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Washington DC, Donald Rumsfeld, who served as defense secretary in both the Ford and George W. Bush administrations, died last Wednesday June 30th at the age of 88.
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Washington DC, total nonfarm payroll employment rose by 850,000 in June, and the unemployment rate was little changed at 5.9 percent, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported on Friday. Notable job gains occurred in leisure and hospitality, public and private education, professional and business services, retail trade, and other services.
Continue reading US Total Nonfarm Payroll Employment Rose by 850,000 in June Surpassing Expectations
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Washington DC, The US Supreme Court ruled in favor of Arizona’s voting rights case, deciding neither of provisions of the state’s voting law violates the section of the federal Voting Rights Act that deals with race.
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Washington DC, the U.S. government has encountered more than 140 of what it calls unidentified aerial phenomena (UAP), more commonly known as UFOs, according to an unclassified intelligence report released Friday.
Continue reading US intel report confirms over 140 UFO sightings
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Ridgewood NJ, according to the Tax Foundation , when combining the economic impact of President Biden’s tax proposals with the benefit of infrastructure spending, we estimate that long-run GDP would decrease by 0.9 percent and American incomes would fall by an average of 1 percent, resulting in 165,000 fewer U.S. jobs. Explore our full analysis to learn more about the major tax changes President Biden is proposing, as well as the estimated long-run economic, revenue, and distributional effects of the president’s tax and spending proposals.
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Washington DC, the Bureau of Labor Statistics posted a CPI number of 5% over the last 12-months, the highest rate since 2008. Gas prices rose 56.2% in 12 months, the highest since Jimmy Carter’s last year in office.
Continue reading Back to the 70’s: Inflation, Oil and Commodities Prices Surge
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Washington DC, in a unanimous ruling the Supreme Court on Monday said immigrants who entered the U.S. illegally cannot apply for green cards simply because they enjoy Temporary Protected Status, or TPS.
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Washington DC, the Supreme Court on Monday turned away a challenge to the constitutionality of the federal requirement that only men register for the draft when they become legal adults, declining to revisit an earlier decision that upheld the policy on Selective Service.
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Washington DC, Total nonfarm payroll employment rose by 559,000 in May, and the unemployment rate declined by 0.3 percentage point to 5.8 percent, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. Notable job gains occurred in leisure and hospitality, in public and private education, and in health care and social assistance.
Continue reading U.S. added 559,000 jobs in May, Misses 671,000 estimate
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New York NY , its been over a month and still no plausible explanation from the people counters of what happened with the inexplicable numbers in the Empire State.
Continue reading Census Numbers for New York State Come Increasingly Under Fire
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Washington DC, the Producer Price Index for final demand increased 0.6 percent in April, seasonally adjusted, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. Final demand prices rose 1.0 percent in March and 0.5 percent in February. (See table A.) On an unadjusted basis, the final demand index moved up 6.2 percent for the 12 months ended in April, the largest advance since 12- month data were first calculated in November 2010.
Continue reading The Producer Price Index Posts the Largest Advance Since November 2010
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Washington DC, While the Biden administration has denied that problems at the southern border are a “crisis,” two-thirds of voters disagree and most say that President Joe Biden’s policies are to blame.
The latest Rasmussen Reports national telephone and online survey finds that 66% of Likely U.S. Voters believe the current situation with migrants at the U.S.-Mexico border is a crisis. Twenty percent (20%) say it’s not a crisis, and 13% are not sure.
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Washington DC, The population of the United States grew by just 7.4 percent in the last decade, its second-slowest rate in any decade since the first Census was taken back in 1790. The only other decade with slower growth? The 1930s.
Six of the seven states that will lose a seat in Congress — Illinois, Michigan, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania and West Virginia — are in the Rust Belt. Five of those states, leaving West Virginia aside, have been losing seats for a long time.
Continue reading U.S. Census Bureau : Blue State Exodus Continues
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Washington DC, Democrats in Congress last week proposed legislation to increase the number of Supreme Court justices from nine to 13, but most voters oppose the so-called “court-packing” plan. Not sure of the point the court has clearly given up its constitutional duties and is no threat to the democrat agenda.
Continue reading 55% of Voters Oppose Supreme Court Expansion, But Most Democrats Support It
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MN, Hennepin County District Judge Peter Cahill criticized Rep. Maxine Waters (D-Calif.) for her race-baiting comments over the weekend regarding the trial of former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin, who’s charged with the murder of George Floyd.
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