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Head of South Carolina elections fired after voting machine contract had unexplained $4M overrun 10/15/2025 06:46pm • COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — The South Carolina Election Commission is trying to figure out how a contract for new machines for voting for $28 million ended up costing the agency $4 million more. The investigation into buying the 3,200 ballot scanners in 2024 has led to the firing of the head of the elec In Va.'s House District 22, candidates tackle data centers, rising costs in race for legislature’s future 10/15/2025 04:25pm • Republican state Del. Ian Lovejoy wants to continue his work in the Virginia House of Delegates representing voters in part of Prince William County, and is facing a challenge from Democrat and former state lawmaker Elizabeth Guzman. Both have different views on how to address data centers, reproduc The 2026-27 FAFSA application is live. Here's what to know 10/15/2025 11:07am • NEW YORK (AP) — The Free Application for Federal Student Aid for the 2026-27 school year has officially opened. Despite the U.S. government shutdown, the Education Department will continue to process the FAFSA. If you plan to attend college next year, Jill Desjean, director of policy analysis at Trump and budget chief Vought are making this a government shutdown unlike any other 10/14/2025 09:36pm • WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump is making this government shutdown unlike any the nation has ever seen, giving his budget office rare authority to pick winners and losers — who gets paid or fired, which programs are cut or survive — in an unprecedented restructuring across the federal The Latest: Trump awards Charlie Kirk the Presidential Medal of Freedom 10/14/2025 09:00pm • President Donald Trump awarded the nation’s highest civilian honor, the Presidential Medal of Freedom, posthumously to Charlie Kirk on Tuesday. Kirk was an activist who inspired a generation of young conservatives and helped push the nation’s politics further to the right; he was killed last mon 7 Best International Stock Funds to Buy for 2025 10/14/2025 08:00pm • Investment analysts use a variety of fundamental metrics to gauge whether the U.S. stock market is overvalued. One of the most widely cited is the cyclically adjusted price-to-earnings (CAPE) ratio, also known as the Shiller P/E, named after Nobel Prize-winning economist Robert Shiller. The CAPE rat Is the AmEx Platinum Card Annual Fee Worth It? 10/14/2025 08:00pm • The American Express Platinum Card® is a popular rewards card known for its suite of luxury perks, such as concierge service, travel protections and access to various lounge networks. However, these top-tier benefits come with an $895 annual fee, which can be steep for some travelers. Although the IMF more upbeat about US growth than just months ago, but outlook is dimmer than last year 10/14/2025 07:45pm • WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. and global economies will grow a bit more this year than previously forecast as the Trump administration's tariffs have so far proved less disruptive than expected, the International Monetary Fund said Tuesday, though the agency also said the extensive duties still pose As US wood tariffs kick in, kitchen cabinet companies look for a silver lining 10/14/2025 04:31pm • NEW YORK (AP) — Cabinet dealers, interior designers and remodeling contractors in the U.S. hope new tariffs on imported kitchen cabinets, bathroom vanities and upholstered wooden furniture that kicked in Tuesday will create more business for them and eventually boost domestic production of those p Maine Gov. Mills plans to confront President Trump again with her campaign for the US Senate 10/14/2025 02:52pm • PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — The New England governor who told President Donald Trump to his face that she would see him in court now plans to challenge Maine’s Republican U.S. senator at the ballot box. Democratic Gov. Janet Mills cited her White House confrontation with the Republican president in F French prime minister will suspend a pension reform to avoid government collapse 10/14/2025 12:23pm • PARIS (AP) — French Prime Minister Sébastien Lecornu on Tuesday announced he would suspend a much-debated plan to raise the retirement age from 62 to 64, in a move aimed at preventing his fragile minority government from being toppled. After a week of political turmoil, the newly reappointed Leco Police fire tear gas at Brussels protest against austerity measures 10/14/2025 11:29am • BRUSSELS (AP) — Belgian police used tear gas and a water cannon in an attempt to disperse tens of thousands of people who flooded Brussels on Tuesday to protest Prime Minister Bart De Wever's proposed austerity measures. Minor scuffles broke out between police and protesters, some of whom played d Editorial Roundup: United States 10/14/2025 11:21am • Excerpts from recent editorials in the United States and abroad: ___ Oct. 11 The Washington Post on the revival of the U.S.-China trade war The United States and China, inveterate rivals yet inextricably interlinked, are once again barreling into a trade war nobody wants. Tit-for-tat tariffs and exp GM to take a $1.6 billion hit as tax incentives for EVs are slashed and emission rules ease 10/14/2025 08:21am • General Motors will record a negative impact of $1.6 billion in its next quarter after tax incentives for electric vehicles were slashed by the U.S. and rules governing emissions are relaxed. Shares fell less than 2% before the opening bell Tuesday. The EV tax credit ended last month. The clean veh Nations meet to consider regulations to drive a green transition in shipping 10/14/2025 08:00am • The world’s largest maritime nations gathered in London on Tuesday to consider adopting regulations that would move the shipping industry away from fossil fuels to slash emissions. If the deal is adopted, this will be the first time a global fee is imposed on planet-warming greenhouse gas emission