The level of employment for the 12 months through March 2024 was downgraded by 598,000 jobs.
The group included a few high profile members of the Republican Party in Michigan.
New York City Democratic mayoral nominee Zohran Mamdani holds a commanding lead in the race among the four-person field, though the lead narrows in hypothetical head-to-head match-ups, according to a survey released Tuesday. The New York Times/Siena University poll shows Mamdani leading with 46 percent, more than 20 points over his next closest competitor, former…
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Paramount has tapped Kenneth Weinstein to serve as ombudsman for CBS News, a widely buzzed about move that comes on the heels of the company’s megamerger with Skydance and renewed focus on its editorial bend. Weinstein, a former president and CEO of Hudson Institute and chair of United States Agency for Global Media, will serve…
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A Ukrainian woman was fatally stabbed in late August while riding the light rail train in Charlotte, N.C. The incident has sparked widespread criticism of the city’s leaders. Iryna Zarutska, 23, was murdered while in transit by the suspect, 34-year-old Decarlos Brown Jr. Brown was previously imprisoned and diagnosed with schizophrenia. Police have charged him…
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Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy said Monday that the deadly stabbing of a Ukrainian woman on a Charlotte, N.C., light-rail train last month illustrates the “epidemic of violence and homelessness” on the nation’s public transit systems. “The problem is a lot of people, unlike the rich liberals, they can’t ride Uber, they don’t have a vehicle,…
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The House Oversight Committee on Monday night released records related to the late financier and convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, including the infamous “birthday book” with pages from former President Clinton, attorney Alan Dershowitz and one that appears to be from President Trump. Epstein’s estate had turned over the files earlier Monday. House Democrats immediately…
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The “Tonight Show” host was on his game in cracking wise over Trump’s presence at the tennis final.
Maryland Gov. Wes Moore (D) formally launched his reelection on Tuesday, after he appeared to rule out a 2028 presidential run. In a roughly two minute long announcement video, Moore contrasts himself with President Trump. Moore accuses the president of “bending over backwards for billionaires and big corporations.” “I’m not from that world and y’all…
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Texas state Rep. James Talarico (D), seen as a rising star within the Democratic Party, launched his Senate campaign Tuesday, looking to unseat incumbent Sen. John Cornyn (R-Texas). “The biggest divide in this country is not left vs. right. It’s top vs. bottom. Billionaires want us looking left and right at each other instead of…
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Cities like Chicago and Boston remain center stage for increased immigration enforcement operations beginning this week, but Department of Homeland Security (DHS) sources say Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) is “everywhere.” White House border czar Tom Homan said Sunday that cities led by Democrats across the country can “absolutely” expect to see ramp-ups in ICE…
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The White House denials after the note was released got pushback from a Trump family member.
Writing about the Jeffrey Epstein saga has the feeling of using an air horn. It calls a great deal of attention to oneself, produces unpredictable and intense results in its audience and really should be saved for moments when it’s absolutely necessary — scaring off a charging bear, preventing a maritime disaster, being Pitbull, etc. …
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Republican lawmakers are urging President Trump to back a clean, short-term funding resolution and refrain from seeking to attach an array of controversial MAGA priorities that might provoke a government shutdown. Republicans on Capitol Hill are bracing themselves for whatever special provisions Trump and Office of Management and Budget Director Russell Vought may demand from…
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Jimmy Kimmel’s audience cheered at Rob Reiner’s line, which he delivered in character.
The “Late Show” host mocked the president’s latest social media outburst.
A dozen Senate Democrats on Tuesday laid out the key principles they hope to see in a bill regulating the cryptocurrency market. The framework, put forward by Sens. Ruben Gallego (D-Ariz.), Mark Warner (D-Va.), Kirsten Gillibrand (D-N.Y.), Cory Booker (D-N.J.) and other crypto-friendly Democrats, offers up their view on the central issues underpinning market structure…
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The late night host isn’t buying the president’s explanation for this one.
Stephen Miller’s podcaster wife “might just be trying to cast” a particular “image of herself,” said Salon’s Amanda Marcotte.
Hedge fund titan Ken Griffin spelled out the “worst-case scenario” for the president.
“The Daily Show” host took a far-too-close look at the president’s medical reports and concluded “something is up.”
The president was slammed for hypocrisy.
The “Late Night” host had a simple suggestion for the president for the next time he wants to celebrate a birthday.
Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson (D) said sending the National Guard to his city is the “wrong solution to a real problem” in a new opinion piece for The New York Times. “Lowering crime rates here does not require an occupation of our city by armed members of the National Guard, as the White House continues…
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