any intervention in the internal conflicts of any country in the world, such as supporting a domestic armed conflict with weapons, as is the case with Syria," ...
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Slim majority of Americans do not want to arm Syrian rebels Gallup
A slim majority of Americans are against the White House's decision to arm Syrian rebels amid that country's brutal civil war, according to a Gallup poll released Monday.The survey comes just days after the White House announced Thursday evening the US would ramp up its involvement in Syria's civil war.In a conference call with reporters, White House officials announced a US ...
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Mr Xi in America
As China has risen, the US has grappled with the task of coming to terms with this constantly more prominent reality on the international scene. This has not been a smooth process, indeed it has been marked by many disagreements and considerable friction. From time to time, various negative features of China's emergence have been emphasised in the US and other Western countries, such as ...
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Supreme Court honors voting rights Our view
We have long supported the recommendation of a bipartisan panel. In recent years, too many states seem to have been more interested in imposing voter ID requirements than in making sure eligible voters weren't disenfranchised by them. The same may apply to citizenship tests. After Arizona voted in 2004 to require voters prove their citizenship, more than 30,000 people were turned away ...
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Iran diplomatic window rapidly closing Another view
Nuclear program is also popular among the regime's opponents. The results of Friday's election in Iran could have conceivably been worse for U.S. interests, but there is little reason to believe that the election of Hasan Rowhani, a relative moderate within Iran's theocratic system, should significantly change U.S. strategy toward Iran and its nuclear program. OUR ...
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Iran election delivers no nuclear answer Our view
However, his instinct for pragmatism could lead him to press Khamenei to stop the program short of the West's red line. It would be hard not to cheer the results of Iran's weekend presidential election, if only for the moment.The surprise winner, cleric Hasan Rowhani, is by all accounts the least extreme candidate voters could have picked, and "least extreme" is about as good ...
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The final four Huge Supreme Court case decisions due any day now
There are four huge cases pending before the Supreme Court, any one of which could have long lasting and wide ranging effects on millions of Americans. The fact that four could be released any day now is amazing.Chris Hayes and the All In panel give a rundown of what's at ...
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Thanks feminist movement for making Fathers Day better for dads
Chris Hayes gives thanks to the feminist movement for not only affecting the role of women in society, but for creating conditions in which fathers get to spend more time with their ...
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Hayes Political blow back from striking down Section 5 of Voting Rights Act would be massive
The experts weigh in on huge Supreme Court cases, like the one on Section 5 of the Voting Rights Act, that are coming down the pike any day now. Chris Hayes is joined by Elise Boddie, Director of Litigation for the NAACP Legal Defense Fund, Kenji Yoshino from NYU School of Law, and Nan Aron from the Alliance for Justice to ...
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Gov. Rick Scott is back in the running for Worst Governor In America
Florida Gov. Rick Scott signed two bills into law on Friday. One eliminated paid sick leave in the state and the other put a ticking clock on executions. Chris Hayes talks with Martin McClain, a Capital Defense Attorney who represents inmates on death row, about the ramifications of these ...
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The tale of Putins Super Bowl ring
Chris Hayes recounts the now-well known tale of Putin's ring and his one-on-one meeting with President Obama with NBC's Chuck Todd, Katrina Vanden Heuvel, and Stephen ...
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Putin Obama to have dinner at G-8 summit
Peter Alexander and David Nakamura talk with The Cycle hosts about the G-8 summit and the dinner between the president and Putin set for Monday ...
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Syria tops agenda as Obama meets Putin at G-8 in Northern Ireland
By F. Brinley Bruton, Staff Writer, NBC News President Barack Obama and his Russian counterpart - on opposite sides of a civil war but using delicate language about a difference of opinion - said Monday that they shared an interest in stopping the bloodshed in Syria, as the White House planned to announce more than $300 million in a new humanitarian aid package to go to the war-torn country and ...
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Peru farmers enraged at American Newmont gold mine
(33 mins ago) Thousands of farmers took to the streets in northern Peru against US mining behemoth Newmont, which plans to build a controversial US$4.8 billion gold and copper mine. The protesters marched toward El Perol lake, among the water sources they depend to drink and farm, fear could be ruined by the massive Conga project in Cajamarca department. ';We are more than 5,000 farmers ...
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Still no Hoffa after 1st day of latest search
OAKLAND TOWNSHIP, Mich. (AP) -- Federal agents revived the hunt for the remains of Jimmy Hoffa on Monday, digging around in a suburban Detroit field where a reputed Mafia captain says the Teamsters boss' body was ...
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Lawyer Cliff Sloan faces tough assignment Closing Guantanamo
The interior of an unoccupied communal cellblock is seen at Camp VI, a prison used to house detainees at the U.S. Naval Base at Guantanamo Bay, March 5, ...
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Gruesome photos from Californias Alphabet murders open trial
SAN RAFAEL, California (Reuters) - Opening arguments began on Monday in the death penalty trial of a retired photographer accused of killing four prostitutes with a California prosecutor showing jurors gruesome photographs of victims killed in the serial "Alphabet ...
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10 Things to Know for Tuesday
Your daily look at late-breaking news, upcoming events and the stories that will be talked about Tuesday: 1. SUPREME COURT THROWS UP AN OBSTACLE Monday's ruling will make it harder for states seeking to bar people who are in the U.S. illegally from voting. 2. PUTIN SAYS HE WON'T BUDGE At the G-8 summit, Russia's leader rejects calls from the West to halt his support of ...
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10-Car Commuter Train From NYC Derails in Tunnel
A commuter train shook on the tracks and then derailed in a tunnel under the East River shortly after leaving Penn Station on Monday night, forcing the hundreds of passengers on it to be removed and delaying the trip home for many others. No injuries were reported. The 5:51 p.m. Long Island Rail Road train to Hempstead, carrying up to about 1,000 people, had been traveling slowly as it ...
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Lil Wayne tramples American flag while filming music video
Video footage of Lil Wayne filming the music video for his single, "God Bless Amerika," is causing controversy. In the YouTube clip, the 30-year-old rapper stands in front of a large American flag, which drops to the ground revealing a group of people in his native New Orleans. Lil Wayne then repeatedly steps on the flag as he raps. When the video footage went viral, Twitter users ...
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CIAs deputy director to be replaced with White House lawyer
The CIA's deputy director plans to retire and will be replaced by White House lawyer and agency outsider Avril D. Haines, Director John O. Brennan said Wednesday. Haines, who will succeed career officer Michael Morell on Aug. 9, has served for three years as President Obama's deputy counsel in charge of national security issues and as legal adviser to the National Security Council. ...
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Americans slowly realizing importance of Canadian oil outgoing ambassador to Canada says
Attitudes toward Canada's oil have shifted dramatically in the United States in recent years, as Americans increasingly view it as a key part of their own energy independence, outgoing U.S. Ambassador to Canada David Jacobson says.After four years in Ottawa, Mr. Jacobson steps down from his post next month with the fate of a key piece of cross-border energy politics, the Keystone XL ...
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Jury convicts Arizona man in terrorism hoax
PHOENIX -; An Arizona man on trial for sending his 16-year-old nephew into a busy intersection last summer with a fake grenade launcher was convicted Monday of endangering the teen's life and carrying out a terrorism ...
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Serial murder suspect delivers opening remarks
SAN RAFAEL, Calif. -; Serial murder suspect Joseph Naso delivered an hours-long personal history Monday replete with childhood photos, as he launched his defense, denied the decades-old slayings of four women and claimed he is not the "monster" prosecutors have made him out to ...
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