AP Spotlight ELECTION 2024 Bacon hogs the spotlight in election debates, but reasons for its sizzling inflation are complex DEE-ANN DURBIN AP Business Writer Oct 12, 2024 Oct 12, 2024 Updated Apr 15, 2025 0 Facebook Twitter Bluesky WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save She blames greedy companies for price-gouging. He blames the Biden administration’s economic policies.kAmz2>2=2 w2CC:D 2?5 s@?2=5 %CF>A 28C66 @? @?6 E9:?8i %2AA:?8 :?E@ D@FC 4@?DF>6C D6?E:>6?E 23@FE 9:89 8C@46CJ AC:46D :D @?6 H2J E@ 4@FCE G@E6CD]k^AmkAmq24@? AC:46D 92G6 366? 2 A2CE:4F=2C 7@4FD 7@C %CF>A] w6 >6?E:@?65 E96> :? 9:D $6AE] `_ 5632E6 H:E9 w2CC:D 2?5 282:? 2 H66< =2E6C 5FC:?8 2? :?E6CG:6H @? }qrVD “|66E E96 !C6DD]”k^AmkAm“%9:?8D 2C6 ?@E 8@:?8[ C:89E ?@H[ G6CJ H6== 7@C E96 4@?DF>6C[Q %CF>A D2:5] “q24@? :D FA 7:G6 E:>6D]”k^Am kAm%CF>AVD >2E9 :D HC@?8[ 3FE 324@? 92D D66? D@>6 D:KK=:?8 AC:46 :?4C62D6D] p44@C5:?8 E@ 7656C2= 52E2[ &]$] 324@? 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Business US inflation reaches lowest point in 3 years, though some price pressures remain CHRISTOPHER RUGABER Associated Press
Business Social Security recipients will get a 2.5% cost-of-living boost in 2025, smaller than in recent past By FATIMA HUSSEIN Associated Press
Doctor: Harris in 'excellent health.' Her team aims to contrast with Trump's scant medical info An Army colonel and physician to the vice president detailed exam results and wrote that Harris, 59, maintains a healthy, active lifestyle.
How voting before Election Day became so widespread and so political Roughly 50 years ago, about 95% of voters cast their ballots in person on Election Day. That number has fallen gradually as states have provid…
