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Five reasons investors are feeling good about stocks again

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Five reasons investors are feeling good about stocks again

Anxiety has given way to hope on Wall Street.Stocks are back near records, recovering from a slump spurred by fears that the excitement about the artificial-intelligence boom has outstripped the potential profits.Optimism about AI has proved durable. But other important factors are also powering gains. Here’s a look at some of the reasons investors expect that the rally could go further from here:Stocks currently look very expensive by some measures, […]

todayDecember 8, 2025 5

Bessent says US ‘going to finish the year’ with 3% GDP growth despite government shutdown

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Bessent says US ‘going to finish the year’ with 3% GDP growth despite government shutdown

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said he expects the U.S. to end the year with a better-than-expected 3% gross domestic product (GDP) growth.Bessent appeared Sunday on CBS News' "Face the Nation" and was asked by host Margaret Brennan about whether President Donald Trump was wrong to predict this spring that Americans may buy "two dolls instead of the 30 dolls" and that "maybe the two dolls will cost a couple of bucks […]

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Murdaugh trial court clerk pleads guilty to showing sealed crime scene photos to photographer

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Murdaugh trial court clerk pleads guilty to showing sealed crime scene photos to photographer

A former South Carolina court clerk pleaded guilty Monday in connection with showing sealed court exhibits related to the murder trial of disgraced attorney Alex Murdaugh to a photographer and lying about it in court.Mary Rebecca "Becky" Hill, who served as the court clerk in Colleton County, pleaded guilty to four charges — obstruction of justice and perjury for showing a reporter photographs that were sealed court exhibits and then […]

todayDecember 8, 2025 5

Trump to unleash $12B farm rescue as China trade reset hits US growers

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Trump to unleash $12B farm rescue as China trade reset hits US growers

President Donald Trump is poised to roll out a $12 billion farm aid package to support farmers, according to the White House. The aid package will provide up to $11 billion toward the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) new Farmer Bridge Assistance Program, which is designed to provide single payments to row crop farmers, while the remaining $1 billion will go to farmers whose crops do not qualify for the program. Further […]

todayDecember 8, 2025 4

Charlotte residents say they feel less safe as city faces second transit stabbing

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Charlotte residents say they feel less safe as city faces second transit stabbing

Two in three Charlotte, North Carolina, residents say they feel less safe today than they did a year ago, according to a recent survey, as the city reels from two violent train stabbings.More than 930 people responded to a survey that the Queen City recently completed before hiring its new police chief, Stella Patterson. Residents overwhelmingly said they want a proactive police force, not a reactive one, with 66% saying […]

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Trump HHS changes transgender Biden official’s nameplate back to birth name during shutdown

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Trump HHS changes transgender Biden official’s nameplate back to birth name during shutdown

The Department of Health and Human Services has altered the official portrait of a transgender former Biden administration official to display the individual's birth name, rather than adopted name.The former official, who currently goes by Rachel Levine, achieved the rank of admiral and served in President Joe Biden's administration as an assistant secretary for health. Levine was born a male and was the first transgender person to secure a Senate […]

todayDecember 8, 2025 3

MTG defends herself as ‘America first’ after Trump slams her on Truth Social

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MTG defends herself as ‘America first’ after Trump slams her on Truth Social

President Donald Trump and Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, R-Ga., have been taking shots at each other on social media Monday, following Greene's Sunday night appearance on "60 Minutes" in which she drew the president's ire.Greene, who is set to retire from Congress when her term ends in January, said during the interview that Republicans are "terrified" of not going along with Trump and being the subject of an angry Truth […]

todayDecember 8, 2025 4

Another restaurant in beleaguered San Francisco mall closing

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Another restaurant in beleaguered San Francisco mall closing

Shake Shack is closing up its shop inside San Francisco's largest mall as new owners take over the beleaguered property. A Nov. 25 filing with state labor officials revealed that the fast-food chain will permanently close its location inside the Westfield San Francisco Centre on Market Street on Dec. 14, a move that will impact 26 employees.Shake Shack told FOX Business that San Francisco Centre, which has been plagued by soaring […]

todayDecember 8, 2025 5

Lawmaker urges release of Venezuela strike footage as parties split over whether targets were defenseless

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Lawmaker urges release of Venezuela strike footage as parties split over whether targets were defenseless

One of the few U.S. lawmakers who have seen classified footage of the U.S. military's strikes against a suspected drug boat off the coast of Venezuela believes the public should get to see the evidence, too."I think it's really important that this video be made public. It's not lost on anyone, of course, that the interpretation of the video, which you know, six or seven of us had an opportunity […]

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