Readers react to an editorial urging employers to consider skills and experience, not just degrees. Also: Long Covid; Trump, RINO; online romance scams....
The president is celebrating a jobs engine that is running hot; Federal Reserve officials want to see more signs of slowing growth amid their campaign to tame inflation....
The supreme court’s abortion decision, a drop in gas prices, and Trump’s legal dramas have all helped strengthen Biden’s ratings – and Democrats’ chances this fallCan the Democrats make the formerly Republican slogan “jobs, not mobs” their midterm mantra?They just...
President Biden is shifting his focus to economic investment a day after a forceful speech warning of a menace to democracy from Donald Trump and MAGA Republicans....
Joe Biden slammed Donald Trump for his job losses as he defended his own stewardship of the economy during record high inflation, a bear market and fears of a recession....
The Labor Department issued yet another strong monthly jobs report, but Democrats aren’t celebrating. They know that higher prices and other concerns have helped to keep Americans in a gloomy mood about the direction of the country....
President Biden’s new federal budget proposal includes includes billions to fight climate change, create clean energy jobs and fund green research. ...
President Biden said the labor market’s gain of 678,000 jobs in February demonstrated the nation’s progress against economic hits from the coronavirus pandemic....
President Biden came into office vowing to respect science, but openings in crucial jobs could hamper progress on medical and technological research....
Former President Donald Trump said there would be ‘a lot coming’ from special counsel John Durham who would ‘fully expose’ the truth of the Russian-Trump campaign collusion investigation....
President Biden celebrated data that showed unexpectedly rapid January hiring and record job gains over the past year as the economy rebounded from historically large job losses at the start of the pandemic....
Number far surpasses economists’ expectations amid OmicronReport revised up November and December’s gains by 709,000Full story: US adds nearly half a million January jobsSign up to receive First Thing – our daily briefing by emailLater today, Joe Biden will also sign...
Without clarity on how quickly the labor market can shake off Omicron, the Fed will have difficulty applying the data to its interest rate strategy....
The Supreme Court to hear arguments in challenges to Biden vaccine mandates, Chicago schools cancel classes again and more news to start your Friday. ...
Former President Donald Trump blasted his successor as a ‘one trick pony,’ after the Biden administration said employers had added just 210,000 jobs in November....
Employers reported adding 210,000 jobs, the year’s weakest showing, but there were also bright spots. The mixed picture complicated policy prospects....
President Biden may sign the bill to avert a government shutdown, more Omicron cases have been found in the U.S. and more news to start your Friday. ...
Modeled after the Depression-era Civilian Conservation Corps, Democrats want $30 billion to hire thousands of young people to fight climate change. ...
Military and political leaders to remember Colin Powell, Biden’s big bill finally is on the brink of House votes and more news to start your Friday. ...
Manchin, single-handedly blocking Biden’s climate action plan, also owns $1 million in shares of a coal brokerage firm and receives oil and gas money. ...
The Labor Department reported that the economy had added 194,000 jobs in September, well below the half-million forecasted. President Biden, however, expressed optimism, pointing to wage growth and an unemployment rate below 5 percent....
According to the Labor Department, U.S. employers added only 194,000 jobs in September. That is less than the 366,000 jobs added in August and far fewer than the more than one million jobs added in July....
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A Washington Post-ABC News poll showed that as many as 7 in 10 unvaccinated people say they would quit rather than get a required vaccination. But that probably oversells the resistance that lies ahead....