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Housing Market Gets Hit as Mortgage Rates Skyrocket Ahead of Midterm

This could add another affordability headache for President Donald Trump and Republicans just weeks before the midterm elections.

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Ocasio-Cortez, Garcia latest Democrats to report receiving suspicious letterReps. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) and Robert Garcia (D-Calif.) are the latest among several officials across the country who have reported receiving suspicious packages at their offices ahead of the midterm elections. Ocasio-Cortez released a statement Tuesday evening saying a suspicious letter was delivered to her district office in Hunts Point,…

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MAGA candidate's spoof of 'Democrats' backing him exposed in shady financials: reportA group that has called itself “Democrats for Mike Rogers,” now renamed “Together for Michigan,” draws much of its money from Republican-aligned sources, Federal Election Commission filings show, according to The Bulwark's Joe Perticone. The PAC’s two largest contributions came from GLCF, Inc., a conservative super PAC that has already been airing…

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Pete Hegseth met with Netanyahu during unannounced trip to Israel - Tue, 20 Oct 2026 PSTWASHINGTON – Pentagon chief Pete Hegseth met with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu during an unannounced visit to Israel this week, an encounter that comes as the Trump administrations weighs new strikes against Iran after November’s midterm elections. Netanyahu and Israeli Defense Minister Israel Katz met with Hegseth on Monday, a day after…

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Texas’s 5 Biggest Counties Blow Early Voting Records Out of the WaterTexas’s five biggest counties smashed voter turnout records on the state’s first day of early voting in the midterm elections. Harris, Dallas, Bexar, Travis, and Tarrant counties all eclipsed early voting records for at least two of the last three elections, Sawyer Hackett, a political strategist, posted on X Tuesday. Some of those records were set…

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Michael Bloomberg spends $80m on Democrats as Trump moves $400m to Republican candidatesBillionaire ex-mayor of New York City is focusing funds on House races to help Democrats retake majority in midterms US politics live – latest updates The billionaire Michael Bloomberg will spend $80m to help Democratic candidates in the midterm elections , US media reported on Tuesday, a significant infusion of cash for a party that has recently…

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Inside Philadelphia's preparations for Election DayIn the final sprint to Election Day, more than 12 million votes have already been cast nationwide. That includes more than 65,000 in Philadelphia. The city's voting processes have drawn President Trump's ire for more than a decade. In partnership with the Pulitzer Center, Lisa Desjardins takes a closer look at how officials in Philadelphia prepare for…

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Beef producers could play a big role in this year's midterm electionsTrump's policies have complicated his support among beef producers, a key constituency in states where tight Senate races could sway control of the body.

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Ken Griffin on AI, Midterm Elections and Fiscal PolicyCitadel founder and CEO Ken Griffin discusses the benefits and risks of artificial intelligence. Speaking with Bloomberg's Dani Burger at Citadel's annual Future of Global Markets Conference in New York, Griffin also comments on the midterm elections, the US economy and fiscal policy. (Source: Bloomberg)

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ADL condemns Trump’s antisemitic slur but fails to mention him by nameAnti-Defamation League post decries ‘shylock’ slur but does not explain that president used it at Kansas rally on Monday The Anti-Defamation League (ADL) denounced the use of the term “shylock” as antisemitic on Tuesday, without explaining that the slur had been used a day earlier by Donald Trump in a speech in Kansas. Trump used the slur during a Monday…

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