Venezuela closes embassy in Ecuador to protest raid on Mexican embassy there

MEXICO CITY (AP) — Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro ordered the closure of his country’s embassy and consulates in Ecuador on Tuesday in solidarity with Mexico in its protest over a raid by Ecuadorian authorities on the Mexican embassy in Quito. Venezuela also “fully supports” Mexico’s request to have the United Nations suspend Ecuador from the … Read more

Trump has an edge over Biden on economy, Reuters/Ipsos poll finds

By Jason Lange WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. voters view Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump as better for the economy than President Joe Biden , as the incumbent’s approval rating ticked lower in April from the previous month, according to a new Reuters/Ipsos poll. Some 41% of respondents in the three-day poll, which closed on Sunday, … Read more

Brace for the S&P 500 to crash 30% before an even bigger collapse after the election, markets guru David Brady warns

The S&P 500 is headed for a devastating crash, markets guru David Brady said.peshkov/Getty Images Expect the S&P 500 to tumble 30%, recover, then suffer a historic crash, David Brady warned. He predicted the Federal Reserve would shore up the market before the election. The analyst said economic and geopolitical forces would cause a market … Read more

Stocks wobble as earnings roll in, Powell comments on inflation

New residential construction, including single-family and multifamily homes, tumbled by the largest amount in four years as rising mortgage rates weaken housing activity. Housing starts fell 14.7% month over month in March, dropping from a 1.55 million units annualized pace to 1.32 million units annualized, according to data from the Census Bureau released Tuesday. Single-family … Read more

‘The Golden Bachelor’ couple Gerry Turner and Theresa Nist are divorcing. After the final rose is when reality sets in, experts say.

Gerry Turner and Theresa Nist will not be spending their golden years together — but that’s what you often get with reality TV romance. On Friday, The Golden Bachelor stars — the 70-somethings who were married in a splashy TV wedding just three months ago — announced they’re divorcing during a Good Morning America sit-down. … Read more