Trump faults Fed after decision to hold interest rates steady

IANS | July 30, 2026 9:08 AM

Washington, July 30 (IANS) US President Donald Trump has criticised the Federal Reserve for leaving interest rates unchanged, saying lower borrowing costs would further strengthen an economy that he claimed was already attracting record levels of investment.

US Senate warns AI scams threaten senior citizens

IANS | July 30, 2026 9:00 AM

Washington, July 30 (IANS) Alarmed by the rapid rise of artificial intelligence-enabled fraud, a bipartisan US Senate panel has warned that deepfakes, cloned voices and AI chatbots are exposing older Americans to increasingly sophisticated scams, in a development with growing relevance for India and the Indian diaspora as similar technology-driven fraud spreads worldwide.