Daily News Digest - Summary for October 20 2025
38 Percent of Home Builders Cutting Prices, 68 Percent Offer Incentives
38 Percent of Home Builders Cutting Prices, 68 Percent Offer Incentives
But incentives and price cuts are not helping buyer traffic.

by mishtalk.com
The Freddie Mac average 30-year mortgage rate peaked at 7.62 percent in October of 2023. The NAHB traffic index was 26.
The traffic index is now 25 despite builder incentives and a 1.32 percentage point drop in mortgage rates…
US Deploying 1700 Mile Range Hypersonic Missiles
The Dark Eagle, Long-Range Hypersonic Weapon (LRHW), is a road-mobile system capable of striking targets up to 1,700 miles away. Each battery has eight

by Brian Wang
The Dark Eagle, Long-Range Hypersonic Weapon (LRHW), is a road-mobile system capable of striking targets up to 1,700 miles away. Each battery has eight missiles on mobile trucks. This setup allows for quick deployment and fast strikes. The US Military is deploying the first missile battery…
Inflation: Slowly the Middle-Class Dies
That is where we are today.

by Mises Wire•Dann E. Kroeger
That is where we are today. The Federal Reserve has used its tools to lock inflation into our lives for some time to come. For most citizens, our major challenge today is to fight the rise in prices for consumables that matter most to us: food, housing, clothing, and transportation…
Unfettered and Unaccountable: How Trump is Building a Violent, Shadowy Federal Police Force
Aggression: Under President Donald Trump’s deportation mission, ICE officers are using force to detain and jail immigrants.

by J. David McSwane and Hannah Allam
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When Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers stormed through Santa Ana, California, in June, panicked calls flooded into the city’s emergency response system…
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