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President-elect Claudia Sheinbaum must grapple with a hefty budget deficit, brought about in part by spending on infrastructure and social programs.

Financial regulators are worried about derivatives markets — especially ones regarding elections.

In the lead-up to the 2024 general election, joint fundraising committees have collected $1 billion in contributions so far.

Campaigns and advocacy groups may spend up to $17 billion on ads in 2024. Many pitches will focus on the local and the personal.

Checking in with the remaining reporters in Val Verde County, Texas, three years after its last daily newspaper folded.

Researchers have labeled 204 counties in America as “news deserts” — places that lack access to credible, reliable news sources. That includes Val Verde County, Texas.

How can consumers protect themselves from malicious AI? We’ll dig in.

But that might not change the way prisons use inmates as labor.

Where the votes go could determine how investors — and their portfolios — could look at the U.S.