Mortgage Rates Too High? (Blame the Fed, Wall Street and Your Neighbor.)
Lenders use several bits of data to set mortgage rates, including trading moves by investors. Without market volatility, the rate could be under 7 percent.
Debt Limit Showdown Looms as White House Braces for a Divided Washington
G.O.P. threats to leverage the full faith and credit of the United States to force spending cuts have raised alarm about a debt showdown next year — and talks about…
Bank of England Is Set to Raise Rates After U.K. Political Turmoil
An increase of three-quarters of a point is expected as the central bank meets on Thursday for the first time since Liz Truss resigned as prime minister.
Cherokees Ask U.S. to Make Good on a 187-Year-Old Promise, for a Start
The demand that Congress honor a treaty and seat a nonvoting delegate comes amid growing clashes over sovereignty and a tight race for Oklahoma’s governor, a Cherokee citizen.
US midterms: Democracy under threat as key elections loom – Biden
The president accuses Donald Trump and his backers of undermining democracy ahead of key elections.
Parkland families address school gunman at sentencing
One grandmother told the gunman: “I hope your every breathing moment here on earth is miserable.”
Can the US live in Xi Jinping’s world?
By the time of his second term, China had begun firmly nailing the Jell-O to the wall, imprisoning lawyers, muzzling dissent, snuffing out Hong Kong’s freedoms and building camps for…
FBI arrests two members of extremist ‘Boogaloo’ group
One of the pair allegedly threatened to blow up Facebook’s headquarters and the US tax collection agency.
The Fed hikes US interest rates to fresh 14-year high
The Federal Reserve is steering borrowing costs higher at the fastest rate in decades.
US midterms: Pennsylvania court rules to discount some mail-in ballots
In a win for Republicans, Pennsylvania’s top court says improperly dated ballots will not be counted.