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Joe Biden at health care costs event

New cap on Medicare Part D out-of-pocket prescription costs goes into effect

Pumpjacks draw out oil and gas from well heads as wildfire smoke hangs in the air near Calgary, Alberta, May 12, 2024.

Trump tariff threats cast a shadow over Canadian oil imports

Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell holds a press conference in the Federal Reserve Headquarters in Washington, DC, on Wednesday, December 18, 2024.

Federal reserve rate cuts to slow in 2025

In this image taken with a drone, Jason Kwapi operates a combine, at left, during soybean harvesting on the Voss farm near Palo, Iowa, Oct. 2, 2024.

US economic growth accelerated in third quarter

Medicine bottles

Big Pharma pushes repeal of drug price negotiation that lowers costs for consumers

A general view of the U.S. Department of the Treasury, in Washington, D.C., on Tuesday, June 20, 2023.

Nonpartisan scorekeeper: Trump’s tax cuts for the rich would not bring economic growth

A person counting money.

GOP plan to privatize mortgage firms could cost new borrowers $2,800 more annually

Bob and Kristina Lange

These Republican Pennsylvania farmers are voting for Harris for president

Rob Bresnahan

Bresnahan supports tax cuts, balanced budget plan that would imperil safety net programs

Donald Trump

Economists say Trump’s plans will increase inflation and national debt

Shoppers at Walmart

Inflation is down under Biden and Harris. Trump’s tariffs would send it soaring again.

Republican presidential nominee former President Donald Trump talks with workers in the kitchen of ll Toro E La Capra during a campaign event, Friday, Aug. 23, 2024, in Las Vegas. (AP Photo/Julia Nikhinson)

Trump said he ‘hated’ to pay workers overtime. In office, he could gut overtime rules.