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FACT FOCUS: A look at Harris' economic agenda 08/16/2024 05:08pm • Vice President Kamala Harris unveiled her economic agenda in a speech Friday in Raleigh, North Carolina. The Democratic presidential nominee laid out plans including a proposal for a federal ban on what she called price gouging on groceries, as well as $25,000 in down payment help for certain first- The Latest: Trump promotes falsehoods while Harris is scrutinized for her shifting policy stances 08/16/2024 05:07pm • The running mates of former President Donald Trump and Vice President Kamala Harris are coming under greater scrutiny as the presidential election heats up. Republican Ohio Sen. JD Vance winds down several unsuccessful charities that he started after the successful publication of ���Hillbilly Elegy Ex-University of Florida president gave former Senate staffers large raises, report finds 08/16/2024 04:15pm • GAINESVILLE, Fla. (AP) ��� Spending by recently resigned University of Florida President Ben Sasse is coming under scrutiny after the student-run newspaper found that he awarded secretive consulting contracts and gave high-paying jobs to former members of his U.S. Senate staff and Republican allies Harris has offered a string of new economic proposals. Here's a closer look at what's in them 08/16/2024 11:39am • WASHINGTON (AP) ��� Vice President Kamala Harris is out with a string of new economic proposals focused on food prices, taxes, housing and medical costs that she says will empower the middle class. The plans constitute the first major policy proposals that Harris has released in the nearly four wee What do marijuana, the death penalty and fracking have in common? Harris shifted positions on them 08/16/2024 11:03am • WASHINGTON (AP) ��� As California���s attorney general, Kamala Harris successfully defended the death penalty in court, despite her past crusade against it. As a new senator, she proposed abolishing cash bail ��� a reversal from when she chided San Francisco judges for making it ���cheaper��� to com Germany's quarrelsome government clinches a deal on the 2025 budget 08/16/2024 10:53am • BERLIN (AP) ��� Germany's quarrelsome governing coalition reached an agreement Friday on details of the country's 2025 budget, weeks after Chancellor Olaf Scholz and top officials clinched an initial deal that then got bogged down in a new dispute, further damaging the unpopular government's image. As the Middle East frets about conflict, Dubai booms with an influx of anxious wealth 08/16/2024 03:55am • DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) ��� As conflict casts a shadow across the Middle East, people are getting rich in Dubai. The desert sheikdom���s economy is buzzing with tourism and construction as it positions itself as a safe haven in a region that's resting on a knife���s edge following the assa Palau's president says China is weaponizing lucrative tourism over his refusal to break Taiwan ties 08/16/2024 02:57am • WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) ��� Beijing weaponized tourism to the Pacific archipelago of Palau over its allegiance to Taiwan and its accusations that China was behind a major cyberattack there, President Surangel Whipps Jr. told The Associated Press. Palau, along with Tuvalu and the Marshall Islan Praise for Hungary and people having more children: Takeaways from Vance's statements on birth rates 08/16/2024 12:49am • One of the catchphrases of this election came from a moment three years ago when Donald Trump���s running mate JD Vance mocked Vice President Kamala Harris and other Democrats he accused of being anti-family and called them ���childless cat ladies.��� The Harris campaign and her Democratic allies se What do marijuana, the death penalty and fracking have in common? Harris shifted positions on them 08/16/2024 12:40am • WASHINGTON (AP) ��� As California���s attorney general, Kamala Harris successfully defended the death penalty in court, despite her past crusade against it. As a new senator, she proposed to abolish cash bail ��� a reversal from when she chided San Francisco judges for making it ���cheaper��� to com Beyond 'childless cat ladies,' JD Vance has long been on a quest to encourage more births 08/16/2024 12:38am • MIAMI (AP) ��� Five summers ago, Donald Trump���s running mate JD Vance ��� then a 34-year-old memoirist and father of a 2-year-old boy ��� took the stage at a conservative conference and tackled an issue that would become a core part of his political brand: the United States' declining fertility ra Harris zeroes in on high food and housing prices as inflation plays a big role in the campaign 08/15/2024 08:05pm • WASHINGTON (AP) ��� Vice President Kamala Harris is zeroing in on high food and housing prices as her campaign previews an economic policy speech Friday in North Carolina, promising to push for a federal ban on price gouging on groceries and laying out plans to cut other costs as she looks to addres What Is Mortgage Amortization? 08/15/2024 08:00pm • When you take out a mortgage to buy a home, your monthly payment includes two basic components: principal and interest. Most mortgages have a fixed repayment schedule in which the payment amount stays the same throughout the loan term, but the percentage of the payment going toward interest versus p How to Retire in France 08/15/2024 08:00pm • Two years ago, Amy Witherbee packed up her belongings and moved to France. "It was one of those pandemic moves," she says. "We really wanted something different." As a financial advisor and president of Sanderling Expat Advisors, she now helps others make the move. While she cautions that moving to Is Florida's Housing Market in Trouble? 08/15/2024 08:00pm • Recent headlines are sounding a warning that Florida's housing market could be in trouble. Affordability issues driven by record-high home prices and elevated mortgage rates have caused the housing market to slow across the country. In some areas like Florida, less demand is simultaneously being met