Tag Archives: unemployment

Supremes Save DACA, It’s Juneteenth

Friday, June 19, 2020

Stay at Home Order: Dealing a blow to President Trump’s anti-immigration agenda, the Supreme Court ruled 5-4 yesterday that Trump cannot abruptly end protections for illegal immigrants brought to the US as children.   The program known as DACA, Deferred Action for …

Numbers Spiking, New Rules

Friday, March 20, 2020

New Rules!: California Gov. Gavin Newsom last night ordered all 40 million Californians to stay inside and leave home only for essential business.   Newsom said, “I think it’s time I tell you what I tell my family.” He said, “This is not …

French Election Hacked, Cop Charged

Saturday, May 6, 2017

Le Hack: The campaign of French moderate Emmanuel Macron has been hit by what they call a “massive and coordinated” hacking operation after which internal campaign documents were published on social media. The campaign staff says internal emails, accounting documents, …

Taiwan Quake, New Hampshire Battle

Saturday, February 6, 2016

Quake: A 6.4 magnitude earthquake struck in Taiwan last night, causing widespread destruction and killing at least 11 people. A 17-story building collapsed in the southern city of Tainan. Water was cut off to 400,000 people and the high-speed rail …

Woman Accuses Hastert, Triple Crown Run

Saturday, June 6, 2015

Mr. Speaker: A Montana woman told ABC News yesterday that her brother was sexually abused by former House Speaker Dennis Hastert back in the 1970s when the retired politician was a wrestling coach at a suburban Chicago high school. Jolene …

Jobs up Again, Williams Under Fire

Friday, February 6, 2015

Econ 101: The US economy added 257,000 jobs in December, a healthy number, according to the Labor Department. The job market appears to be maintaining its momentum from 2014, the best year of job growth since 1999. Wages are rising …

Unemployment Drops, Superstorm Coming

Friday, November 7, 2014

Econ 101: Just three days after an election that was taken as a vote of no confidence in President Obama’s stewardship, the Labor Department announced today that unemployment has fallen to 5.8 percent with an addition of 214,000 jobs in …

Ceasefire Fails, Dow Takes a Dive

Friday, August 1, 2014

Trucefire: A 72-hour ceasefire that started at 8am local time in Gaza collapsed hours after it began. An Israeli infantry officer appears to have been captured by Hamas gunmen who emerged from a tunnel and a suicide bomber killed two …

Hurricane Rising, Jobs Growing

Thursday, July 3, 2014

Stormy 4th: The East Coast from Georgia to Nova Scotia is under hurricane warning as Tropical Storm Arthur gathers strength and moves northeast. The storm is expected to be over the Outer Banks of North Carolina by tomorrow. Thousands of …

D Plus 70, Recession Jobs Return

Friday, June 6, 2014

World: World leaders gathered in Normandy today to mark the 70th anniversary of the allied invasion to free Europe from Nazi Germany. The inescapable irony is that Russian President Vladmir Putin, whose bullying of Ukraine threatens world peace, was present …