McCarthy’s ‘No Win’ Shutdown Scenario
With pressure mounting to avert a government shutdown, heightened by culture war demands from House conservatives burned by previous brawls, the House speaker faces...
Uniquely Competitive North Carolina Emerges as Key 2024 Battleground
The 2024 election promises to feature several major battlegrounds, but for sheer breadth of competitive contests, North Carolina next year will be hard to...
Senate Returns Amid Shutdown Threat, McConnell Health Concerns
The Senate returns Tuesday from a month-long recess as Congress gears up for a rocky September with a whole host of to-dos – including...
Supreme Court Ethics Fight Spills Into Public View
A simmering dispute between branches of government over Supreme Court ethics reform boiled over Friday when Justice Samuel Alito publicly rejected a senator’s call...
Tokyo Stocks Continue to Decline Over U.S. Rate Hike Concerns
Tokyo stocks fell for the third consecutive day on Friday amid concerns over continued U.S. interest rate hikes. Japan’s benchmark Nikkei stock index, the...
U.S. Dollar Rises as Jobless Claims Fall
The U.S. dollar rose on Thursday, as U.S. jobless claims applications fell and the labor market showed resilience. The dollar index, which measures the...
U.S. Gas Prices Hit 10-Month Highs Amid Tighter Supplies, Heatwaves
U.S. gas prices surged to an average of 3.87 U.S. dollars a gallon nationally on Thursday, the highest level in 10 months, data showed....
Gold Falls on Stronger U.S. Dollar, Treasury Yields
Gold futures on the COMEX division of the New York Mercantile Exchange fell on Thursday on stronger U.S. dollar index and Treasury yields. The...
Weekly Storage of Natural Gas in U.S. Increases
Working gas storage in the contiguous United States was 3,065 billion cubic feet in the week ending Aug. 11, a net increase of 35...
U.S. East Palestine Residents Endure Toxic Train Wreck Ordeal
Since a train carrying toxic chemicals derailed in February in East Palestine, Ohio, hundreds of local people have reported symptoms associated with the accident,...