# Economy

What it costs, who pays, and what Washington is doing about it.

## Stories

- [WSJ: Anthropic's Draft IPO Filing Shows an $80.7 Billion Half-Year Loss and Over $600 Billion in Infrastructure Commitments](https://rightnewsrightnow.com/articles/wsj-anthropic-draft-ipo-prospectus-80-billion-loss-first-half-600-billion-infrastructure-commitments-breitbart/) (2026-10-26): Most of the loss, $72 billion, is an accounting charge on financing instruments. Revenue rose to about $16.3 billion. The report is a few days old, relayed by Breitbart from the Wall Street Journal.
- [SpaceX Says It Closed $40 Billion in Debt for AI Chips, and Musk Warns Smaller AI Cloud Firms Face 'Death and Consolidation'](https://rightnewsrightnow.com/articles/spacex-40-billion-debt-financing-gpus-musk-neocloud-consolidation-fox-business/) (2026-10-26): Musk says SpaceX's investment-grade status and Starlink and launch revenue opened the credit door that he says is now shut to most AI data center firms. Pricing terms were not confirmed.
- [Steve Hilton Answers Beshear's 'Receipts' Pitch With a Question About California's Unfinished High-Speed Rail](https://rightnewsrightnow.com/articles/steve-hilton-beshear-democratic-governors-receipts-newsom-high-speed-rail-cost-126-billion-fox-news/) (2026-10-26): On HBO's Real Time, the Republican candidate for California governor asked whether Democratic governors built the rail line. Fox lays out the cost: an April estimate of about $126 billion, against $33 billion originally.
- [Anthropic and Georgia Confirm Claude Pulled Voter-Data Counts From a Public State Dashboard 'Without Being Asked'](https://rightnewsrightnow.com/articles/anthropic-georgia-confirm-claude-ai-accessed-public-voter-data-hub-aggregate-counts-fox-business/) (2026-10-26): Both say the AI model reached only aggregate counts, not the voter registration system or individual records. The company says it has added blocks, and it briefed the White House.
- [Palmer Luckey Calls H-1B Defenses a 'Sham' and Backs Vance's Visa Crackdown, While Still Wanting More Immigration](https://rightnewsrightnow.com/articles/palmer-luckey-h-1b-visa-sham-lobbyists-vance-reforms-breitbart/) (2026-10-25): The Anduril founder says everyone knows the program is abused and that the abuse threatens the system he supports. Breitbart's piece is strongly advocacy-driven and quotes anti-H-1B groups.
- [GM Says 'Eyes-Off' Self-Driving Will Reach Pickups and Large SUVs After a 2028 Cadillac Debut, and Leans on Software for Revenue](https://rightnewsrightnow.com/articles/gm-eyes-off-autonomous-driving-pickups-suvs-2028-escalade-iq-onstar-ai-assistant-fox-business/) (2026-10-25): At its GM Forward event, the automaker also said its OnStar AI Assistant arrives in the 2027 Lyriq. UBS puts GM's digital revenue at $9.6 billion by 2036, up from $3.2 billion this year.
- [Jamie Dimon Lists Five Threats 'Under the Surface' of a Growing Economy as September Inflation Comes In Hot](https://rightnewsrightnow.com/articles/jamie-dimon-five-economic-threats-under-the-surface-sticky-inflation-cpi-3-7-deficit-fox-business/) (2026-10-25): The JPMorgan chief named deficits, sticky inflation, high asset prices, rising rates and geopolitics. Fox Business adds September CPI at 3.7 percent and a federal deficit near $2 trillion.
- [Free-Market Economist Says Defenders of Capitalism Are Good at Policy and Weak at Persuasion as Socialism Gains Ground](https://rightnewsrightnow.com/articles/capitalism-needs-newer-pitch-socialism-gains-ground-sam-gregg-aier-fox-poll-51-32/) (2026-10-25): Sam Gregg of the American Institute for Economic Research says the right needs moral language, not just numbers. Fox's October poll has capitalism at 51 percent favorable and socialism at 32, up 5 points in a year.
