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Rising healthcare costs are a major concern for older Americans, and it's affecting their finances and political priorities

With control of Congress hanging on a number of razor-thin races, both Democrats and Republicans are seizing on voters’ frustrations with rising credit card debt to win over inflation-weary Americans.

Tech stocks in late October caught the cold that for months has been a drag on the corporate bond market.

They’ve helped turn this year’s midterms into “the most expensive election cycle on record.”

Secretary of State Marco Rubio and his Brazilian counterpart agreed to meet in the coming weeks, according to people familiar with the matter, after President Donald Trump’s decision to grant the nation’s defeated right-wing candidate Flávio Bolsonaro refuge inflamed tensions.

Safe-haven gold fell to its lowest price in a year, despite jitters around the potential for fresh Middle East attacks following the U.S. midterm elections on Tuesday

Brazilian authorities summoned Argentina’s top envoy in the country on Friday to explain President Javier Milei’s role in helping Flávio Bolsonaro flee Brazil following his election defeat.

Wall Street expects Democrats to win at least one of the houses of Congress in the US midterm elections on Tuesday, setting the stage for a potentially volatile ride in the stock and bond markets with artificial intelligence oversight, defense spending and crypto legislation on the table.

Harris poll for Guardian finds 76% believe officials care more about self-enrichment than helping everyday Americans Government corruption has emerged as a top issue in the upcoming US midterm elections, with an overwhelming majority of Americans saying US government officials use their public office for personal financial gain, according to an exclusive Harris poll for the Guardian. Nearly nine out of 10 Americans said that government corruption, as defined as elected officials putting their own or their donors’ financial interests ahead of the public’s, is a problem, according to the survey. Continue reading...

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his party have amplified claims that the country's election was “stolen” by Arab-led parties

The company said it was looking into hundreds of new accounts that had placed wagers in two markets related to the election on Tuesday.

GDP grew at an annual rate of 3.4% in the third quarter in the last major read on the economy ahead of the midterm elections — but many Americans continue to struggle with affordability.

The ex-presidential candidate tells Democrats to prosecute corruption and bring real change for the working class A corporate plutocracy. A broken healthcare system. Massive and widening inequality. Cash-soaked elections. Angry people struggling to pay their bills and disgusted with lawmakers in Washington DC . Nearly everything that pushed famed consumer-rights advocate Ralph Nader to launch the 2000 presidential run that made him a political pariah in Washington is front and center as the US gears up for the 2026 midterm elections. But this time, things are much, much worse. Continue reading...

Fed chair Kevin Warsh said politics played no role in pause of interest rate hikes, despite inflation remaining above 3% The US Federal Reserve left interest rates unchanged on Wednesday during its last board meeting before the midterm elections, keeping rates at one of the highest pre-election levels seen in over 20 years. Two out of 12 board members voted against the pause, preferring to raise rates by a quarter point this meeting, the Fed board said in a statement. Continue reading...

The Federal Reserve has voted to keep interest rates unchanged despite rising inflation. NBC News' Brian Chueng reports on the central bank's final rate decision before the midterm elections.

Federal Reserve policymakers left interest rates unchanged at their October meeting ahead of next week's midterm elections while inflation remains elevated.

Long before its baroque décor and class identity became midterm talking points, this durable restaurant chain survived some withering critiques.

Officials believe there is plenty of time left to tackle inflation, allowing them to avoid making a move so close to an election.

Trump’s combative approach to Canada appears to be softening just days before midterm elections in which tariff-fueled inflation is a primary concern for voters.

As the US midterm elections approach, we take a look at data to see a true picture of the US economy under Trump With the midterm elections fast approaching, many Americans have the economy on their minds. US voters are exhausted by years of higher prices. Donald Trump won the presidency in 2024 on promises to lower inflation and undo the damage he said the Biden administration had inflicted on the economy. Continue reading...

Sen. Susan Collins, who’s in a tough re-election fight, said she secured from the Trump administration tariff exemptions on some agricultural and forestry items.