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Fed Seen Driving Interest-rates Higher To Beat Back Inflation

The Federal Reserve is seen delivering another large interest-rate hike in three weeks' time and ultimately lifting rates to 4.75%-5% by early next year, after a government report showed inflation remained stubbornly hot last month despite a historically fast pace of Fed rate rises so far this year.
Shoppers line up before opening at a Costco store, following reports of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) cases in the country, in Seattle

When The AI Goes Haywire, Bring On The Humans

Used by two-thirds of the world's 100 biggest banks to aid lending decisions, credit scoring giant Fair Isaac Corp and its artificial intelligence software can wreak havoc if something goes wrong.
Lawyer Cleta Mitchell speaks during a Capitol Hill hearing

'Stop The Steal' Supporters Train Thousands Of U.S. Poll Observers

Inside the El Paso County clerk's office in Colorado, where officials had gathered in July to recount votes in a Republican nominating contest for this year's midterms, dozens of angry election watchers pounded on the windows, at times yelling at workers and recording them with cell phones.
Asylum-seeking migrants from Venezuela cross the Rio Bravo river to turn themselves in to U.S. Border Patrol agents to request asylum in El Paso, Texas, U.S., as seen from Ciudad Juarez

U.S. To Expel Venezuelan Migrants To Mexico Under Joint Plan

U.S. and Mexican officials have agreed to a plan to curb rising numbers of Venezuelans crossing their shared border that will enable the United States to expel Venezuelans to Mexico while also granting humanitarian access to thousands of them by air.

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