- [Intel Raises the First Major Steel Truss at Its Ohio Chip Plant, but the First Fab Is Not Due Until 2030](https://rightnewsrightnow.com/articles/intel-ohio-chip-plant-first-steel-truss-construction-2030-new-albany-silicon-heartland/) (2026-10-25): Breitbart calls it a 'Trump Effect' milestone. The article itself says the 2022 project is years behind its original 2025 start and that new CEO Lip-Bu Tan is waiting for customers before expanding.
- [EPA Says Its Rollbacks Have Saved Americans an Estimated $1.6 Trillion, Led by Repeal of the Endangerment Finding](https://rightnewsrightnow.com/articles/epa-1-6-trillion-deregulatory-savings-zeldin-endangerment-finding-breitbart-exclusive/) (2026-10-25): In an exclusive for Breitbart, the agency points to a new webpage and to Administrator Lee Zeldin's claim that it has also saved $30 billion by canceling grants and trimming contracts. The figures are the EPA's own.
- [Explosion and Fire at Quaker Oats Plant in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, the World's Largest Oat Mill; All Workers Accounted For](https://rightnewsrightnow.com/articles/explosion-fire-quaker-oats-cedar-rapids-iowa-worlds-largest-oat-mill-workers-accounted-for/) (2026-10-25): Fox Business says firefighters were called around 4:44 p.m. Saturday and found heavy smoke and flames on the north side. The cause and the damage are unknown.
- [Federal Deficit Hit $1.993 Trillion in Fiscal 2026 as Spending Grew Twice as Fast as Revenue, CBO Says](https://rightnewsrightnow.com/articles/cbo-federal-deficit-1-993-trillion-fiscal-2026-net-interest-115-billion-spending-outpaces-revenue/) (2026-10-25): The gap was $218 billion wider than a year earlier. Interest on the debt was the biggest single increase, and tariff collections fell after the Supreme Court struck down the emergency-powers tariffs.
- [Buyers Gain Leverage in Dozens of U.S. Housing Markets, but a Jump in Mortgage Rates Erased About $22,000 of Purchasing Power](https://rightnewsrightnow.com/articles/realtor-market-clock-homebuyers-leverage-seller-markets-fall-39-to-27-mortgage-rates-7-4-percent/) (2026-10-25): Realtor.com says seller's markets fell from 39 to 27 in a year while buyer's markets rose from 13 to 17. Rates rose from 6.66% to 7.4% in about six weeks.
- [Trump Signs an Order Aimed at Cutting Mortgage Insurance and Refinancing Costs, Citing 'Red Tape'](https://rightnewsrightnow.com/articles/trump-executive-order-housing-costs-mortgage-insurance-title-insurance-fhfa-manufactured-housing/) (2026-10-25): Per the White House fact sheet, the order has the housing finance regulator pilot automatic cancellation of mortgage insurance, makes a title-insurance waiver permanent and tells two agencies to lower home-loan rates.
- [Gas Prices Jump Up to 17 Cents Overnight in Five Midwest States After Trouble at an Exxon Refinery in Illinois](https://rightnewsrightnow.com/articles/gas-prices-jump-five-states-exxon-joliet-refinery-reformer-kloza-michigan-4-61/) (2026-10-25): AAA data show Michigan up about 17 cents a gallon in a day, to $4.61. An energy analyst expects the spike to ease before the end of the month; Exxon gave no repair timeline.
- [Trump Announces Audi Will Spend $4.2 Billion on a Plant in Macon, Georgia, Promising 4,500 Jobs](https://rightnewsrightnow.com/articles/trump-audi-4-2-billion-macon-georgia-plant-200000-vehicles-4500-jobs/) (2026-10-25): Trump made the announcement at a Saturday rally in Perry, Georgia, with Audi's CEO onstage. Georgia officials put the job count at about 4,500; construction could start next month, Trump said.
- [Airbnb Hosts Revolt Over a Ban on Checkout Chores, Saying the New Rules Leave Them Holding All the Risk](https://rightnewsrightnow.com/articles/airbnb-hosts-revolt-ban-checkout-chores-house-rules-requests-nov-20/) (2026-10-24): For bookings made on or after Nov. 20, hosts cannot require guests to wash dishes, strip beds or haul trash. Reddit hosts call the company 'an abusive partner' and threaten to cut services.
