The numerous criminal and civil court cases against Donald Trump have turned the spotlight on one of the most contentious concepts in US law: presidential immunity.  Trump’s claim that he is shielded from the federal case accusing him of meddling in the 2020 US election has reignited a debate over when and how presidents are
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The major Puerto Rico Electric Power Authority bond parties asked the bankruptcy judge to adjourn or stay all bankruptcy proceedings due the potential profound implications of an anticipated First Circuit Court of Appeals decision on their appeal. U.S. District Court Judge Laura Taylor Swain said the existing confirmation schedule and related deadlines “remain in place
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Public-sector backers of a proposed bond-financed crude oil-transporting railway in Utah are turning to the U.S. Supreme Court and Congress in an effort to get the project back on track. The Seven County Infrastructure Coalition plans to seek the high court’s review of an August U.S. Appeals Court ruling that derailed the Uinta Basin Railway.
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Illinois’ Commission on Government Forecasting and Accountability on Thursday released its Special Pension Briefing on the state-funded retirement systems’ fiscal 2023 actuarial reports. The report said the five pension systems’ unfunded liability climbed to a market value of $142.2 billion at the end of fiscal 2023 on June 30 from $139.8 billion in 2022, with
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Stay informed with free updates Simply sign up to the Equities myFT Digest — delivered directly to your inbox. It was a dire January for Chinese stocks. After falling almost 10 per cent, Hong Kong’s Hang Seng stock index now trades around the same levels it did in 1997, when Tencent and Alibaba, two of
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Enjoy complimentary access to top ideas and insights — selected by our editors. Transcription: Transcripts are generated using a combination of speech recognition software and human transcribers, and may contain errors. Please check the corresponding audio for the authoritative record. Lynne Funk (00:03): Hello everyone and welcome to another Bond Buyer podcast. I’m Lynne Funk, executive
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Enjoy complimentary access to top ideas and insights — selected by our editors. The top three co-managers in the ranking have an average dollar volume of more than $11.7 billion through the end of December 2023. The average number of issues for the top three is 460. Scroll through to see which co-managers are in
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It was not long ago that the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (TCJA), a historic tax-reform package, came together seemingly overnight and reshaped the U.S. tax code while also reshaping the municipal bond market by eliminating tax-exempt advance refundings.   Once the dust settled, a retrospective review illuminated further near disasters, with Senate Republicans saving private
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Stay informed with free updates Simply sign up to the Geopolitics myFT Digest — delivered directly to your inbox. Reconcile, if you can, the following statements. First, universal laws are just another form of western empire. While the US and its allies lecture developing countries about such rich-world frills as human rights, China and Russia
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Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Former UK chancellor Kwasi Kwarteng, whose name became synonymous with one of the most chaotic periods in recent British political history, has announced he will step down as an MP at the next general election.
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