ACA Vote, Fed Cuts Interest Rates, US-Venezuela
With Obamacare health insurance subsidies set to expire this month, millions of Americans are bracing for massive increases in healthcare costs. Also, the Federal Reserve’s decision to cut interest rates may help the job market but hurt efforts to wrangle inflation. Will the central bank continue slashing rates into 20-26? Plus, the Trump administration says it’s seized an oil tanker off the coast of Venezuela.
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It was produced by Ziad Buchh, Nia Dumas and Christopher Thomas.
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2025-12-11
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