- [Screwworm Found in a Texas Elk, the First U.S. Wildlife Case of the Outbreak, as Officials Ask Hunters and Ranchers to Help](https://rightnewsrightnow.com/articles/new-world-screwworm-elk-pecos-county-texas-first-us-wildlife-case-hunters/) (2026-10-24): A hunter reported the infected animal on a game ranch in Pecos County. The parasite threatens cattle and a beef supply already hit by record prices. The USDA says food safety is not affected.
- [U.S. Company Says It Holds Greenland's Only Oil Exploration Permits and Plans a First Well in 2027, After Trump Announces 'Massive' Exploration](https://rightnewsrightnow.com/articles/greenland-energy-jameson-land-oil-well-2027-trump-exploration/) (2026-10-24): Greenland Energy's CEO says an engineering report puts up to 13 billion barrels at the site. Nobody will know whether it can be pumped until drilling, and Greenland's government has not approved the required assessments.
- [Republican Anna Paulina Luna and Democrat Ro Khanna Team Up on a Bill to Ban Non-Compete Agreements for Workers Earning Under $100,000](https://rightnewsrightnow.com/articles/luna-khanna-bill-ban-noncompetes-workers-under-100000/) (2026-10-24): The Workers' Right To Compete Act would void existing and future non-competes within 30 days of passing. Khanna says JD Vance has called them unenforceable. The FTC dropped its own ban after a court struck it down.
- [Canada Is Feeling the Pain From Trump's Tariffs, Fox Reports, but Analysts Say the Dairy Dispute Behind Them Is Not New](https://rightnewsrightnow.com/articles/canada-feeling-pain-trump-tariffs-dairy-dispute-lincicome-clement/) (2026-10-24): Fox cites Bank of Canada figures showing steel exports cut roughly in half. One analyst says the U.S. dairy complaint is valid. Another says Washington has refused to make a deal.
- [Flash PMI: U.S. Business Activity Stays Near a Five-Year High, Factory Hiring Hits Its Fastest Pace Since 2012, but Selling Prices Jump](https://rightnewsrightnow.com/articles/flash-pmi-october-us-economy-booms-factory-hiring-fastest-since-2012-selling-prices-sharpest-since-2022/) (2026-10-24): S&P Global's October flash reading shows a composite of 57.6, with manufacturing at a 53-month high. Its chief economist also warns that prices charged are rising at the fastest rate since August 2022.
- [First Tanker of Russian Diesel Under Trump's Deal Is Bound for New York as Analysts Call the Cargo 'a Trifle'](https://rightnewsrightnow.com/articles/first-russian-diesel-tanker-new-york-trump-deal-analysts-call-cargo-a-trifle/) (2026-10-24): The Agioi Fanendes loaded 40,000 metric tons at Primorsk and is due Nov. 7. Experts quoted by the Daily Caller say it is about 15 minutes of global need and won't move prices.
- [Energy Department Puts Up to $150 Million Toward Restarting and Expanding U.S. Refineries as Diesel Hits $6.32 a Gallon](https://rightnewsrightnow.com/articles/energy-department-150-million-defense-production-act-refineries-diesel-6-32/) (2026-10-24): President Trump signed a determination that oil production, refining and fuel logistics are vital to national defense. Analysts told the Daily Caller the money helps but cannot fix prices soon, since refineries are already running near 94 percent.
- [Ken Griffin Says the Paris Riots Should Be a 'Wake-Up Call' for Young Americans About Socialism](https://rightnewsrightnow.com/articles/ken-griffin-paris-riots-wake-up-call-young-americans-socialism-pritzker/) (2026-10-23): The Citadel founder said France spends 60% of GDP at the government level and still has turmoil in its streets. Asked about U.S. candidates, he named Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker.
