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August 26, 2024

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Fierce Montana Senate race highlights tribal safety concerns

Montana’s hotly contested Senate race has highlighted public safety concerns among the state’s Native American community, a key voting bloc in the 2018 reelection of Democratic Sen. Jon Tester.

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Trump: Musk may be too busy to serve in Cabinet, but he’s available to ‘consult’

Former President Trump said Tesla CEO Elon Musk would be too busy to serve in his Cabinet if he won the November election, but suggested the billionaire tech mogul could serve in a “consultative role.”

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Harris, Trump campaign rally in populist economics

Presidential candidates who have secured party support ahead of a general election have traditionally taken ideologically center-center positions on economic policy issues to appeal to middle-class moderates in both parties.

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The conference board Consumer Confidence Index It will be announced on Tuesday, August at 10am ET.

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French President Emmanuel Macron said the arrest of the head of the Telegram messaging app was not political.

PARIS (AP) — French President Emmanuel Macron said Monday that the French CEO of …

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Good to know

Business and economic news from other media:

Dow Tech stocks closed at record highs Drag down S&P and Nasdaq (CNBC)
Boeing’s new CEO Faced with tough choices after NASA ignores them Starliner SpaceX (Bloomberg)
meet Big donors Millions injected Towards the 2024 election (The Washington Post)

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Top stories on The Hill right now:

Harris leads Trump by 7 points: poll

A poll released Friday showed Vice President Harris leading former President Trump by seven points nationwide, marking the latest uptick for a Democratic presidential candidate as the general election approaches. read more

Harris leads Trump, boosts Democratic chances of victory in House and Senate

With Vice President Harris replacing President Biden as the top presidential candidate, the races for the White House and Congress have shifted to the Democrats’ advantage, but all three races are expected to be close, according to the latest Decision Desk HQ (DDHQ)/The Hill election forecast analysis. read more

What people think

Opinions on business and economic issues submitted to The Hill:

Financial privacy is under fire. This issue deserves the attention of both parties.
Voting against your own interests: Why do the wealthy support Harris?