The Business News Headlines 1 October 2026

A new poll out shows that only 17% of Americans approve of President Trumps' handling of the cost of living. A new low and that's where we start this evening. This is the Business News Headlines for Thursday the 1st day of October, thanks for being with us. In other news, many states are taking the high price of fuel seriously and are doing something to relieve the burden. Gov. Wes Moore of Maryland has put together a bi-partisan group of governors to tackle AI issues because the federal government…won’t. Speaking of the government the U.S. Senate had to punt on banning vehicles from China. If you are using “buy now – pay later” for your purchases you…are not alone. We’ll check the numbers in The Wall Street Report and speaking of reports the jobs report is due out tomorrow and what we might be seeing.

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