Mortgage rates rise
There’s bad news for the housing market.
U.S. economy
Oil prices rise as stocks fall
The average price of gas fell Thursday, March 26 for the first time since the start of the war in Iran.
Stocks and oil prices keep yo-yoing on uncertainty about when the war with Iran will end
Hopes for a possible end to the war with Iran are pushing stocks higher again on Wall Street Wednesday, while oil prices ease.
Bipartisan bill would ban sports bets
A new bipartisan bill aims to ban some betting with prediction-market exchanges.
Some state officials say shifting mail ballot deadline will complicate plans for November elections
As he left the chambers of the U.S. Supreme Court, where justices had just heard arguments Monday over whether to prevent states from counting mail ballots that arrive after Election Day, Nevada Secretary of State Cisco Aguilar texted his staff 3,000 miles away.
Senators consider deal to fund Homeland Security but not ICE enforcement as airport lines snarl
Senators are discussing a proposal to end the Homeland Security budget stalemate by funding much of the department, including the Transportation Security Administration airport workers going without pay, but excluding ICE’s enforcement and removal operations that have been core to the dispute.
Cost of dog ownership rises
Today is National Puppy Day.
Oil prices ease and stocks jump after Trump says Iran is talking with the US, despite Iran’s denials
Relief is ripping through financial markets Monday after President Donald Trump said the United States has talked with Iran about a possible end to their war. Oil prices are easing, and stock prices are jumping on Wall Street following severe losses elsewhere in the world before Trump’s announcement.
Mortgage rates continue to climb
Mortgage rates in the U.S. climbed this week as investors weigh the economic impact of the war in Iran.
US says it destroyed 16 mine-laying vessels as Iran threatens to block Gulf oil exports
The U.S. said it took out more than a dozen mine-laying Iranian vessels Tuesday, and the Islamic Republic vowed to block the region’s oil exports, saying it would not allow “even a single liter” to be shipped to its enemies.
