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Steady consumer spending and strength in the labor market keep supporting U.S. stocks despite fears of a recession.

The Dow Jones Industrial Average climbed Monday to its first record since mid-July, the latest example of investors’ faith in the domestic economy powering U.S. stocks to fresh highs.

Buoyed by optimism about a U.S.-China trade accord and last week’s upbeat figures

Black voters are getting a significant amount of attention these days.

In many ways, it’s a welcome development: After years of helping Democrats secure crucial election victories, black voters are being recognized as an influential voting bloc. This was perhaps most notable in 2008 and 2012, where their increased turnout helped deliver the White House to Barack Obama, the nation’s

That's the headline from the Washington Post's signature political blog, 'The Fix.' It's referring to the steadily deteriorating polling position of President Obama's signature "accomplishment," in advance of the Supreme Court's hotly-anticipated verdict on its constitutionality. Here is WaPo's chart of its own Obamacare survey data over the last three years:

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Gas stations were dry across the southeastern United States this week following a ransomware attack that shut down one of the east coast's main gasoline pipelines. The Colonial Pipeline shut down operations Saturday after the hack; it delivers roughly 45% of all of fuel consumed along the east coast. Stations