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By raising borrowing rates, the Fed makes it costlier to take out a mortgage or an auto or business loan. Consumers and businesses then presumably borrow and spend less, cooling the economy and slowing inflation.

The Biden administration has offered a deal to Russia aimed at bringing home WNBA star Brittney Griner and another jailed American Paul Whelan.

Fed raises rates by 0.75 points for second month in a row  Financial Times Fed makes history with second massive rate hike in as many months  CNN Federal Reserve raises interest rates by 0.75%, matching June’s historic move  Yahoo Finance The Fed just

And in Congress it may be about to arrive

The government says emissions of nitrogen oxide and ammonia, which livestock produce, must be drastically reduced close to nature areas that are part of a network of protected habitats for endangered species stretching across the European Union.

Brittney Griner testifies she signed documents without understanding what they said after being stopped at Moscow airport  CNN Brittney Griner testifies during Russia trial  WFAA Latest Russia-Ukraine War News: Live Updates  The New York Times I Might Have Been in Brittney Griner’s Shoes  The

(LONDON, England) — James Lovelock, the British environmental scientist whose influential Gaia theory sees the Earth as a living organism gravely imperiled by human activity, has died on his 103rd birthday. Lovelock’s family said Wednesday that he died the previous

Federal Reserve officials raised interest rates by 75 basis points for the second straight month, delivering the most aggressive tightening in more than a generation to curb surging inflation—but risking a sharp blow to the economy. Policy makers, facing the

SYDNEY—Nancy Pelosi hasn’t said if she’s going to Taiwan, but if she does she’d be entering one of the world’s hottest and most contentious spots. While U.S. officials say they have little fear that Beijing would attack the U.S. House

Americans’ mental health tanked during the first year of the pandemic. More than 36% of U.S. adults experienced symptoms of anxiety or depression in August 2020, according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. By January 2021, the