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Jul 11 2019
News
Trump to announce executive action on census citizenship question
President Trump will announce an executive action to add the citizenship question to the 2020 census, two senior administration officials have confirmed to CBS News. Mr. Trump announced a White House Rose Garden press conference on the topic for Thursday afternoon.
The anticipated announcement comes as the president exhibits frustration over the Supreme Court decision that his
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Mar 18 2021
News
U.S. Unemployment Claims Rose to 770,000 Last Week
Worker filings for jobless benefits rose last week, pausing a downward trend amid other signs of recent labor-market improvement.
Unemployment claims, a proxy for layoffs, rose to 770,000 last week from an upwardly revised 725,000 a week earlier, the Labor Department said Thursday. Claims remain above the pre-pandemic peak of 695,000, but have broadly declined since January. The four-
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Jun 18 2021
News
As Kamala Harris’ portfolio grows, so does the scrutiny
The vice president’s groundbreaking personal profile and leadership on top issues have put her in the spotlight. Supporters say it’s inevitable that such a meteoric rise comes with a learning curve.
It was a signal moment, two months after inauguration. Before TV cameras in the State Dining Room of the White House, President Joe Biden unveiled Vice President Kamala Harris’ biggest
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May 06 2021
News
US unemployment claims fall to a pandemic low of 498,000
The number of Americans seeking unemployment aid fell last week to 498,000, the lowest point since the viral pandemic struck 14 months ago and a sign of the job market’s growing strength as businesses reopen and consumers step up spending.
Thursday’s report from the Labor Department showed that applications declined 92,000 from a revised 590,000 a week earlier. The number of weekly
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May 06 2021
News
U.S. Unemployment Claims Fell to 498,000 Last Week
Weekly unemployment claims fell to 498,000 last week—a new low since the Covid-19 pandemic began more than a year ago—in a fresh sign that the labor-market rebound is gathering force.
Worker filings for jobless claims, a proxy for layoffs, fell 92,000 last week from 590,000 the prior week. That brings the four-week average of initial claims, which smooths out volatility in weekly data,
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Mar 16 2021
News
Biden to join road show promoting relief plan with Pa. visit
President Joe Biden is joining top messengers already crisscrossing the country to highlight the benefits of his massive COVID-19 rescue plan, in his case by promoting aid for small businesses.
Biden is set to visit a small business in suburban Philadelphia on Tuesday, his initial trip outside Washington for the “Help is here” tour that got underway Monday. Vice President Kamala Harris
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Jul 20 2021
Opinion
8 Hours a Day, 5 Days a Week Is Not Working for Us
With more than half of American adults fully vaccinated against Covid, employers and employees alike have turned their eyes back to the office. They’re locked in a conflict over when they’ll return and, when they do, what the return will look like. But we shouldn’t just be talking about the parameters of how we get work done in a postpandemic world. We should be pushing to do less of it.
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Mar 10 2021
News
US House poised to approve Joe Biden's $1.9tn Covid relief plan
The House of Representatives is poised to give final approval to Joe Biden’s sweeping $1.9tn coronavirus stimulus and relief plan, a giant aid package the president has said is critical for lifting the US out of the pandemic and reviving its battered economy.
If passed by the House on Wednesday, as Democratic leaders expect, the first major legislative initiative of Biden’s presidency
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Mar 09 2021
Analysis
Biden poised for major Hill victory but faces some flashing red lights
By most conventional measures, President Biden should be riding pretty high.
He is about to score his first major legislative victory, pumping nearly $2 trillion—a staggering figure—into the economy to deal with the pandemic. A new ABC poll shows 68 percent of those surveyed approving of his approach to the crisis, a figure that includes 35 percent of Republicans. And he says every
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Oct 23 2020
Fact Check
Toned-down Trump continues his onslaught of falsehoods
Donald Trump's more sedate debate performance on Thursday night was a departure in tone from his chaotic performance weeks ago, but the President continued to cast his warped view of the world as truth.
In reality, Trump's performance was riddled with false claims, on topics ranging from the coronavirus to foreign policy to immigration. And while former Vice President Joe Biden made
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