The average weekly rate on a 30-year fixed-rate mortgage has remained above 6.4 percent every week since mid-May.
The president acknowledged tighter inventories of some munitions but said the U.S. military remained in ‘great shape’ overall.
Sen. Lisa Murkowski will not vote for Blanche, she said.
People who have contracted the bacteria this year all had wounds exposed to seawater.

The court rejected the claim that lawmakers illegally used race to create Hispanic-majority districts.
Kennedy said the emergency declaration would give hospitals and healthcare providers ‘the flexibility they need to respond.’
The school used essay questions about race to identify minority candidates and tag those applications for special consideration, according to the DOJ.
At a recent game, Minnesota’s head coach wore a ‘Trans kids belong’ shirt. But the Fever guard had supporters too.
The primary election was held in Tennessee on Aug. 6.

The court found that compelling carriers to hand over data on thousands of cellphones near crime scenes constitutes an unreasonable search.
U.S. Attorney for Washington, D.C., Jeanine Pirro moved to drop the felony charge last week, asking the court to dismiss the case against Davey Hearn.
The administration is setting minimum import prices to prevent Chinese companies from dumping products in the U.S. market, Commerce Secretary Lutnick said.
‘We are removing unnecessary bureaucracy,’ the health secretary said.
The proposed arrangement would shift a significant portion of commercial traffic into Iranian waters, according to officials in Tehran.
The pilot program will begin with certain applicants from the Dominican Republic who had been previously denied on public charge grounds.
The federal court order states that temporary protected status (TPS) for those nationals has expired.
The Treasury Department said that it will likely allow for more employees to take paid family leave.
One case tests whether federal law bars some state climate lawsuits; the other, whether prolonged immigration detention requires a bond hearing.
Rep. Marie Gluesenkamp Perez (D-Wash.), a Blue Dog Democrat, has faced challengers to her left and her right.
Assuming all Democratic senators vote no, Blanche can only afford to lose two Republicans.
‘Revenue growth accelerated across all our business segments,’ said Chief Operating Officer Bret Johnsen.
A total of 123 civil denaturalization cases have been filed under the current administration, the most in recorded history, according to the DOJ.