Bryant Burton was snuggled up with his one-year-old Staffordshire terrier, Baby, watching the US presidential debate on Tuesday, when Donald Trump uttered the words that thrust his hometown of Springfield, Ohio, into the centre of America’s election maw — and may have forever besmirched its reputation.“In Springfield, they’re eating the…

The Nebraska Supreme Court ruled Friday that competing measures that would expand or limit abortion rights can appear on the November ballot. The high court’s ruling came days after it heard arguments in three lawsuits that sought to keep one or both of the state’s competing abortion initiatives off the…

It’s that time of year when many of those who have Part D prescription drug coverage experience sticker shock. Here is a sample of what’s happening with my clients. Can this be right? The $141 copay for my expensive eye drops just shot up to $520 and the costs for…

Mortgage rates fell this week to the lowest levels in over a year and a half, but elevated rates and high home prices are still keeping would-be buyers and sellers out of the housing market. Freddie Mac’s latest Primary Mortgage Market Survey, released Thursday, showed that the average rate on…

The U.S. government for the first time has spent more than $1 trillion this year on interest payments for its $35.3 trillion national debt, the Treasury Department reported Thursday.With the Federal Reserve holding benchmark rates at their highest in 23 years, the government has laid out $1.049 trillion on debt…

American Airlines flight attendants approved a five-year labor deal, ending one of the industry’s most contentious contract negotiations and giving cabin crews more than 20% raises at the start of October.Eighty-seven percent of the American Airlines flight attendants who voted approved the contract, the union said Thursday, shortly after polls…

When you’re making a purchase at a store’s checkout counter, you may be invited to sign up for the retailer’s store card and promised an initial discount on what you’re buying, plus future perks. “Ok, why not?” you think. Here’s why not: If you ever end up carrying a balance…

Chinese “pure play” electric vehicle carmaker NIO Inc. (NYSE:NIO) — a long-touted “Tesla Killer” — announced its second quarter (Q2) earnings for its Fiscal Year (FY) 2024 on the 5th of September. By no means was the stock a massive earner in the Year Till Date (YTD) until then. However,…

Unlock the Editor’s Digest for freeRoula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter.New York City’s police commissioner Edward Caban has resigned amid a sprawling federal corruption investigation that has threatened to engulf mayor Eric Adams’s administration.The move comes days after Caban’s phone was reportedly…

Former President Donald Trump has returned to a time-honored tradition of his: citing junk online polls to claim he was the clear winner of a presidential debate that scientific polls found he lost. He did it in 2016 after his debates against Hillary Clinton. He did it in 2020 after…