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Stocks fell on Wall Street Wednesday with trading remaining choppy all afternoon as investors try to determine how rising interest rates and inflation will impact the economy. The S&P 500 fell 1%, while the Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 278 points, or 0.8%, to 32,902. The tech-heavy Nasdaq fell 0.8%. …

An official with the Social Security Administration said seniors and others who rely on the benefits program are likely to receive a cost-of-living adjustment “closer to 8%” at the end of 2022 due to the current rate of inflation, which is the highest in four decades.  That increase would represent …

The day before the Jan. 6, 2021 attack on the Capitol, the chief of staff to then-Vice President Mike Pence warned the Secret Service that there could be a potential threat to the vice president, CBS News has learned.  On Jan. 5, Marc Short called the lead Secret Service agent …