Tag: Jobs

The video from the president's re-election campaign features one apprentice, two employees and the CEO of Medalcraft Mint. (Donald J. Trump for President/YouTube)

Trump re-election campaign releases video highlighting president’s efforts to boost manufacturing

Melissa Quinn · September 6, 2017 3:31 pm

Until recently former Alabama Chief Justice Roy Moore who wants to be the states's next senator didn't know what DACA was. And perhaps more embarrassing, the front-runner in the special Alabama Senate primary also seems completely unaware of right-to-work laws. (AP Photo/Brynn Anderson)

Beltway Confidential

‘National right-to-work?’ Roy Moore had another ‘Aleppo moment’ ahead of Alabama’s Senate race

Philip Wegmann · September 5, 2017 4:01 am

According to a May 2016 Gallup poll, 55 percent of Americans under the age of 30 have a positive view of socialism. So, this Labor Day, as leftists invite you to step along their pathway to a workers' utopia, let us consider what capitalism has already achieved for this country, and especially for its wage earners. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren)

Labor Day, freedom, and the wreck of socialism

Washington Examiner · September 4, 2017 4:01 am

Hidden capitalism is thriving at the heart of the North Korean economy and political structure. (AP Photo/Vincent Thian)

Beltway Confidential

North Korea’s capitalism catch-22

Tom Rogan · September 1, 2017 5:56 pm

Labor Secretary Alexander Acosta said the employment numbers for August showed "continued economic strength and optimism" in the nation. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

Labor Secretary Alexander Acosta: Jobs numbers show ‘strength and optimism’

Sean Higgins · September 1, 2017 5:26 pm

House Majority Leader Nancy Pelosi and Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer separately framed the August jobs report released Friday as a disappointment produced by GOP policies. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Beltway Confidential

Democrats can’t get their message straight on the new jobs report

Emily Jashinsky · September 1, 2017 5:16 pm

Mariana Azpeitia, a farm worker from Mexico, holds the flag of Mexico and a sign in Spanish that say "Without hands there are no beans" as she demonstrates in front of the Homestead, Fla., City Hall building Monday, May 1, 2017. Immigrant and union groups marched in cities across the United States to mark May Day and protest against President Donald Trump's efforts to boost deportations. (AP Photo/Wilfredo Lee)

Report: Illegal immigration costs $296 billion in lost taxes

Paul Bedard · September 1, 2017 1:25 pm

The month's job growth fell shy of economist's expectations, which were for 180,000 new jobs. (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez)

Economy adds 156,000 jobs in August, unemployment ticks up to 4.4 percent

Joseph Lawler · September 1, 2017 12:31 pm

The Obama administration had attempted to scuttle the program entirely. (AP Photo/Luca Bruno)

Texas court nullifies Obama overtime rule

Sean Higgins · August 31, 2017 9:03 pm

Economists had expected unemployment claims to inch up to 237,000. (AP Photo/Seth Perlman, File)

Jobless claims inch up to 236,000, remain near historic lows

Joseph Lawler · August 31, 2017 12:31 pm

In this Thursday, Aug. 24, 2017, photo, Gennice Mackey uses a bullhorn to lead a chant of "Save the Raise!" outside a McDonald's restaurant in St. Louis. A Missouri law that takes effect Monday, Aug. 28, prohibits cities from having a higher minimum wage than the state's wage of $7.70 per hour. That means St. Louis' $10 minimum wage will be rolled back. But advocates of a higher wage are urging employers to keep the $10 minimum wage. (AP Photo/Jim Salter)

Missouri rolls back minimum wage in St. Louis

Sean Higgins · August 28, 2017 11:24 pm

Since the start of 2016, 15 states have passed 27 laws pre-empting local labor standards, according a study released Monday by the liberal Economic Policy Institute. (AP Photo/M. Spencer Green, File)

GOP state lawmakers move to halt local minimum wages

Sean Higgins · August 28, 2017 11:14 pm