The average rate on a 30-year fixed mortgage rose this week to 7.4%, according to the latest Freddie Mac data released Thursday. That is up from last week's reading of 7.28%.

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The decision to ban the UAL, the Joint List and Balad's party leader Sami Abu Shehadeh and Jewish MK Ofer Cassif from Hadash is expected to reach the Israel High Court for review

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US President Donald Trump said on Friday he is banning three major news outlets – CNN, MS NOW and Politico – from the White ​House in his latest move to crack down on the independent press.

U.S. crude oil dropped below $100 per barrel for the first time since Sept. 11 and Brent crude fell to as low as $101.

U.S. crude oil dropped below $100 per barrel for the first time since Sept. 11 and Brent crude fell to as low as $101.

The Federal Reserve on Wednesday approved its first interest rate hike since 2023 and indicated another to come.

Energy Transfer, whose CEO is a major Trump donor, named as biggest single methane producer in new rankings

Officials said the center is facing “certain fiscal collapse” within weeks, insist that adding President Donald Trump’s name may be the only way to avoid bankruptcy.

With prompt and appropriate medical care, experts say, people shouldn’t die from an ectopic pregnancy. Women in Texas and Oklahoma have sued over delays in care, which, coupled with our new analysis, ...

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Speaking at a party convention, the US president gave no details on how the plan would work or where the money would com

Speaking at a party convention, the US president gave no details on how the plan would work or where the money would come from.

With prompt and appropriate medical care, experts say, people shouldn’t die from an ectopic pregnancy. Women in Texas and Oklahoma have sued over delays in care, which, coupled with our new analysis, ...

Corey Lewandowski is a disposable underling, but he’s protected enough to scorn the law.

The Trump administration is considering opening a vast swath of a wildlife refuge near Vernal to expanded oil and gas leasing. Critics call it ‘wildly irresponsible.’

Oil prices are rising steadily with no end in sight to the U.S.-Iran standoff impeding tanker traffic in the Strait of Hormuz.

The actor criticised Paramount-Warner Bros merger, linking it to Oracle's ties with Israeli military amid Gaza genocide.

Tariff refunds and the ever-resilient U.S. consumer are fueling the heftiest rise in big-company profits in years

An executive order from Trump, which is stymied in the courts, required the U.S. Postal Service to rapidly build a complex system to vet mail ballots.

Almost everyone is now accounted for after dozens of hikers were airlifted to safety, an official says.