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Legislation to address housing affordability passed Monday with overwhelming support in the House, where lawmakers on both sides of the aisle have homed in on pocketbook issues for the midterm campaigns.

President Trump on Monday threatened to block the opening of a bridge between Michigan and Ontario until the U.S. is given control of half of it as well as adequate compensation.

Ordering in, once an occasional indulgence, has become a nationwide habit, particularly among young adults who have become addicted to food delivery apps.

Sometimes it's a fall that brings a broken hip and a loss of mobility. Or memory problems that bubble into danger. Or the death of the partner who was relied upon for care.

The operator of roughly 180 Eddie Bauer stores across the U.S. and Canada has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection, blaming declining sales and a litany of other industry headwinds.

About 6,000 public schoolteachers in San Francisco went on strike Monday, the city's first such walkout in nearly 50 years.

A trial focused on the dangers of child sexual exploitation on social media and whether Meta misrepresented the safety of its platforms began Monday in New Mexico with opening statements.

A big rally for global stock markets that began in Asia on Monday petered out by the time trading got to Wall Street.

Vice President J.D. Vance landed Monday in Armenia, making him the first sitting president or vice president to visit the landlocked country in the Caucasus region of western Asia.

The latest Gallup poll, released Monday, finds that most Americans expect inflation and unemployment to worsen this year, even as the stock market improves.