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The following is the transcript of an interview with Kevin Hassett, National Economic Council director, that aired on “Face the Nation with Margaret Brennan” on June 8, 2025.MARGARET BRENNAN: We’re joined now by the Director of the National Economic Council, Kevin Hassett. He joins us from the White House. Good morning to you.KEVIN HASSETT, DIRECTOR, NATIONAL ECONOMIC COUNCIL: Hey Margaret, good morning.MARGARET BRENNAN: So I do want to allow you to respond to some of the very specific criticisms that Senator Klobuchar made. One of the things she brought up was something that, frankly, the Senate Majority Leader seemed to…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! WWE championships in the men’s and women’s divisions officially received top contenders at Money in the Bank on Saturday night.Seth Rollins and Naomi won their respective matches and can cash-in an opportunity for a WWE championship any time and any place. Seth Rollins celebrates his win with Paul Heyman, Bronson Reed and Bron Breakker during WWE Money in the Bank at Intuit Dome on June 7, 2025, in Inglewood, Calif. (Heather McLaughlin/WWE via Getty Images)Rollins climbed to the top of the ladder in his match, beating out LA Knight, Solo Sikoa, Andrade,…

Controversial climate campaigner turned pro-Palestine advocate, Greta Thunberg, will be made to watch a 45 minute account of the October 7, 2023 massacre of innocent Israelis by Islamic militants, after the boat she was attempting to sail into Gaza was stopped by the IDF.The Swedish activist and her shipmates were surrounded off the coast of Gaza by Israel Defence Force ships and taken into custody after being warned not to approach.Freedom Flotilla activists on the ship have been all been detained and will be transported to a guarded port where they will be made to watch the images from the…

TOKYO: An explosion injured four men at a Japanese facility for storing unexploded bombs at a United States air base in Okinawa on Monday (Jun 9), a fire official said, with their condition reportedly not critical. Japan Self-Defense Forces (SDF) members at the facility at Kadena Air Base were trying to wipe rust off items at the facility to re-assess if they were bombs, said local fire department official Akira Kamiunten. During that process, there was an explosion that injured four male SDF members who were rushed to the hospital, he told AFP. Jiji Press and other local media said…

United States President Donald Trump has ordered the deployment of 2,000 members of the National Guard to Los Angeles County to quell protests against coordinated immigration raids, bypassing the authority of the governor of California. The extraordinary development came on Saturday, the second day of protests, amid clashes between law enforcement officers and demonstrators in the city. The Los Angeles Police Department said Saturday’s demonstrations were peaceful and that “the day concluded without incident”. But in the two cities south of Los Angeles, Compton and Paramount, street battles broke out between protesters and police who used tear gas and flashbangs…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! President Donald Trump sent 2,000 National Guard soldiers to Los Angeles to help “keep peace” as immigration protests descended into riots, and to prevent a repeat of the 2020 unrest that saw the Democratic governor of Minnesota “let his city burn,” Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem said on Sunday.Noem addressed the deployment of the National Guard during an appearance on CBS’ “Face the Nation,” saying that Trump has the safety of the community and law enforcement officers at the top of his mind.”President Trump is putting the safety of the communities…

Men allegedly linked to organised crime have been extradited to Queensland over what police say was an attempt to extort a man and a woman.

NEW DELHI: Sheetal Kumari and her family used to go without an air conditioner until their home became unbearable during the summer months, when the average maximum temperature soars to nearly 40 degrees Celsius. The 21-year-old student lives in an urban slum on the outskirts of New Delhi, where homes are often built hastily in narrow spaces without proper ventilation. For them, the summer heat is more than an inconvenience – it is a health threat. “My sister had to be hospitalised because of how dangerous the heat was. After that episode, we decided to get an air conditioner,” she…

Brazil is hoping to sell its first sovereign debt in the Chinese market as soon as this year, as President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva looks to strengthen trade and investment ties with the Asian superpower.The leftwing administration in Brasília is planning the so-called panda bond — debt issued in Chinese renminbi by a foreign borrower — and is also keen to re-enter the euro-denominated bond market, according to deputy finance minister Dario Durigan.“The idea is that this year we’ll do both a new dollar issuance of a sustainable bond, like we did last year, as well as in Europe,…

Stay informed with free updatesSimply sign up to the Workplace pensions myFT Digest — delivered directly to your inbox.What does one get if one combines the UK’s proclivity for muddling through with the predictability needed by a system for providing security in old age? The answer is: a mess. Over time, piecemeal solutions create new messes.There are two distinct sets of problems with the pension system of today.The first is that current and future pensioners now fall into four categories: public sector workers, who enjoy secure, inflation-protected pensions, backstopped by taxpayers; beneficiaries of secure defined benefit (DB) private pensions, many…