Fed Leaves Interest Rates Unchanged, Trump Gets Another $1.8 Billion of Trump Media Stock | Business Matters Full Broadcast (May 1)

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The Federal Reserve left interest rates unchanged at their highest levels in 23 years as monetary policymakers have observed “a lack of further progress” toward the central bank’s 2 percent inflation target.

Regulatory filings show that former President Donald Trump increased his stake significantly in the company behind his social media platform Truth Social, with the former president now owning nearly 65 percent of Trump Media & Technology Group (TMTG) and becoming around $1.8 billion richer.

A majority of Americans believe that China uses TikTok to shape U.S. public opinion, according to a Reuters/Ipsos poll conducted as Washington moves closer to potentially banning the Chinese-owned short-video app.

People over the age of 60 in the United States reportedly lost more than $3.4 billion in fraud schemes in 2023, a nearly 11 percent increase from the year before, according to a report from the FBI released Tuesday.

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