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Mortgage rates have ticked up recently despite the Federal Reserve's recent rate cut.

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Mortgage rates were supposed to come down. Instead, they're rising. Here's why

Laurel Wamsley

Mortgage rates are ticking up, even after the Federal Reserve has started cutting interest rates. Here's why, and where rates — and home sales — could go from here.

U.S. employers added fewer jobs in the 12 months ending in March than had been reported, according to a preliminary count by the Labor Department. The revised figures suggest employers added 2.1 million jobs during the year, not 2.9 million in the original count.

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U.S. added fewer jobs in the past year than initially reported

Scott Horsley

A preliminary report from the Labor Department shows U.S. employers added 818,000 fewer jobs in the year ending in March than initially reported. The news comes during an election season in which the economy is a key issue.

Gymnasts from left, Aly Raisman, Simone Biles, McKayla Maroney and Maggie Nichols, leave after testifying at a Senate Judiciary hearing about the Inspector General's report on the FBI's handling of the Larry Nassar investigation on Sept. 15. Nassar was charged in 2016 with federal child pornography offenses and sexual abuse charges in Michigan and is now serving decades in prison.

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Gymnasts Blast The FBI's Mishandling Of Their Allegations About Larry Nassar

Brian Naylor

FBI Director Christopher Wray told the gymnasts, who had testified at a Senate Judiciary hearing, he was "deeply and profoundly sorry that so many people let you down over and over again."

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WATCH LIVE: Michael Cohen's Testimony on Capitol Hill

Michael Cohen, President Trump's former lawyer, is testifying on Capitol Hill. Cohen has been sentenced to three years in prison, to begin in May. He…