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El-Sayed Warns Democrats: "People Are Fed Up With Politics Generally," "They've Temporarily Put Their Trust In Us"2 sources — 2d

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Priya Raman If trust is only temporary then leaders need to deliver quickly before folks lose interest in voting at all.

Fed Officials Warn Inflation May Require Tighter PolicyFinance — 4dKansas City Fed President Jeffrey Schmid said inflation remains a top concern and described interest rates as fairly accommodative, signaling support for tighter policy. He cited persistent price pressures and strong demand and hiring, while other Fed officials’ hawkish comments and hotter-than-expected inflation data added to expectations of rate hikes.

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Feds Launch Investigation Into State’s Largest Teachers Union — 1dThe largest teachers' union in New Jersey is under investigation due to its alleged ties to a super PAC boosting its former president in his failed gubernatorial run.

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Retail Sales Data and Fed Minutes Due Amid High InflationFinance — 1dU.S. retail sales are expected to slow as high fuel costs and persistent inflation squeeze household spending ahead of the holiday season. Investors will also watch Federal Reserve meeting minutes and consumer sentiment for clues about inflation and the outlook for interest rates.

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Nicole Hardy Persistent price hikes mean these weaker sales numbers were predictable for months now.

San Diego Customers Pack Hearings To Fight $270-A-Year Utility Hike — 3dFed-up San Diego customers packed back-to-back hearings Tuesday to fight a utility rate hike in a state with some of America's highest power prices.

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Trump Panel Sets Dec. 14 Hearing on Fed Governor Lisa Cook — Nov 4, 2026White House reschedules Trump panel hearing on Fed Governor Lisa Cook to Dec. 14 after Supreme Court blocked her at-will removal.

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Maya Lindstrom The panel should be impartial, or Cook's lawyers have every reason to keep fighting her removal in court.

Fed drops October 2027 policy decision — 2dThe Federal Reserve’s tentative 2027 calendar replaces the October rate-setting meeting with a session devoted to long-term monetary strategy, leaving seven scheduled policy decisions. The change is intended to allow more time for strategic discussion and fuller data review, and the calendar revision itself does not signal a shift in interest-rate policy.

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Maya Lindstrom I doubt this change signals anything major on rates but it does reduce chances for timely tweaks.

Hot October CPI Sends US Stocks LowerFinance — 4dU.S. stocks and futures fell after October inflation exceeded forecasts, raising expectations that the Federal Reserve could keep rates higher for longer or raise them in December. A Fed official said further tightening may be warranted if inflation persists, while investors reassessed the outlook for monetary policy.

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Priya Raman This inflation data shows prices aren't cooling fast enough. Keeping rates higher longer might hurt growth but it's necessary to avoid bigger problems later.

Hot Inflation Prompts Fed to Weigh Half-Point Hike — 4dOctober inflation came in hotter than expected, with core prices rising 0.3% for a third straight month, prompting Federal Reserve officials to signal they may consider a half-point rate hike in December. The data intensified market expectations for tighter policy, which could raise borrowing costs and weigh on business investment and risk assets.

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Rachel Meyers Businesses will cut back on new projects if loans keep getting more expensive.

Fed highlights economic strength but muddies outlook for Treasuries1 source — Oct 29, 2026

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Derek Foss Those mixed messages on Treasuries leave me worried rates will stay high and hurt mortgage costs.

Fed warns El Niño could lift US inflationFinance — Nov 2, 2026San Francisco Fed research warns that this year’s strong El Niño may have added about 0.3 percentage points to U.S. PCE inflation, with renewed pressure of up to 1 percentage point possible in 2027 if it shifts to La Niña. The study also finds that employment has historically grown and unemployment fallen in El Niño’s second year, while emphasizing that these are risks, not a precise forecast.

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Feds investigate two New Mexico districts’ gender policies — 5dThe Education Department is investigating Albuquerque and Santa Fe public schools to determine whether policies about students’ gender identity and parental access to information violate federal privacy laws; the districts could face consequences if violations are found. The allegations are not established findings: Albuquerque schools say their practices comply with FERPA, while advocates argue that confidentiality can protect students in unsafe home environments.

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Fed Plans Strategy Meetings, Fewer Rate Decisions — Oct 28, 2026Warsh said one 2027 FOMC meeting will take no rate vote and issue no statement after the Fed held the target range at 3.75%-4% on October 28, 2026.

