News Index
Verbatim news posts filed by the news-lens workflow for thesis commentary.
Last updated: 2026-07-15
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| File | Summary | Tags | Updated |
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| 2026-06-03-url-https-www-federalreserve-gov-newsevents-pressreleases-monetary20260429a-htm-the-federal-open-market-committee-he.md | The post reports that the Federal Open Market Committee held the federal funds target range at 3-1/2 to 3-3/4 percent on April 29, 2026, with elevated inflation and four dissents over the rate decision or easing bias. | federal-reserve, fomc, interest-rates, inflation, monetary-policy, dissents | 2026-06-03 |
| 2026-06-04-cbs-trump-ceasefire-moderate-shooting.md | CBS News reports President Trump defining a Middle East ceasefire as ‘shooting in a more moderate manner’ while downplaying continued U.S.-Iran exchanges, after an Iranian strike on Kuwait’s airport strained the April 2026 ceasefire. | ceasefire, middle-east, trump, war, us-iran, state-rhetoric | 2026-06-04 |
| 2026-06-07-bbc-news-published-2026-06-06-profiles-yusuf-ali-34-a-mogadishu-shopkeeper-who-was-a-child-soldier-in-somalia-s-war.md | BBC News profiles Yusuf Ali, a Mogadishu shopkeeper who was drawn into Somalia’s fighting as a teenager after the 2006 Ethiopian invasion and still lives with the psychological scars. | somalia, child-soldiers, al-shabab, military-intervention, us-foreign-policy, war | 2026-06-07 |
| 2026-06-12-https-x-com-reuters-status-2064894418474209603-reuters-11-june-2026-instead-of-building-the-stadium-they-could-h.md | The post reports Reuters’ account of why World Cups and Olympics rarely pay off for host cities, emphasizing stadium opportunity costs and the economics of mega sporting events. | world-cup, olympics, public-choice, megaprojects, stadiums, taxpayer-costs | 2026-06-12 |