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Polls suggest Republicans may have a very good Election Day, possibly ending the night with control of both the House and Senate. If that happens, inflation is likely to be a major reason why, as months of rising prices have Americans stressed about the future. The cost of just about everything from food to energy to clothing is increasing—costs were up 6.2% in September from a year earlier,

U.S. President Joe Biden, who has earned praise for his efforts to rally European allies and other nations against Russian President Vladimir Putin's invasion of Ukraine, will turn to uniting Americans in the State of the Union speech on Tuesday.

With the conflict in Ukraine raging, Biden intends to use the annual speech to stress the importance of countering Putin and push his domestic

President Biden told congressional leaders from both parties on Tuesday morning that they must act to prevent a nationwide rail strike, saying that doing so was “not an easy call” but was necessary because the economy would be “at risk” if the trains shut down as a result of a work stoppage.

Meeting with the top Democratic and Republican lawmakers in the House and Senate, Mr. Biden told

Robert Hur, the lawyer appointed to oversee the probe into the mishandling of classified documents found in President Joe Biden’s former private office and in his garage, is a former senior leader in the Department of Justice under former president Donald Trump and was the department’s point person for overseeing the investigation into Russian election interference. 

“He has a great