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Gold prices rose Thursday after softer-than-expected US inflation data lowered expectations for another Federal Reserve rate hike in October. Higher Treasury yields and a stronger dollar limited further gains. Spot …

Democratic-backed candidate Chris Taylor won a seat on the Wisconsin Supreme Court on April 7, expanding the court’s liberal majority and solidifying its control for the years ahead. Taylor, who …

Americans now need to earn $111,252 a year to afford the typical U.S. home for sale. That figure is down 4% from $115,870 a year ago, according to a new …

Democrats scored a major victory in Miami on Tuesday. The party ended nearly three decades of Republican control as Democrat Eileen Higgins won the city’s mayoral runoff and became the …

President Donald Trump said on Saturday that Venezuelan airspace should now be considered closed. The announcement marks a major escalation in U.S. pressure on Nicolás Maduro’s socialist regime and the …

The Senate parliamentarian has approved a Republican plan to block Medicaid funding from going to abortion providers like Planned Parenthood.  The ruling allows the measure to be included in the …

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President Donald Trump says he will sign an executive order to cut prescription drug prices by 30% to 80%, calling it a step to make drug costs fair for Americans. …

President Donald Trump on Friday unveiled a fiscal‑year 2026 budget blueprint that would trim non‑defense discretionary spending by almost one‑quarter while sending the Pentagon its largest single‑year increase in decades. The …

The Supreme Court ruled Tuesday that the federal government can use a narrower method to calculate Medicare payments to hospitals that treat low-income patients, siding with the Department of Health …