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A disappointing December for factory activity in China

Tue, Dec 31, 2024 at 9:55 am

( ) -q-28- UNDATED (Correspondent Jeremy House) “50 in November.”

China has reported its factory activity expanded at a slower pace in December, despite recent stimulus measures and in the face of increasing trade risks.

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TAG: Correspondent Jeremy House reporting. Overall, new orders rose to an eight-month high, while the exports order index rose to the highest level in four months.

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VERBATIM: China’s National Bureau of Statistics says the official Purchasing Managers’ Index, based on a survey of factory managers, slipped to 50.1 from 50.3 in November. It was the third straight monthly reading above 50, a level that indicates an expansion of manufacturing activity. A parallel purchasing managers’ index for the non-manufacturing sector, which covers construction and services, rose to 52.2 up from 50 in November.

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Greg Clugston SRN News White House correspondent

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Fed to decide on interest rates this week amid Trump pressure

Mon, Jan 27, 2025 at 7:02 am

Federal Reserve policymakers meet this week amid growing pressure from President Trump.

Over the past few days, the president has demanded lower interest rates and he told reporters that he expects the Fed to listen to him. However, the U-S central bank is widely expected to leave its benchmark borrowing rate unchanged this week after cutting it at three straight meetings to close out last year.
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Bob Agnew SRN News U.S. Senate correspondent

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Hegseth confirmed As Defense Secretary in tie-breaking Senate Vote

Sat, Jan 25, 2025 at 10:45 pm
The Senate has voted to confirm Pete Hegseth as Defense Secretary. Hegseth now steps into the role of helping fulfill President Trump’s vision to make America “strong again”. The decorated war veteran says he sees himself as a change agent, one who will restore what he calls a “warrior culture” to the Pentagon.  Hegseth said during his recent confirmation hearings “It’s time to give someone with dust on his boots the helm.”
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Bernie Bennett SRN News U.S. House correspondent

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Ramaswamy eyes run for Ohio Governor

Sun, Jan 26, 2025 at 10:39 pm

COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) – Fresh off of his unexpected departure from President Donald Trump’s Department of Government Efficiency, Vivek Ramaswamy has set his sights on becoming governor of Ohio, his home state.

He’s lined up strategists and plans to announce his run as soon as this week. Ramaswamy will try to follow the paths of Vice President JD Vance and Ohio Sen. Bernie Moreno. Those political newcomers won Senate seats with the help of Trump’s endorsement. Ramaswamy’s plans have complicated things for a deep bench of veteran Republican politicians who also may aspire to succeed term-limited Gov. Mike DeWine.

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Michael Harrington SRN News religion desk editor

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Things are getting worse for Christians in Iran

Mon, Jan 27, 2025 at 6:40 am

Things are getting worse for Christians in Iran

VERBATIM:  Article 18 and three other international religious freedom groups are sounding an alarm about the Islamic Republic, where imprisonment of Christians for their faith increased 600% over the past year.  Time in an Iranian prison can amount to a death sentence, given the horrific conditions and regular torture.  The vast majority of Christians in Iran are converts from Islam, which puts them at odds with the government as well as friends and family.  MH SRN NEWS.

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Mon, Jan 27, 2025 at 10:00 am

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Mon, Jan 27, 2025 at 10:03 am

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Michael Ramirez
Thu, Jan 23, 2025

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