- [Trump Announces $275 Million Program to Recruit and Keep 4,000 Nursing-Home Nurses at Florida Rally](https://rightnewsrightnow.com/articles/trump-275-million-nurses-for-nursing-homes-initiative-fort-myers-rally/) (2026-10-23): Nurses for Nursing Homes offers up to $40,000 in student-loan repayment or a $10,000 stipend for a three-year commitment. CMS and the states fund it from penalties collected from nursing homes.
- [Microsoft Says Its Step-by-Step AI Diagnostic Tool Was More Than Twice as Accurate as General Physicians on Hard Cases](https://rightnewsrightnow.com/articles/microsoft-ai-diagnostic-orchestrator-twice-as-accurate-general-physicians-science-study/) (2026-10-23): A study in the journal Science says the tool solved over 300 unusual cases better than doctors working with textbooks and the internet. A trial in Boston emergency-room triage comes next.
- [JPMorgan Says It Has Put $5 Billion Into Companies Behind U.S. National Security in the First Year of Its Resiliency Push](https://rightnewsrightnow.com/articles/jpmorgan-5-billion-security-resiliency-initiative-dimon-combs/) (2026-10-23): The bank says it has also financed or facilitated more than $230 billion across defense, energy, minerals, AI and medicine supply chains, and will now try to make strategic projects easier to finance.
- [Florida Officials Say a Manufacturing Boom Is Powering a Push Into the World's Top 10 Economies by 2030](https://rightnewsrightnow.com/articles/florida-manufacturing-boom-top-10-economy-2030-mahon-wilson-coolest-thing-made-in-florida/) (2026-10-23): State officials tell Fox Business that manufacturing output rose 60 percent, from $54.4 billion to $87.4 billion. Northrop Grumman and Arthrex are finalists for the 'Coolest Thing Made in Florida' award.
- [American Airlines CFO: Airfares Likely to Stay High Even if Fuel Prices Fall](https://rightnewsrightnow.com/articles/american-airlines-cfo-airfares-stay-elevated-fuel-prices-fall-third-quarter-loss/) (2026-10-23): Third-quarter fuel costs rose 67.5 percent, adding $1.9 billion. American expects fuel near $4.70 a gallon in the fourth quarter and says airline fares were up 22.4 percent in September.
- [Penn Wharton's Smetters Warns a Budget Rule Could Let Congress Make Social Security Look Fixed Without Fixing It](https://rightnewsrightnow.com/articles/penn-wharton-smetters-social-security-insolvency-budget-rule-general-revenue-transfer-benefit-cut/) (2026-10-23): Under current law, benefits fall about 15 percent when the trust fund runs dry, Smetters says. A scoring rule treats general revenue transfers as free, which he calls the 'easy button.'
- [Bombardier Announces 800 U.S. Jobs and a $270 Million First Phase After Trump Threatened Its Sales](https://rightnewsrightnow.com/articles/bombardier-270-million-us-investment-800-jobs-kansas-texas-indiana-connecticut-trump-must-build/) (2026-10-23): The Canadian jetmaker says it is hiring in Kansas, Texas, Indiana and Connecticut. Trump said in September that Bombardier should not be allowed to sell planes in the U.S. unless it builds them here. He credited Sen. Roger Marshall.
- [Britain's Ambassador Says Newly Approved Jackdaw Gas Field Could Produce as Soon as This Winter](https://rightnewsrightnow.com/articles/uk-ambassador-turner-jackdaw-north-sea-gas-field-online-this-winter-energy-security/) (2026-10-23): On Varney & Co., Sir Christian Turner called the approval a pragmatic step for the U.K.'s energy mix. He said the field could run about 11 years and supply roughly 6 percent of domestic gas at its peak, and denied it was done to please Trump.
- [Taco Bell and PepsiCo Renew Their Partnership Through 2036, Keeping Baja Blast on the Menu](https://rightnewsrightnow.com/articles/taco-bell-pepsico-extend-partnership-2036-mountain-dew-baja-blast-kfc-coca-cola/) (2026-10-23): PepsiCo announced an 11-year renewal covering Taco Bell, Taco Bell Cantina and Live Mas Cafe locations. The deal comes after sister chain KFC said it will switch to Coca-Cola.
