2+ week, 6+ day ago   (878+ words) By JOHN HANNA and SARAH RAZA The U.S. plans to reopen a border crossing in Arizona to cattle from Mexico on Monday as part of a broader effort by the Trump administration to reduce record-high beef prices, though economists doubt the…...

3+ week, 2+ day ago   (417+ words) Ice cream was a rare and expensive treat for centuries because of the difficulty of storing ice. In the summer of 1790, President George Washington spent $200 on ice cream, the equivalent of $7,259 today, according to the International Dairy Foods Association. By…...

3+ week, 3+ day ago   (780+ words) By CHRISTOPHER RUGABER and STAN CHOE Bessent said Thursday on CNBC that the bond repurchase program could be larger than $4 billion. “We have a big toolkit so we’ll see,” Bessent said. “We believe that the yields don’t reflect the underlying…...

3+ week, 4+ day ago   (396+ words) The minutes of the July 28-29 meeting, released Wednesday, don’t provide specifics on how many of the 19 officials supported higher rates. Only 12 of the 19 policymakers vote on the outcome. Officials voted 9-3 at the meeting to keep their key rate unchanged at…...

3+ week, 4+ day ago   (817+ words) By WILL WEISSERT and COLLIN BINKLEY Trump gushed for several uninterrupted minutes about granite being laid and said the chopper landing area would leave visiting foreign leaders “very impressed” — including Chinese President Xi Jinping, who is coming next month. At…...