Corporate megastores are spending millions lobbying DC politicians on one-sided policies that send small businesses tumbling.

They want to enact harmful credit card mandates that take resources away from your local credit union and community bank.

Leaving Main Street businesses with less access to credit, making it harder for your family to pay for everyday goods like gas and groceries.

Tell Congress to guard your card and oppose the Durban Marshall Credit Card mandates.

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Here's your morning brief for Wednesday, October 22nd. I'm Caitlin McCabe for the Wall Street Journal.

The Trump administration is planning to release more than $3 billion in aid to U.S. farmers

that have been frozen as a result of the government shutdown. According to administration officials,

Trump directed the Agriculture Department to distribute the money from a fund that was

used to bail out distressed farmers during Trump's first term. The sector has been grappling with

the fallout from President Trump's trade war with China, including low commodity prices and rising

prices for equipment. We are exclusively reporting that BlackRock is among the biggest investors in a $27 billion

private debt deal behind Meta's construction of a data center in Louisiana called Hyperion.

Last week, BlackRock bought more than $3 billion of bonds to finance the data center,

with the project 80% owned by private credit manager Blue Owl Capital. Facebook Parent Meta owns the remaining

stake according to S&P global ratings. The deal highlights the scale of the artificial intelligence

buildout and its demand for capital. It is the largest private debt offering ever.

And sports betting giant Draft Kings is entering the world of prediction markets, acquiring

trading company Railbird technologies, and launching a new app that will let users place money

on events. The venture means users can bet on sports games, as well as things

like elections and natural catastrophes and as part of the company's efforts to compete with rivals.

Drafking stock rallied after hours on the news. Asian stocks ended the day mixed with European

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