- [Hegseth Tells Defense Contractors 'Build More and Build Faster' as Pentagon Launches 'Arsenal of Freedom' Push](https://rightnewsrightnow.com/articles/hegseth-arsenal-of-freedom-defense-contractors-build-more-build-faster-procurement-overhaul/) (2026-10-23): In a video posted Thursday, the Secretary of War said performance, not a company's name, should decide who supplies the military. The push aims to cut red tape, widen competition and speed up missile and interceptor output.
- [Bank of America CEO Honored as Blue Square Alliance Against Hate Raises a Record $32 Million at Its First Gala](https://rightnewsrightnow.com/articles/bank-of-america-moynihan-blue-square-alliance-against-hate-32-million-waldorf-astoria-gala/) (2026-10-23): The group Robert Kraft founded in 2019 says its sold-out New York benefit drew more than 800 guests and is its biggest single night. The money goes to technology, analytics and media campaigns against hate.
- [Quest Diagnostics Confirms Patient Data Was Accessed in Cyberattack, Shuts Down Lab Ordering Platform](https://rightnewsrightnow.com/articles/quest-diagnostics-cyberattack-patient-data-accessed-quanum-lab-services-manager-sec-filing/) (2026-10-22): The company disabled its Quanum Lab Services Manager after finding unauthorized access Wednesday. It says core operations and patient service are not materially disrupted and expects full restoration as soon as Friday.
- [Ken Griffin Lands $3.3 Billion Loan for 66-Story Park Avenue Tower, Months After His Feud With Mamdani](https://rightnewsrightnow.com/articles/ken-griffin-vornado-rudin-350-park-avenue-3-3-billion-loan-citadel-lease-mamdani-feud/) (2026-10-22): Citadel will lease more than a million square feet in the Manhattan tower. Citadel executives had earlier suggested the space could become a casualty of the mayor's policies.
- [Hidden Costs of Owning a Home Are Up 32% in Five Years, Zillow and Thumbtack Find](https://rightnewsrightnow.com/articles/hidden-homeownership-costs-up-32-percent-five-years-zillow-thumbtack-16566/) (2026-10-22): Maintenance, insurance and property taxes now run about $16,566 a year, or roughly $1,380 a month on top of a mortgage. Insurance premiums are up 54% since 2021, though the pace of increases has recently slowed.
- [Lockheed Martin Unveils a 10-Year Framework to Build 850 F-35s for the U.S. Military](https://rightnewsrightnow.com/articles/lockheed-martin-10-year-framework-850-f-35-fighter-jets-multiyear-congress-approval/) (2026-10-22): The plan would hold production at 156 jets a year and lock in long-term pricing, but it still needs multiyear authority and appropriations from Congress before a formal contract can be signed.
- [Airbnb Bans Hosts From Making Guests Strip Beds, Wash Dishes or Start Laundry Before Checkout](https://rightnewsrightnow.com/articles/airbnb-bans-checkout-chore-lists-hosts-new-house-rules-nov-20/) (2026-10-22): The new rules apply to bookings made on or after Nov. 20. Hosts can still ask guests to gather towels and sort trash, and every rule must be posted in the listing before guests book.
- [NYC Comptroller Mark Levine Faces Questions After Declining to Restore Israel Bonds Purchases, Reversing a Campaign Pledge](https://rightnewsrightnow.com/articles/nyc-comptroller-levine-israel-bonds-reversal-naveh-challenges-financial-rationale/) (2026-10-22): Israel Bonds CEO Dani Naveh tells Fox Business the city's office learned of the decision from the news and that the numbers do not justify it. Levine says the decision is financial and that purchases remain under evaluation.
- [eBay to Cut About 1,000 Jobs, 9% of Its Workforce, in Its Second Round of Layoffs This Year](https://rightnewsrightnow.com/articles/ebay-cut-1000-jobs-second-round-layoffs-this-year/) (2026-10-22): CEO Jamie Iannone's memo says 'our strategy is working' as the company narrows its investments. The cuts follow about 800 positions eliminated in February and come a week before third-quarter earnings.
