The Federal Reserve's announcement of a pause in benchmark interest rates and a forecast of rate cuts next year led to a surge in stock indexes to one-year highs.

Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell and Patrick Harker, head of the Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia, visited York, Pennsylvania, to hear the concerns of small-business owners grappling with inflation, high interest rates, labor shortages, and post-pandemic economic challenges.

The breakdown of global supply chains during the pandemic has been widely recognized as a major driver of inflation.

The Federal Reserve announced a pause in its rate-hiking campaign, acknowledging the need to wait for the effects to permeate the economy but indicating that more rate hikes are likely this year.

Small businesses have been neglected and lacked advocacy in Washington D.C. and the White House.

Many people suggest that implementing a "gag order" or a verbal straight jacket would only increase the former president's audience.

After the devastating derailment in Ohio, the DOJ has decided to file a lawsuit against Norfolk Southern for violating the Clean Water Act.