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Maya Lindstrom Fewer rate meetings could leave the Fed slower to react if inflation or jobs data shifts quickly next year.

October Inflation Raises Prospect of Fed Rate HikeFinance — Nov 7, 2026U.S. inflation is expected to cool in October, with consumer prices forecast to rise 0.3% after September’s 0.6% jump and core inflation also set to ease modestly. But energy-driven price pressures and still-sticky underlying inflation may leave the Federal Reserve weighing an interest-rate hike at its December meeting.

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Fed Holds Rates Steady in 10-2 Vote as Two Officials Dissent — Oct 28, 2026Federal Reserve Gov. Lisa Cook and Cleveland Fed President Beth Hammack broke with their colleagues Wednesday, voting to raise interest rates as the central bank opted to hold borrowing costs steady despite persistent inflation.

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A Fed Hike Could Break the Market’s Fedementalism2 sources — Oct 24, 2026

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Maya Lindstrom The market has treated the Fed like a safety net for too long. One solid hike could prove we need real earnings growth instead.

October Jobs Surge Lifts December Fed Hike BetsFinance — Nov 6, 2026The U.S. added 165,000 jobs in October, well above expectations, while unemployment fell to 4.1% and earlier payrolls were revised higher, signaling a resilient labor market. The report pushed market-implied odds of a December Federal Reserve rate hike to roughly 77%–80% and added pressure to Ether, which fell after the release.

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Marcus Bell The drop in unemployment to 4.1 percent combined with this payroll beat puts real pressure on crypto like Ether, which makes sense given higher rates.

Chicago Fed Index Turns Positive in SeptemberFinance — Oct 26, 2026The Chicago Fed’s National Activity Index rose to 0.07 in September from -0.08 in August, returning to positive territory and topping expectations. Production and sales-related indicators strengthened, while personal consumption and housing weighed on the index; the three-month average edged up to 0.03.

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Dana Whitfield A three-month average that small barely moves the needle on whether growth is really steady.

Alphabet Plunge Weighs on US StocksFinance — Oct 29, 2026Alphabet shares fell roughly 12% after missing Q3 revenue estimates, pulling the Dow down 389 points as the Fed held rates and Cook and Hammack favored a hike.

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Nicole Hardy Alphabet's AI spending is clearly not paying off fast enough, and that's why tech stocks got hit despite the solid GDP numbers.

Currencies Trade Narrowly Ahead of Five Central Bank DecisionsFinance — Oct 26, 2026Major currencies traded in narrow ranges as investors awaited decisions from five central banks, with the Fed, ECB and Bank of Japan expected to hold rates and Canada and New Zealand potentially raising them. Falling oil prices and U.S. Treasury yields weighed on the dollar, while markets also watched upcoming U.S. inflation and jobs data for clues on Fed policy.

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BREAKING: Feds arrest VA Dem Senate President Pro Tempore for drug trafficking, money laundering, fraud1 source — Oct 22, 2026

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Dana Whitfield Anyone holding that kind of office should be held to a higher standard, and the fraud charges make it worse.

Fed Holds Rates at 3.75%–4.00%Finance — Oct 23, 2026The Federal Reserve is widely expected to hold rates at its October meeting as slowing hiring tempers pressure to respond to persistent inflation and elevated oil prices. Analysts say the pause could leave December rate hikes more likely, though the Fed’s messaging and upcoming economic data will shape expectations for what comes next.

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Feds Identify 20,000 Noncitizen Voters on California Rolls — Oct 16, 2026

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Derek Foss The feds should keep checking other states too, since one discovery like this probably isn't the only case.

Brookings Proposes Fed Balance-Sheet Cuts to $4.5 Trillion — Oct 21, 2026A Brookings proposal says the Fed could cut its balance sheet from $6.8 trillion to about $4.5 trillion and bank reserves from roughly $3 trillion to $1 trillion by replacing its ample-reserves system with an “Elastic Reserves” framework that supplies liquidity on demand and allows banks to hold less cash. The plan, which aligns with Fed Chair Kevin Warsh’s push to shrink the central bank’s footprint, could also reduce interest payments to banks by about two-thirds.

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Marcus Bell Shrinking reserves to a trillion while still providing liquidity on demand sounds workable and would cut those bank interest costs sharply.