On Wall Street, claims that a president is responsible for the fate of the stock market are largely dismissed as bluster.
Category: United States Politics and Government
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Harris’s Price-Gouging Ban: Price Controls or No Quick Effect?
The plan does not appear to amount to government price controls. It also might not bring down grocery bills anytime soon.
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AI Companies Have Pitched US Political Campaigns. The Campaigns Are Wary.
More than 30 tech companies have pitched A.I. tools to political campaigns for November’s election. The campaigns have been wary.
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Congress Presses Health Insurance Regulators on ‘Troubling’ Billing Tactics
Lawmakers are zeroing in on MultiPlan, a firm that has helped insurers cut payments while sometimes leaving patients with large bills.
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The Democratic Party’s Money Machine
The Democratic National Committee is again raising huge sums from donors, but the rise of super PACs has forced it to adapt to a new era of big-money influence.
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Harris and Trump Offer a Clear Contrast on the Economy
Both candidates embrace expansions of government power to steer economic outcomes — but in vastly different areas.
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U.S. Awards $1.6 Billion to Texas Instruments to Build Semiconductor Plants
The funding stems from the bipartisan CHIPS Act, which aims to bolster the production of critical semiconductors in the United States.
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U.S. Unveils Price Limits for 10 Costly or Common Medications
The Biden administration said it would have saved $6 billion had the new prices been in effect last year.
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2026 Prices for Drugs That Are Subject to Negotiations
The prices were made possible by the Inflation Reduction Act, which granted the health secretary the authority to negotiate on behalf of Medicare.
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U.S. to Announce Prices for First Drugs Picked for Medicare Negotiations
The Biden administration said it would have saved $6 billion had the new prices been in effect last year.
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Harris Will Back Federal Ban on Price Gouging, Campaign Says
The vice president is leaning into an effort to partly blame big companies for inflation, as progressives have pushed her to embrace that argument.
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Gwen Walz, la esposa calmada y ultracompetente de Tim Walz
Al principio de la carrera política de su marido, intervino para ayudar. Algunos se preguntaron: ¿Por qué no es ella la candidata?