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Federal Reserve Chairman Kevin Warsh and his colleagues voted to hold their benchmark interest rate steady Wednesday. The central bank had raised rates in September, in an effort to curb persistent inflation.
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Fed holds interest rates steady even as inflation remains stubborn
Scott Horsley
The Federal Reserve opted to leave its benchmark interest rate unchanged — but investors widely expect the central bank to raise rates at its next meeting in December to combat stubborn inflation.
Dolores Huerta is seen at the California Democratic Party's 2025 State Convention at the Anaheim Convention Center in Anaheim, May 31, 2025.
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Dolores Huerta, influential labor leader, feminist and civil rights icon, dies at 96
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Cookie Jones, left, quit her job to provide care to her mother who has Alzheimer's disease. Caregivers often earn less as they take time off work to help aging family members.
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What's gone up even faster than gas or rent? The cost of caregiving
Kat McGowan
Emergency services attend to the victims at the scene of a collision between two trains in Urda, Spain, on Wednesday.
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Dozens are dead in a high-speed train crash in Spain
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Texas Standard
Abbott’s appeal freezes Hinojosa’s access to Musk emails
The records dispute comes just days before the Nov. 3 midterm elections. Gov. Greg Abbott is seeking a fourth term against his Democratic challenger, state Rep. Gina Hinojosa of Austin.
Senders of mysterious trans advocacy texts and mailers in Texas must reveal themselves, judge rules
A Texas cop signed on to help ICE deport his neighbors. It tore the town apart
Texas Standard for Oct. 28, 2026: What changed for women in Texas politics after Ann Richards
Trump visits Lubbock and Corpus Christi as Republicans fight to hold Texas’ US Senate seat
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