An odd thing was happening in the run-up to Tuesday’s election that few apart from compulsive market watchers were noticing but now looms large in the wake of former President Donald Trump’s election to a second term. Over the past 60 days or so, interest rates consumers pay for mortgages, auto loans and credit cards

By KIM COOK, Associated Press Deborah Reinhardt has fond memories of her mother and grandmother cooking in aprons dusted with flour or other signs of that day’s meal. And then there were the special occasions. “Grandma, especially, wore the fancier ones with ruffles and silky fabric for serving Thanksgiving dinner,” says Reinhardt, who lives in

Listening to climate activists, you’d be forgiven for concluding greenhouse gas emissions are like acid rain: a domestic problem that U.S. legislation can solve. In their view, America must do its part for the global cause by radically slashing its own emissions. As NOAA’s Climate.gov has stated, “Anticipated increases in greenhouse gas emissions from China and other

Donald Trump has quickly begun selecting members of his governing team. On Monday, he tabbed former New York congressman Lee Zeldin to run the EPA. Not surprisingly, progressive greens attacked the choice. Zeldin is “obviously not what you would hope to see from the person who could be in charge of protecting the air we