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FILE PHOTO: Customers shop for groceries in Walmart Supercenter retail store in North Bergen, New Jersey

Economy Dec 18

Chicago Fed president on the economy's mixed signals

By Geoff Bennett, Jackson Hudgins

Politics Dec 12

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Brooks and Capehart on Trump's recent series of setbacks

New York Times columnist David Brooks and Jonathan Capehart of MS NOW join Amna Nawaz to discuss the week in politics, including how President Trump's string of seeming disappointments this week is raising some doubts about his grip on the…

By Amna Nawaz, Jonah Anderson

Economy Dec 12

People shop for Christmas items in a holiday market in New York
Consumers aren't having a very merry holiday season, AP-NORC poll finds

Roughly half of Americans say it’s harder than usual to afford the things they want to give as holiday gifts, and similar numbers are delaying big purchases or cutting back on nonessential purchases more than they would normally.

By Josh Boak, Amelia Thomson-Deveaux, Associated Press

Politics Dec 10

U.S. President Trump in Pennsylvania
Watch 8:38
Trump's affordability speech turns into a rant against immigrants

President Trump was on the road in Pennsylvania Tuesday to address affordability, an issue that has dragged down his approval ratings. But at the event the president reverted to campaign mode, delivering a long speech that included a rant about…

By Amna Nawaz, Jonah Anderson

Politics Dec 09

U.S. Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) speaks at a campaign event of Republican vice presidential nominee U.S. ...
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Marjorie Taylor Greene speaks out about President Trump as she prepares to leave Congress

Georgia Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene rose to national prominence as one of the most vocal backers of President Trump. But the pair fell out after she called for the extension of expiring health care subsidies and for the release of…

By Amna Nawaz, Kyle Midura

Dec 09

WATCH: At Pennsylvania rally, Trump boasts about once using this slur about Haiti and African nations

By Jonathan J. Cooper, Associated Press

Back then, Trump had denied making the contemptuous statement during a closed-door meeting, but on Tuesday, he showed little compunction reliving it during a rally in Pennsylvania.

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Dec 02

WATCH: Trump says the word 'affordability' is a 'con job' by the Democrats

By Steff Staples

President Trump suggested that the rising cost of living in the United States is a "fake narrative" that is being pushed by Democrats.

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Nov 20

Mamdani says he wants to talk affordability with Trump during Oval Office meeting

By Anthony Izaguirre, Philip Marcelo, Associated Press

Mamdani, a 34-year-old democratic socialist, is set to travel to Washington for a meeting in the Oval Office with Trump on Friday, a potentially explosive pairing of polar-opposite politicians.

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Nov 17

Analysis shows more U.S. consumers are falling behind on utility bills

By Josh Boak, Associated Press

A new analysis of consumer data shows that more people in the United States are falling behind on their utility bills.

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Jan 23

Fewer homes affordable for middle-class buyers, analysis finds

By Josh Boak, Associated Press

In the past year, the availability of homes that a middle-class family could buy has declined in 86 percent of the largest metro areas, according to a Redfin analysis.

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