SAM202 US Army G5 nw from Whiteman AFB, MO-Home of the B-2Bomber
Whiteman AFB Base-The 509th Bomb Wing is part of Air Force Global Strike Command as well as the host wing at Whiteman Air Force Base. The bomb wing and its fleet of B-2 Spirit bombers serve as part of the Air Force's conventional and strategic combat force.
https://www.military.com/base-guide/whiteman-air-force-base
SAM171 USAF G5 on descent for Omaha, NE-Offutt AFB making the line up turn now
SAM230 USAF C-32A departed Rochester Int'l and back to JBA after a lengthy ground stop-squeezing in between some weather on descent
R01052 US Army C-560 east from Bill and Hillbags Airport-Little Rock, AR and on final for Ft. Bragg, NC and through some weather on approach
BIGBOY USAF C-17 Globemaster out from Wright-Patterson AFB n of Dayton at low altitude
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>>10107772 RBC cuts ties with Canadian charity at center of Trudeau ethics probe
Royal Bank of Canada (RY.TO) said on Tuesday it reached a mutual agreement to end all sponsorships with and donations to Canada’s WE Charity, which has been drawn into controversy surrounding an ethics inquiry into Prime Minister Justin Trudeau.
Canada’s ethics commissioner launched an inquiry into Trudeau’s participation in a Cabinet decision to use the charity, with which his family has ties, to administer a multi-million-dollar student grant program. RBC said it had conducted a review of the partnership. The charity said it had mutually decided with its Canadian partners to suspend partnerships out of concern for their reputation and investment commitments, and had also suspended formal agreements with its school board partners.
WE Charity disclosed earlier this month that it paid speaking fees of C$250,000 to Trudeau’s mother, Margaret, in recent years, and about C$32,000 to his brother, Alexandre. But WE Charity founders Craig and Marc Kielburger defended their efforts to set up the grant program before a parliamentary committee. The charity said it would no longer manage the program about a week after it had been announced.
“WE Charity agreed to implement the Canada Student Service Grant not to be helped by government, but to help government – and to help young people across Canada,” Craig Kielburger said, adding that “there was no financial benefit for the charity.” Trudeau and his wife, Sophie Gregoire Trudeau, have also participated in the charity’s events. “We regret that we didn’t recognize how this decision would be perceived,” Craig Kielburger said. “As we see the organization today, the fallout now from this political process has resulted in serious challenges that risk the entire organization and 25 years of work.”
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-canada-politics-charity-rbc-idUSKCN24T281?taid=5f20a41631fdfb0001880eec&utm_campaign=trueAnthem%3A+Trending+Content&utm_medium=trueAnthem&utm_source=twitter
Fed Extends Emergency Programs on Eve of July Policy Announcement
WASHINGTON — The Federal Reserve extended its emergency lending programs on Tuesday through the end of 2020, a three-month addition that, while not surprising, signaled how lasting the economic damage from the coronavirus is proving.
The decision came as officials gathered remotely for a two-day policy meeting that will conclude on Wednesday, when the Fed releases a statement at 2 p.m.
That meeting is likely to yield little action — rates are already at near-zero and are almost certain to stay there for an extended period — but it could provide a fresh read on how Fed officials are thinking about the economic outlook, and hints about their plans for the future.
The chair, Jerome H. Powell, who will hold a remote news conference at 2:30 p.m., is sure to field questions on the newly extended emergency lending programs, which have been introduced to try to keep markets functioning and credit flowing. Seven of the nine programs were set to expire on or around the end of September, but they have now been extended through the end of the year. Two others — one that buys municipal debt and another that smooths over the market for short-term business funding — already had later end dates.
Providing credit has been one facet of the Fed’s policy response as the coronavirus has closed businesses, cost jobs, and kept millions of Americans in their homes and away from malls, planes and movie theaters. The central bank also cut interest rates to near-zero in March, a bid to shore up lending and spending and cushion the blow to economic activity. It has been buying vast amounts of government-backed debt in an effort to keep bond markets functioning normally.
Officials are now debating what comes next, and economists are expecting some discussion of the possibilities after Wednesday’s meeting.
While officials have made it clear that interest rates will be low for a long time, central bankers must decide how to signal just how patient they plan to be. They could commit to low rates by promising not to raise them until after a given date, or by tying near-zero rates to a certain inflation or unemployment threshold.
https://theworldnews.net/us-news/fed-extends-emergency-programs-on-eve-of-july-policy-announcement