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Fed, set to impose smaller hike, may hint of fewer increases

The Federal Reserve is poised this week to raise its benchmark interest rate for an eighth time since March. But the Fed will likely announce a smaller hike for a second straight time, and it could change some key wording in its post-meeting statement about future rate increases.

Safeguarding documents should be a priority

To the editor: These imbeciles we elect to positions of responsibility do not regard documents marked as sensitive enough to safeguard them. These people have the power to order war but cannot even control the documents that can make a situation life or death. Excuses, excuses, and yet they do not see the results of their disregard for the information that they lose, lose track of and/or allow someone who is not authorized to see them. The results could be blood on their hands.