Former Silicon Valley Bank CEO says no bank could have survived what it faced
Washington Post Gregory Becker, the former chief executive officer of failed Silicon Valley Bank, plans to tell Congress on Tuesday that no bank could have survived its unprecedented deposit flight, which led to its closure by federal regulators and raised questions about the health of the U.S. financial system. https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2023/05/15/silicon-valley-bank-hill-becker/
Read MoreWorld Health Organization Warns Against Using Artificial Sweeteners
New York Times Continued consumption doesn’t reduce weight and could increase the risk of Type 2 diabetes, cardiovascular diseases and mortality in adults, the W.H.O. said on Monday. https://www.nytimes.com/2023/05/15/well/eat/sweeteners-weight-loss-who.html
Read MoreParty People (Tuesday Crossword, May 16)
Wall Street Journal https://www.wsj.com/articles/party-people-tuesday-crossword-may-16-29428674
Read MoreRussia dismisses report that Wagner boss offered to reveal troop positions
Washington Post Mercenary boss Yevgeniy Prigozhin lashed out at The Washington Post over a report on classified U.S. intelligence stating that offered to betray the Russian military if Kyiv withdrew from Bakhmut. https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2023/05/15/yevgeniy-prigozhin-russia-ukraine-wagner/
Read MoreBiden officials say border crossings down 50 percent since Title 42 lifted
Washington Post Officials from Homeland Security and other federal agencies described conditions at the southern border after the end of pandemic-era Title 42 rules for migrants https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2023/05/15/border-biden-title-42-migrants/
Read MoreVirginia Rep. Gerry Connolly’s Staffers Attacked With a Baseball Bat
Wall Street Journal The attacker went to the congressman’s Fairfax office and asked for him, the Democrat said. https://www.wsj.com/articles/virginia-rep-gerry-connollys-staffers-attacked-with-a-baseball-bat-ae2c6bb1
Read MoreKherson Oblast: Russians wound father and son in Lvove, and young man in Tryfonivka
Pravda Ukraine On 15 May, the Russian military fired at residential buildings in the village of Lvovo, Kherson Oblast, wounding a man and his 79-year-old father. Source: Oleksandr Prokudin, head of the Kherson Oblast Military Administration on Telegram Quote from Prokudin: “The Russian army struck at the village of Lvovo in the Tiahynska hromada [an…
Read MoreGOP rejected White House effort to close tax loopholes in debt ceiling talks
Washington Post Negotiations are stuck and time is running out, but Republicans have signaled that there cannot be any new tax hikes as part of a budget deal. https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2023/05/15/debt-ceiling-negotiations-deadline-default/
Read MoreHungary blocks €500 billion from fund that provides arms for Ukraine
Pravda Ukraine Hungary has blocked the payment of the eighth package of €500 million from the European Peace Fund for weapons that EU member states are supplying to Ukraine. Source: ANSA referring to its source, reported by European Pravda Details: The €500 million package was due to be allocated next Monday, 22 May, but Budapest…
Read MoreTwo staffers in US House Democrat’s Virginia office attacked with baseball bat
Jerusalem Post https://www.jpost.com/breaking-news/article-743159
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