fighting

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Congress returns from a break the week of April 13 and will begin debating the budget even as lawmakers are fighting over the current year’s Department of Homeland Security funds.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 3, 2026

Just before the start of fighting in the Middle East, mortgage rates had dropped to their lowest level since 2022.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 3, 2026

The speech "did not contain what the market had hoped for -- namely, indications of an end to the fighting", Jumpei Tanaka, of Pictet Asset Management, said.

From Barron's • Apr. 2, 2026

He also said British military planners would consider what could be done in the future to "make the Strait accessible and safe after the fighting has stopped".

From BBC • Apr. 2, 2026

It would have been no use, fighting the girl.

From "Night Owls" by A.R. Vishny