Since March of last year, the Fed has raised its benchmark short-term interest rate 11 times, from near zero to roughly 5.4%
Carol Semple
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U.S. delivers munitions to Israel as the American death toll rises to 11 in Hamas attacks
The State Department says an undetermined number of American citizens remain missing and unaccounted for.
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How 3rd parties and independents could threaten Democrats and Republicans in 2024
There’s little concern that the independent or 3rd-party candidates would actually win the presidency, but they could siphon support from the ultimate Democratic and Republican nominees.
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Supporters of U.S. aid to Ukraine are watching the House turmoil with growing alarm
Leaders dropped $6 billion in Ukraine aid from the temporary funding measure passed Saturday as they focused on passing it quickly, just hours before the government would have shut down.
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What to do with 1.1 million bullets seized from Iran? U.S. ships them to Ukraine
The U.S. Navy’s Mideast-based 5th Fleet and its allies have intercepted numerous ships believed to be transporting weapons and ammunition from Iran to Yemen in support of the Iranian-backed Houthis.
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Massachusetts shooting claims life of baby delivered after mother was one of several hit by gunfire
Authorities say the baby of a pregnant woman who was shot following a fight on a downtown street was delivered at a hospital and died.
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McCarthy’s ouster leaves House adrift as divided Republicans seek a new leader
It is a wide open battle for the job just as Congress faces a new deadline to fund the government by mid-November, but work on that legislation is on hold due to the vacancy in the speaker’s office.
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Biden suggests he has a path to get more aid to Ukraine
Aid for Ukraine has been a source of tension and uncertainty as several Republicans in the House have severe doubts or openly oppose additional funding to sustain the Ukrainian military.
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Capitol rioter who attacked cameraman and police officer gets more than 4 years in prison
The Illinois man also has been charged in in that state with first-degree murder in the death of a woman killed in a wrong-way car collision on Nov. 8, 2022, while the man was fleeing from police.
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Shooting erupted during dispute at a Baltimore university, but victims were unintended targets
The shooting happened at Morgan State University as students were headed to a homecoming week campus ball.