It’s an open secret that elections in the United States are as much affected by money as they are by votes. A mediocre candidate with healthy funding is nearly always more likely to win out over a strong candidate without the tools to get their message out.

During the Trump vs. Clinton race, over $4.4 billion was spent on television ads alone.

“Whiskey is for drinking; water is for fighting over.”

It's not news for those of us who live here, San Diego is expensive.

From meals, to electricity, to water, America's Finest City residents pay through the nose for common services.

San Diego has some of the most expensive water in the country.

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Partly due to confusion around the health care reform plan, Americans are now seeking clarity on what is the best solution to solving the country’s health care woes.

US Senator Bernie Sanders hopes to capitalize on the moment by introducing a “political type campaign” to drive forward single-payer health care by 2020.

The DNC lawsuit may not be over just yet.

The lawyers for the plaintiffs in the class action lawsuit against the DNC and Debbie Wasserman Schultz filed an intent to appeal Friday, less than a month after the lawsuit was tossed by a federal judge.

The news story that dominated the early part of the week was President Trump's decision to rescind President Obama's Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) executive action. The reaction to it was broadly felt across the Internet and on social media.

It is important to note that DACA is not dead yet. Congress has six months to act, something that IVN contributing editor Steve Peace says shouldn't be a problem, given its popularity.

According to a report with the San Diego County Health and Human Services Agency, a Hepatitis A outbreak has engulfed the East Village section of Downtown San Diego, an area that includes a large portion of the community's homeless population.

So far, according to the county report, the outbreak has sickened close to 400 people, caused 15 deaths and nearly 300 hospitalizations.

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Correction: The article originally said over 180 million Americans were affected by the hack. Reports suggest the correct number is 143 million. The article has been updated to reflect this correction.

Equifax got hacked and your SSNs, credit card numbers, drivers license numbers, addresses and other personal information was likely exposed to the hackers.

Unemployment in the US has been under 6% since 2015. In 2017, it hit its lowest in 16 years, 4.2%, close to full employment.

People are not feeling it in their paychecks, however. Wage growth is "out of whack," according to Mitchell Hartman of Market Place Media, at 2%, .5% lower than the inflation rate.

New Yorkers have a chance to end corruption in their state, once and for all. This fall, the people of New York will vote on whether or not to hold a state constitutional convention next year.

The opportunity to hold one of these conventions in New York only happens once every 20 years.

SENATE PASSES FISCAL PACKAGE, HEADS TO THE HOUSE

In a much discussed move by President Trump, the Senate, led by Demorcrats Nancy Pelosi and Chuck Schumer reached an agreement on funding the government for three more months and providing billions of dollars in relief for Hurricane Harvey victims.

The president also noted he was open to eliminating the need for Congress to hold votes on raising the country’s borrowing limit.