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This word means how fast prices are rising. It hit 3.7% in September compared with a year earlier.
What is inflation?
The midterm elections take place on this date in 2026.
What is November 3?
The World Series begins on this date.
What is October 23?
The Iran war began on February 28, 2026, when the U.S. and this country launched an air war.
What is Israel?
Social Security checks will rise by this percentage in 2027, about $75 more per month for the average retiree.
What is 3.6%?
This party holds narrow majorities in both the House and the Senate.
What is the Republican Party?
The Brewers lead this team 3-0 in the NLCS. This team is the two-time reigning World Series champion.
Who are the Los Angeles Dodgers?
Two cargo ships sank this week near this narrow waterway after being hit by unknown projectiles.
What is the Strait of Hormuz?
This U.S. central bank raised interest rates in September for the first time since 2023. Its next decision is October 28.
What is the Federal Reserve (the Fed)?
Polls showed as many as 7 in 10 Americans oppose building these AI facilities in their area.
What are data centers?
The Cleveland Guardians lead this Florida team 2-1 in the ALCS.
The Cleveland Guardians lead this Florida team 2-1 in the ALCS.
Russian drones hit Kyiv and this second-largest Ukrainian city, killing at least nine people.
What is Kharkiv?
Worries about whether this tech boom can last rattled Wall Street this week.
What is AI (artificial intelligence)?
The UN says about 800,000 people near the city of Taiz are cut off from aid in this country.
What is Yemen?
About one-third of the world’s supply of this farm product normally ships through the Strait of Hormuz.
What is fertilizer?