Inflation didn't get worse in December. But it didn't get better. Prices were up 2.7% a year ago. A drop in gasoline prices ...

President Donald Trump says he believes the 2026 midterm elections will center on “pricing” as Republicans head into a critical period with control of Congress on the line. And he told POLITICO Friday ...

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Vice President JD Vance said he doesn't see "simmering antisemitism that’s exploding" among young conservatives, even as some Republicans raise concerns about such views gaining traction on the right.

“Affordability” is the Democrats’ battle cry to win elections these days. But Republicans are ready to flip the script to woo homeowners, who make up the majority (65%) of American households. Across ...

The Dow is up 275 points. The NASDAQ is up 250 points. The S&P 500 is up 54. All thanks to cooling inflation per CPI, strong earnings, and a broad recovery in AI stocks, such as Advanced Micro Devices ...

Never look a gift horse in the mouth, goes the old saying. The stock market was happy to welcome a cooler-than-expected inflation reading, while putting aside worries about the reliability of the data ...

Members of the Trump administration are highlighting an unexpectedly low inflation report. Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick said the drop is proof the White House’s policies are finally pushing down ...

US inflation unexpectedly cooled in November, according to a delayed report, although economists warned against reading too much into the numbers because of gaps in the data. The Consumer Price Index ...

After long-awaited government data showed underlying US inflation cooled to a four-year low in November, economists agreed on at least this much: something was off. In a report fouled by the ...

New data shows that prices are continuing to rise in the United States, despite President Donald Trump's claim that "inflation is stopped." In a speech at the White House on Wednesday, Trump declared ...

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