Washington (CNN) — The Federal Reserve cut interest rates by a quarter point Thursday on the heels of the US presidential election earlier this week. It’s the second rate cut since the central bank began to lower borrowing costs in September, though the latest cut is smaller. Analysts at Nomura, on the other hand, fully expect Trump to follow through with his plans quickly, estimating just one rate cut next year. At some point, Fed officials will have to incorporate expected changes in fiscal policy in their official economic projections. Since it’s clear that Fed officials are not in any rush to cut rates, that could mean the Fed stands pat a few times next year.

Los Angeles, it turns out, has no shortage of products that would be just as appropriate to find under the holiday tree as in a gifting-suite swag bag. That, along with The Times logo embroidered on the back, makes this item from Shop LA Times stylish stealth merch at its best. (Note: This is an online-only option unless you’re a member — or magically have access to the on-site gift shop.) By artist, screenwriter and director Alex Prager, it reads: “Los Angeles is still the wild west. It’s a city ripe with endless possibilities.” If the city had a gift shop, this would be a bestseller.

43 monkeys escape South Carolina research facility, on the loose in town The animals broke free from the Alpha Genesis lab on Wednesday after a new employee left the door to their enclosure open, the administrator said. Residents are urged to lock their doors and windows.

​Residents in a South Carolina town were advised to close their windows and doors after 43 rhesus macaque monkeys escaped a testing facility Thursday. The warning came after the primates fled the “Alpha Genesis facility located on Castle Hall Road,” the Yemassee Police Department (YPD) posted on social media. “Residents are strongly advised to keep doors and windows secured to prevent these animals from entering homes,” the department said. In an update at 1 p.m. Thursday, the YPD said that it had eyes on the primates and were attempting to entice them with food. Fox News Digital has reached out to the Yemassee Police Department for comment.

At least five people have been hospitalized and 62 others detained after a night of violence targeting Israeli soccer fans in Amsterdam Thursday evening, authorities said. The violence occurred after a UEFA Europa League match between the Israeli Maccabi Tel Aviv Football Club and the Dutch Ajax Football Club in Amsterdam on Thursday. Israeli PM Netanyahu said he had been in touch with Schoof and called for increased security for Jewish communities in the Netherlands. MORE: American climber speaks out after being rescued 20,000 feet up in HimalayasPHOTO: Youth clash with Israeli football fans outside Amsterdam Central station (X/iannet/X/iAnnet via Reuters)MORE: A Vietnam War pilot vanished over 50 years ago. Israeli soccer fans suffer 'anti-Semitic attacks' in violent Amsterdam incident: Officials originally appeared on abcnews.go.com

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Trump defense attorney's cellphone compromised by Chinese hackers: Sources Hackers working for China's intelligence service broke into the cellphone of Todd Blanche, the president-elect's lead criminal defense attorney, ahead of Tuesday's election, sources told ABC News.

With national attention on this ranked game, LSU will reportedly have a special guest on the field throughout the game, and it lives up to their namesake. Multiple reports indicate that a live tiger will be on the field for the first time in almost a decade. He lives across from the stadium in an enclosure, and the 8-year-old tiger has never attended a game at Tiger Stadium. Jeff Landry said this year that he wished to see a live tiger back on the sideline in Death Valley, and this move could be due to that wish. According to the Louisiana Illuminator, Landry set up an unofficial committee to talk to LSU about bringing a live tiger back to the sideline.

Maccabi Tel Aviv FC supporters were reportedly the target of violence in Amsterdam Thursday before and during the soccer team’s match against Ajax. “We are seeing a pogrom against Jews and Israelis unfold in Amsterdam,” Danon said. WARNING: GRAPHIC VIDEO“This is the time when the UN should immediately and clearly condemn the violence of the Palestinians and their supporters. “Hundreds of fans of the @MaccabiTLVFC soccer team were ambushed and attacked in Amsterdam tonight as they left the stadium following a game against @AFCAjax. The mob who targeted these innocent Israelis has proudly shared their violent acts on social media.”Rep. Ritchie Torres, D-N.Y., condemned the violence as well.

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Chatbots use an immense amount of power to respond to user questions, and simply keeping the bot’s servers cool enough to function in data centers takes a toll on the environment. In completing those calculations, these servers, typically housed in data centers, generate heat. That means the amount of water and electricity an individual query requires can depend on a data center’s location and vary widely. Continue reading – FREEDisclaimerThe information contained in South Florida Reporter is for general information purposes only. The South Florida Reporter assumes no responsibility for errors or omissions in the contents of the Service.

By Julie Zauzmer WeilSocial Security recipients, people who earn tips and many businesses could see lower IRS bills if all of Donald Trump’s tax policy ideas come to fruition. Parents During his first term, Trump doubled the child tax credit from a maximum of $1,000 per child to $2,000 per child as part of his landmark 2017 tax law. While his running mate, Sen. JD Vance (R-Ohio), endorsed an even larger child tax credit, Trump’s campaign said he would like to extend the $2,000 credit. DisclaimerThe information contained in South Florida Reporter is for general information purposes only. The South Florida Reporter assumes no responsibility for errors or omissions in the contents of the Service.

Pro-Kamala Harris guest Michael Blake came in hot, telling anchor John Berman that President-elect Donald Trump is a “White supremacist” and battling Republican CNN analyst Shermichael Singleton during a segment on Thursday. Donald Trump is a white supremacist who has a Project 2025 agenda that wants to implement that. Second, when we talk about the economy, we actually laid out policies that would help people create jobs. It was the fear of a Black and South Asian woman that we have to speak about. Blake went on to accuse Singleton of “anti-Blackness” in an exchange that Berman cut short due to a segment break.

LOADING ERROR LOADINGNBC News presidential historian Michael Beschloss sounded the alarm on just how much power Donald Trump will likely wield when he returns to the White House in January. “We’re about to see possibly the strongest president in American history,” he told MSNBC’s Andrea Mitchell on Thursday. AdvertisementBeschloss said the Supreme Court has already ruled that Trump is immune from prosecution in most cases. In addition, Republicans will be in control of the Senate and potentially the House. “And maybe he won’t be a dictator, but he is going to try to use every single lever of presidential power in a way that we haven’t seen all the way back to 1789.”See the full interview below:

Warren AFB “for longer than an hour.” Five different Launch Control Centers lost all contact with the ten missiles they each control. – An Air Force study obtained by the Associated Press (AP) in 2013 found that court-martial rates in the Minuteman missile fields in 2011 and 2012 were more than twice as high as in the overall Air Force. By June 2015, there were four active courts-martial underway at Minot Air Force Base for drug use, rape, assault, sexual assault on an unconscious person, and larceny. – In 2013, seventeen missile launch crew members were fired from Minot AFB along with Lt. Col Randy Olson, after the finding of a long list of safety potential security code violations and protection errors. – In 2014, two Malmstorm AFB missile launch crew administrators were accused of running a narcotics distribution system involving missile launch crews across six air bases.