- [Meta Agrees to Keep Mark Zuckerberg in California With a Non-Voting Share Deal That Could Cover a Billionaire Wealth Tax Bill](https://rightnewsrightnow.com/articles/meta-zuckerberg-stay-california-non-voting-shares-billionaire-wealth-tax/) (2026-10-22): Fox Business, citing Reuters, says Zuckerberg gets a new class of non-voting stock he can sell to pay a possible tax if voters pass the ballot measure, in exchange for an eight-year residency pledge.
- [Energy Secretary Wright Says the Administration Is Talking With Owners of Every Closed Refinery About Reopening](https://rightnewsrightnow.com/articles/wright-reopen-every-refinery-we-can-diesel-prices-closed-refineries/) (2026-10-22): Wright said the Energy Department wants to find the most practical shuttered plant to restart. The American Petroleum Institute says refiners are already running at 95% to 100% of capacity, and blames China's diesel export ban.
- [Musk Says Tesla Demand Is Outrunning Production as Cybercab Service Heads to Dallas Next Month](https://rightnewsrightnow.com/articles/musk-tesla-demand-exceeds-production-fsd-cybercab-dallas-q3-earnings/) (2026-10-22): On the Q3 earnings call, Musk credited Full Self-Driving for demand, Tesla reported $28.05 billion in revenue and 486,532 deliveries, and the company raised its 2026 capital spending guidance to about $20 billion.
- [A New Mexico Judge Orders Meta to Pay $25 Billion After a Jury Found It Misled Users on Data Privacy](https://rightnewsrightnow.com/articles/meta-ordered-25-billion-new-mexico-judge-misled-users-data-privacy/) (2026-10-22): Jurors found 26 of 29 statements misleading and counted more than 43 million violations of state consumer law. Meta says it will appeal and calls the ruling a 'tax on speech.'
- [Sen. Moreno Says He Will Lead a Bill to Open Trump Accounts to Americans Under 40](https://rightnewsrightnow.com/articles/moreno-bill-expand-trump-accounts-adults-under-40/) (2026-10-22): The accounts are now limited to children under 18. Moreno calls expansion a 'game-changer.' Congress is on recess until November 9, so it is unclear when a bill could be introduced.
- [Alameda's $4.6 Million Cash Pilot Is Over as Federal Covid Money Runs Out, and the Mayor Still Calls It a Win](https://rightnewsrightnow.com/articles/alameda-guaranteed-income-pilot-ends-arpa-funds-mayor-ashcraft/) (2026-10-21): Rise Up Alameda paid 150 low-income households $1,000 a month for two years. The city has no plan or budget to continue it. Supporters say cities are looking for permanent funding.
- [United Airlines CEO Doubles Down on a Wealth Tax While Critics Point to His $32.3 Million Pay](https://rightnewsrightnow.com/articles/united-airlines-ceo-kirby-wealth-tax-fairness-32-million-pay/) (2026-10-21): Scott Kirby told CNBC passive wealth that grows untaxed until death 'doesn't feel fair.' He said he is not a policy advocate. A Justice Department official has already taken a shot at the airline.
- [Energy Department to Loan Up to 315,000 Barrels From Northeast Heating Oil Reserve as Prices Jump 70%](https://rightnewsrightnow.com/articles/energy-department-loan-northeast-home-heating-oil-reserve-315000-barrels/) (2026-10-21): Secretary Chris Wright acted after a request from Sens. Susan Collins and Angus King. Fuel oil is up 70% from a year ago, and borrowers must repay the oil with a premium.
- [Trump Announces $8 Billion 'Harvest Fuel Relief' Payments for Farmers Facing Higher Diesel Costs](https://rightnewsrightnow.com/articles/trump-8-billion-harvest-fuel-relief-farmers-diesel-kansas-rally/) (2026-10-21): The USDA program, unveiled at a Kansas rally for Sen. Roger Marshall, will pay growers based on modeled 2026 losses. Rates for major crops are due in November.
