One round down, three to go. The College Football Playoff field is down from 12 teams to eight — including the hometown Miami Hurricanes — after the first round of games as we get closer to the Jan.

House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-Louisiana, speaks with reporters in the U.S. Capitol during the last votes of the year on Thursday, Dec. 18, 2025. Most Republicans in the U.S. House agree they don’t ...

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Wall Street kicked off the holiday-shortened week with a broad stock market rally. The S&P 500 rose 0.6%. The market benchmark finished within striking distance of its Dec. 11 closing high of 6901.

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Most Republicans in the U.S. House agree they don’t want to extend expiring Affordable Care Act tax credits, but the party — including members from Texas — still has not coalesced around an ...

Washington DC - The Supreme Court on Friday upheld a law that will ban TikTok in the US, potentially denying the video-sharing app to 170 million users in two days. In a major defeat for TikTok, the ...

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*Some upside action in the mega-cap stocks and PNC Financial has lent some early support to the futures market. *The tape suggests that bulls have remained in control of the market action and that ...