A strong Nor’easter is battering the East Coast with rain and wind. It has killed at least one person, left others injured and knocked out power to tens of thousands. #noreaster #storms #weather
Data: KFF/AP Rural Voters Survey ; Chart: Herb Scribner Cost of living and health care costs top the list of issues rural voters want 2026 midterm candidates to address, according to a new AP/KFF poll . The big picture: Ahead of the midterms, rural voters rank pocketbook concerns above immigration, the conflict with Iran and several major domestic policy debates. By the numbers: 69% of rural voters said it is 'extremely important' for candidates to talk about the cost of living, followed by health care costs (56%) and fraud in government programs (54%). Context: The AP/KFF poll asked 2,241 registered voters living in rural areas how important it was for 2026 candidates to talk about each of eight issues. Cost of living concerns Zoom in:…
Democrats are preparing an agenda if the party sweeps control in November.
The cost of borrowing money is moving unrelentingly higher , with profound implications for savers, borrowers and the U.S. government's fiscal outlook. The big picture: The bond market moves over the last few weeks have pushed most risk-free interest rates north of 5%. - Barring a rapid reversal, expect pain to come in interest-sensitive sectors like housing, new stress on federal government finances and greater risks of financial disruption. - It is better news for savers, who have taken paper losses on existing bonds in recent weeks but can now deploy cash safely with the best prospective returns seen in decades. Zoom out: It is clearer than ever that the era of cheap borrowing and abundant capital that lasted from 2008 to 2021 is well…
The gap between technology and policymaking has gotten wider than ever with artificial intelligence, leaving a global policy vacuum as A.I. models rapidly advance.
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Ms. Peltola, the Democratic Senate candidate in Alaska, has complicated politics: She is pro-gun, pro-oil and pro-gas — but also pro-environment and especially pro-fish.
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As their November picture darkens, and gas and diesel prices soar, some Republicans who backed the war for months are now changing their tune.
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Washington State voters will get a chance to accept or reject the 9.9 percent income tax on millionaires approved by the Legislature, which broke the state’s taboo against levying income taxes.
The ledger used by a task force created by President Trump is difficult to verify and includes cases that were identified and went to trial during the Biden administration.
In 1910, there was no greater journalistic mission than following a plane with a train.
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