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House Speaker McCarthy secured the support of GOP members to pass a bill to increase the nation's borrowing limit while slashing federal spending. Democrats say it threatens a default.

The world's biggest oil company has announced it made $161 billion in profits in 2022, a whopping figure for the corporation and its main shareholder, the Saudi government.

Officials say all four University of Idaho students who were found dead inside a home near campus are considered victims in the case, but police have yet to release the cause of deaths.

Phone and electric car batteries are made with cobalt mined in the Democratic Republic of Congo. Cobalt Red author Siddharth Kara describes the conditions for workers as a "horror show."

People are paying for blenders, shirts and even groceries in installments. New research suggests this encourages people to overspend.

New York on Tuesday became the latest state in the nation to move to force schools to do away with the use of Native American team names or mascots. Those that don't comply risk losing their funding.

Holidays can bring added stress to many seniors and families. An Encinitas resource center tries to help ease that stress with gifts.

E-cigarette maker Juul Labs has tentatively agreed to a settlement of $438.5 million for marketing its products to young people.

Housing has long been a major benefit for service members, a subsidy to salaries that trail the private sector.

The woman next to me, who described herself as knowing "zero" about the economy, asked whether I thought the Federal Reserve would continue raising interest rates. I felt an acute sense of dread.