Welcome to the 'Great Freeze': Why companies aren't firing, workers can't grow, and the unemployed can't get jobs

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Hiring and layoffs are low in the US.

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Watch the Reagan tariff ad that set off Trump's latest fight with Canada

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Former US President Ronald Reagan in White House's Oval Office, Washington, DC, on October 14, 1987.
Trump cut off trade talks with Canada after Ontario used Ronald Reagan in an anti-tariff ad.

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Trump says a 'friend' donated $130 million to pay the US military during the shutdown

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Donald Trump said a friend of his made a $130 million donation to the Pentagon but did not say who it was.

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Ontario to pause ad featuring Ronald Reagan that led Trump to terminate Canada trade talks

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Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney is talking to President Donald Trump.
President Donald Trump said in a Truth Social post on Thursday night that he was ending trade negotiations with Canada.

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Inflation accelerated in September, with prices up 3%

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The Bureau of Labor Statistics published inflation data on Friday.

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The White House said there probably won't be an inflation report next month

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White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt said there will likely be no inflation report in October.

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Millions of retirees are about to get a 2.8% raise in Social Security benefits

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Millions of people will receive higher Social Security benefits next year.

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Billionaire Mark Cuban says abolishing billionaires would mean destroying the stock market and wiping out Americans' savings

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Mark Cuban at a Senate Committee on Aging hearing on Capitol Hill on October 22, 2025.
Mark Cuban is worth an estimated $6.6 billion, built from tech startups, investing, and owning the Dallas Mavericks, making him the world's 639th richest person, per Forbes.

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I'm an 82-year-old real-estate broker and forklift driver. I have no plans to retire — they'll have to drag me out.

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Bill Miller still works as a real estate broker and forklift driver.

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Americans are going back to cheap, simple beer

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