Existing home sales slip 2.5% in August as prices climb
Existing home sales fell in August, while sale prices continued to climb, according to the latest report from the National Association of Realtors.
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House passes bills to protect employee benefit plans from politicization
A package of bills to ensure employee benefits plans prioritize financial well-being over "woke" policies has been passed by the U.S. House of Representatives.
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Poll: Harris yet to flip battleground North Carolina from Trump
Increasingly and by the slimmest margin, flipping battleground North Carolina from Republican to Democrat in electoral college votes is remaining a significant challenge for Vice President Kamala Harris.
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Government shutdown still on after failed House vote
A federal government shutdown still looms after the U.S. House failed to pass a stopgap measure before the fiscal year ends on Sept. 30.
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Hawley, Arab American Institute leader spar over antisemitism on college campuses
At a U.S. Senate Judiciary
Fed announces cut to federal interest rate, driving stocks up
The U.S. Federal Reserve Board on Wednesday announced a slight cut to the federal funds rate, the first cut since March of 2020, when rates were near 0%.
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U.S. Senate panel presses for answers from Sea-Tac airport following cyberattack
Members of the U.S. Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, & Technology, chaired by Sen. Maria Cantwell, D-Wash., pressed officials from Seattle-Tacoma International Airport Wednesday about last month’s cyberattack...
Electric bus program concerns highlighted by oversight subcommittee
A U.S. House committee released a staff report outlining the failures in the Biden-Harris and Environmental Protection Agency's Electric School Bus Program.
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Poll: 28% of Democrats say U.S. better off if Trump were assassinated
More than a quarter of Democrats in a new poll said America would be better off if former President Donald Trump had been killed in Sunday's assassination attempt.
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Republicans, Democrats at odds over IVF bill
Senate Democrats voted Tuesday in favor of S 4445, filed by U.S. Sen. Tammy Duckworth, D-IL, which refers to “reproductive technology treatments or procedures ...'
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