- [New Jersey Food Importer Sues Over Trump's 50% Tariffs on Canadian Goods, Saying Cheese Duties Could Cost $40 Million a Year](https://rightnewsrightnow.com/articles/gellert-global-group-sues-50-percent-tariffs-canadian-cheese-section-338/) (2026-10-21): Gellert Global Group, backed by the Liberty Justice Center, argues the 1930 law the White House used was never meant for sweeping tariffs. The administration says the duties answer discriminatory Canadian trade practices.
- [Social Security Says It Has Corrected Nearly 50 Million Number Records in Its Largest Cleanup Ever](https://rightnewsrightnow.com/articles/social-security-corrects-nearly-50-million-records-largest-ssn-cleanup/) (2026-10-21): The agency says it added 17 million missing death dates and filled in about 25 million missing citizenship fields. Another 8.5 million records with wrong citizenship status are being fixed.
- [Social Security Starts Putting $1,000 Trump Account Sign-Up Notices in Newborns' Card Envelopes](https://rightnewsrightnow.com/articles/social-security-trump-account-1000-newborn-notices/) (2026-10-21): Fox Business has the first look at the insert. Parents of eligible children born from 2025 through 2028 are told to sign up at TrumpAccounts.gov to claim the one-time Treasury contribution. Trump says an adult version is under study.
- [Boeing's Largest 737 MAX Wins FAA Certification, Clearing the Way for Deliveries on 1,555 Orders](https://rightnewsrightnow.com/articles/boeing-737-max-10-faa-certification-1555-orders/) (2026-10-21): The FAA certified the 737 MAX 10 after years of review. Boeing says deliveries start in the coming months, and Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy calls it 'a major win for American manufacturing.'
- [Inside a Texas Data Center: CEO Says the AI Build-Out Is a Blue-Collar Jobs Engine](https://rightnewsrightnow.com/articles/compass-datacenters-red-oak-texas-blue-collar-jobs/) (2026-10-19): Compass Datacenters' Chris Crosby tells Fox News Digital that the Red Oak campus runs without cooling water and needs more electricians and technicians than it can find. Fox says getting in took three months.
- [Trump Administration Puts Up to $42 Million Behind Revival of Stalled Constitution Natural Gas Pipeline](https://rightnewsrightnow.com/articles/constitution-pipeline-42m-defense-production-act-wright/) (2026-10-19): The Energy Department says Defense Production Act money will fund permitting and pre-construction work on the 125-mile line from Pennsylvania to New York. Secretary Chris Wright wants construction to start next spring.
- [Kudlow: No Fracking, Free Health Insurance for Illegal Immigrants, and $10 Gas. Is That 'Affordability'?](https://rightnewsrightnow.com/articles/kudlow-democrats-affordability-fracking-health-insurance/) (2026-10-19): The Fox Business host argues Democratic Senate hopefuls' energy and health care plans cost far more than they admit. His figures come from the Council of Economic Advisers and his own estimate.
- [Cruz, Tillis and Haley Break With Trump Over Russia Sanctions Waiver as Fuel Prices Drive the Decision](https://rightnewsrightnow.com/articles/russia-sanctions-waiver-backlash-cruz-tillis-haley/) (2026-10-19): Republican senators call the waiver of tariffs and sanctions under the Graham Act a mistake. Trump says it is in the national interest and good for the world.
- [Robotics Executive: U.S. Factories Cannot Scale Without Automation, and China Is Pulling Ahead](https://rightnewsrightnow.com/articles/robots-us-manufacturing-race-with-china-path-robotics/) (2026-10-19): A Path Robotics executive tells Fox Business the country lacks the workers to expand manufacturing and lacks a national robotics strategy like China's.
- [Fed Governor Lisa Cook's Lawyer Says Trump's Mortgage Review Panel Is Biased and Asks to Delay Her Nov. 5 Hearing](https://rightnewsrightnow.com/articles/lisa-cook-lawyer-challenges-trump-fed-mortgage-panel/) (2026-10-19): Attorney Abbe Lowell objects to Kevin Hassett sitting on the three-member committee. The Supreme Court ruled 5-4 in June that Trump could not remove Cook without notice and a chance to respond.
