Economy adds 165,000 jobs in October, nearly triple forecasts, as unemployment dips to 4.1% and earlier months are revised up.
Georgia sends cities and counties one-time grants cutting $18,000 off qualifying homeowners’ assessed values, lowering this year’s property tax bills, Gov. Kemp announces.
New Jersey Gov. Sherrill warns 12 fuel terminal operators that unloading Russian diesel breaks a 2022 federal ban, after Trump lifted sanctions on it.
Vance blames Iran war for GOP’s midterm losses, and Trump says his vice president “maybe” won’t run in 2028.
Tungsten miner with Trump’s sons as investors plans a $2 billion public listing as US agencies weigh up to $1.6 billion in funding.
Virginia opens health insurance enrollment with $150 million in first-come, first-served state subsidies to offset Congress letting enhanced federal credits expire.
Housing finance agency under Pulte blocked its watchdog’s reviews of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, then cut most of its budget, inspector general tells Congress.
Affordable Care Act benchmark premiums rise 13% next year, up about 42% since 2025, as federal subsidy cuts drive healthier people out, KFF finds.
Federal Reserve holds rates steady six days before midterms, as Governor Cook, whom Trump is trying to fire, casts her first dissent for a hike.
IRS emails “Claim your child’s Trump Account!” naming Trump 11 times a week before the midterms, days after Social Security sent its own pitch.
Trump urges making Venezuela the 51st state while touting 1 million barrels of its oil, pitching the idea to oil billionaire Harold Hamm.
UN Ambassador Waltz holds up a photo of Fidel Castro’s Rolex to defend the Cuba embargo, a day before the 34th annual vote to end it.
Federal Trade Commission and 20 states sue Dollar General for charging more at the register than on the shelf, after every undercover visit found overcharges.
Trump announces Audi’s $4 billion, 4,500-job Georgia auto plant at a campaign rally 10 days before the midterms, crediting his tariffs.
Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, passes the first county paid parental leave law, requiring businesses with 15-plus workers to give up to 12 weeks at full pay.
Trump replaces Canadian tariffs Maine Sen. Collins says she got lifted with new ones, the White House reveals less than an hour after her announcement.
Los Angeles stops shutting off water and power for unpaid home bills through 2026 at Mayor Bass’s request, after record summer and fall heat waves.
Agriculture Department reopens New Mexico ports to Mexican livestock Monday, days after screwworm cases put much of southern New Mexico in an infested zone.
New York City Council votes 40-7 to end horse carriage rides by June 2028, four months after a runaway carriage horse killed an 18-year-old tourist.
Loudoun County, Virginia, gets Amazon to drop four planned data centers, build homes instead and donate 25 acres for an arts and recreation center.
Trump administration drops appeals of rulings striking its plan to cut off loan forgiveness for workers at groups aiding undocumented immigrants and transgender youth.
Trump announces $8 billion in one-time diesel relief payments to farmers at a Kansas rally, crediting Republican Sen. Marshall 15 days before the midterms.
Broward County, Florida, school board approves free menstrual products in student restrooms at least seven schools in a one-year pilot.
Illinois erases $1.4 billion in medical debt for 694,000 residents from a $10 million budget, mailing letters instead of making them apply.
Trump tells Kentucky rally the Pentagon will invest $100 million in drugmaker Antheia to revive a Winchester plant “if the Republicans win” the midterms.
Nashville offers locally owned businesses open 15 years or more up to $30,000 in grants to survive as beef and labor costs climb.
Trump tells Georgia rally his $5,000 dividend must be spent in the US, then jokes it buys “one hamburger and a small dessert” at Mar-a-Lago.
Nevada pulls $52 million in pandemic relief from rural broadband near Pahrump after its contractor says it can’t finish by the year-end federal deadline.
Trump waives the Russia sanctions law he signed last month, citing “national interest,” a week after announcing a deal with Putin for Russian diesel.
Federal Aviation Administration seeks ownership stake in the startup behind its AI air traffic tool, months after awarding it a contract worth up to $876 million.
Federal judge refuses to let crypto firm Gemini and its federal regulator jointly erase the firm’s $5 million fine, as founders back Trump family ventures.
Canadian Prime Minister Carney says US is trying to break Canada to “own us” as Alberta votes Monday on starting toward a separation referendum.
South Dakota offers first-time homebuyers a 5% down payment boost through a loan forgiven after five years in the home.
Inflation rises to 3.7% in September as gas prices jump 9.1% on Middle East war, doubling odds of October Federal Reserve rate hike.
Social Security Administration sets 3.6% benefit increase for nearly 72 million in January, the largest since 2023, as trust fund faces insolvency in six years.
Attacks on ships near Strait of Hormuz hit wartime high of at least 10 since Sunday, after traffic recovered to 80% of prewar levels.
FTC and seven states ask judge to hold former drug executive Martin Shkreli in contempt, saying he livestreamed trades violating his lifetime pharma ban.
Treasury fines Bank of America $1.2 billion after the bank admits willfully failing to report more than $5 billion in suspicious transactions.
Memphis councilwoman directs $159,000 in council grant funds to cancel more than $17 million in medical debt for 12,000 residents.
White House posts Trump video promising every adult $5,000 “if the Republicans win,” five days after he dodged whether the checks aim to win votes.
Iran-backed Houthis threaten “swift and painful” response if US joins Saudi strikes, after a week of Riyadh airport attacks killed at least 20.
Trump announces a Russia-Ukraine “energy ceasefire” that Ukrainian President Zelenskyy calls “news for me,” as Russia strikes a Kharkiv power plant hours later.
Seven senators, four of them Republicans, demand Trump reverse his Russian diesel deal, saying it defies the 2022 law banning Russian energy imports.
Justice Department opens antitrust probe of ABC, CBS, NBC, Fox News and CNN for suspending White House pool coverage after Trump banned CNN.
Trump says Ukraine should get “a new leader” after Ukrainian President Zelensky calls easing sanctions on Russian diesel a “gift to Putin.”
North Carolina Gov. Stein suspends the state’s 41-cent gas tax through November, tapping $362.3 million in reserves to keep roads funded.
Trump names three of his officials to investigate Fed Governor Cook’s mortgages at a closed Nov. 5 hearing, after the Supreme Court blocked her firing.
Trump temporarily lifts sanctions on Russian diesel after a Putin call to ease $6.28-a-gallon prices, and Ukrainian President Zelensky calls it a “weak decision.”
Trump bought up to $5 million in SpaceX debt two days before signing a policy to expand commercial launches, his August disclosure shows.
Trump awards Musk, Google co-founder Brin, Nvidia’s Huang and three other tech leaders some of the nation’s highest scientific honors at an innovation summit.