Sean Higgins

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The nation's unemployment rate remained stuck to 4.9 percent, the Labor Department reported Friday. (AP Photo/Lynne Sladky)

255,000 jobs added in July

Sean Higgins · August 5, 2016 12:51 pm

Hillary Clinton leaned strongly left on crime, while Trump declared himself the law and order candidate. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Law and order issues make a political comeback

Sean Higgins · July 31, 2016 4:01 am

Stressing Clinton's status as the first woman nominee will alienate undecided male voters, Scott Adams says. (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez)

Dilbert creator: Dems’ convention lowered nation’s testosterone levels

Sean Higgins · July 29, 2016 5:29 pm

Putting all of the GOP's dirty laundry on display at the convention last week may have helped Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Beltway Confidential

Was Trump’s poll rise because of, not despite, the convention?

Sean Higgins · July 28, 2016 6:57 pm

AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka said he was certain that Hillary Clinton would continue to oppose the TPP deal. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill)

Labor leader: McAullife ‘absolutely wrong’ Clinton will flip on TPP

Sean Higgins · July 27, 2016 2:32 pm

Companies denied workers the minimum hourly rate required by the government as well as overtime pay. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis)

Capitol Hill cafeteria workers win $1M in back pay

Sean Higgins · July 26, 2016 8:16 pm

"Growth must be the top priority" of regulation, not financial stability, Chamber president says. (AP Photo/Molly Riley)

Chamber’s Donohue says both parties bad on economic growth

Sean Higgins · July 26, 2016 6:05 pm

AFT was one of the first unions to endorse Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

Emails show DNC, teachers union working to link Trump to bullying

Sean Higgins · July 25, 2016 10:23 pm

The Democratic Party's 2016 platform is a veritable wish list for organized labor, making numerous elaborate promises to tilt federal law and regulation in its favor and against business. (AP Photo/Matt Slocum)

Dem 2016 platform a wish-list for labor leaders

Sean Higgins · July 22, 2016 9:26 pm

The new GOP platform calls for a national right-to-work law and reining in the labor board. (Daniel Acker/Bloomberg)

After Obama, GOP platform moves right on labor issues

Sean Higgins · July 20, 2016 9:59 pm

Unite Here says it's backing Hillary Clinton because she wants to get rid of Obamacare's "Cadillac tax." (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

Clinton scores service union endorsement

Sean Higgins · July 19, 2016 10:55 pm

Workers at Philadelphia International Airport have voted to strike during the convention. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez, File)

Airport strike looms for DNC convention

Sean Higgins · July 18, 2016 9:06 pm