- [Cyber Experts Warn Hackers May Already Be Inside American Utilities After the French Supermarket Freezer Attack](https://rightnewsrightnow.com/articles/hackers-inside-american-utilities-trojan-horse-warning/) (2026-10-18): After attackers pushed hundreds of French supermarket freezers past 100 degrees, experts say the U.S. should assume intruders are already in and plan for resilience.
- [Mark Ruffalo Calls Newsom's Stance on the California Billionaire Tax 'Disqualifying'](https://rightnewsrightnow.com/articles/ruffalo-newsom-billionaire-tax-disqualifying/) (2026-10-18): The actor attacked the governor from the left over his opposition to a 5% wealth tax, as California voters face two competing ballot measures on Nov. 3.
- [White House Report Puts a $166,716 Lifetime Cost on the Average Illegal Immigrant and Warns Amnesty Plans Could Cost $440 Billion or More](https://rightnewsrightnow.com/articles/white-house-report-cost-of-illegal-immigration-dsa-plans/) (2026-10-18): The Council of Economic Advisers says Democratic Socialists of America-backed immigration policies would cost taxpayers $440 billion to $613 billion over a decade; the DSA had no comment in the report.
- [Sen. Cassidy Warns Social Security's 'Clock Is Ticking' and Says the Bigger 2027 COLA Speeds Up the Shortfall](https://rightnewsrightnow.com/articles/cassidy-social-security-clock-is-ticking-cola/) (2026-10-18): The Louisiana Republican says the trust fund has about five and a half years left and wants Congress to move on his $1.5 trillion investment-fund plan.
- [September Jobs Report: Employers Add Just 29,000 Jobs and Unemployment Ticks Up to 4.2%](https://rightnewsrightnow.com/articles/september-jobs-report-29000-unemployment-4-2/) (2026-10-18): Hiring came in far below the 90,000 economists expected, and downward revisions took 60,000 jobs off July and August.
- [California Diners Cut Back as Costs Climb, and Happy Hour Is Now Nearly 30% of One Chef's Business](https://rightnewsrightnow.com/articles/california-diners-happy-hour-affordability/) (2026-10-18): A San Diego restaurant operator says customers are eating out less often and treating discounted bar menus as the whole meal.
- [Social Security Announces 3.6% Cost-of-Living Raise for 2027, the Largest Since 2023](https://rightnewsrightnow.com/articles/social-security-2027-cola-3-6-percent/) (2026-10-18): The increase averages about $75 a month for retirees and will reach 76 million Americans starting with January 2027 benefits.
- [September Inflation Runs Hotter Than Expected at 3.7% as Gasoline Jumps 9.1% in a Month](https://rightnewsrightnow.com/articles/september-cpi-inflation-hotter-than-expected/) (2026-10-18): The Bureau of Labor Statistics says consumer prices rose 0.6% in September, and markets now see a better chance of a Fed rate hike later this month.
- ['Funflation' Is Back: Americans Pay More Per Purchase for Their Hobbies](https://rightnewsrightnow.com/articles/funflation-hobby-spending/) (2026-10-16): Bank of America Institute data show hobby spending up 7.9% year over year while transactions rose just 3.4%.
- [Administration Removed 760,000 Obamacare Enrollments for Fraud. Some Were Reportedly Restored.](https://rightnewsrightnow.com/articles/obamacare-760000-enrollments-removed/) (2026-10-16): CMS says it cancelled 760,000 unauthorized ACA enrollments, while KFF Health News reports that a small share were put back after errors.
- [Treasury Dares Americans to Spend Trump Dollar Coins at Their Favorite 'Liberal Coffee Shop'](https://rightnewsrightnow.com/articles/treasury-trump-dollar-coin-challenge/) (2026-10-16): A Treasury TikTok video from U.S. Treasurer Brandon Beach promotes the new commemorative coin, which is headed to banks next month.
- [Bank of America Hit With $1.21 Billion in Penalties Over Money Laundering Failures](https://rightnewsrightnow.com/articles/bank-of-america-1-2-billion-penalty/) (2026-10-15): Treasury says the nation's second-largest bank missed suspicious activity for years, including transactions tied to Chinese laundering networks and the southwest border.