When foreign aid budgets get cut in Washington, the effects don't stay inside the Beltway — they ripple outward to some of the world's most vulnerable people. According to the United Nations, at least one million women have now lost access to humanitarian support as a direct result of funding reductions over the past year and a half.
If you've been house hunting lately, you've probably noticed something strange: builders are cutting prices left and right, yet buying a home still feels out of reach for a lot of families. That disconnect is now showing up in the numbers that track how the people who actually build homes are feeling about the market — and the outlook isn't good.
When the government reported that inflation reached its highest level in three years last month, most Americans felt it before they even saw the headline — at the gas pump, in the grocery aisle, and in the gap between what their paycheck says and what their bills demand.
