Tag: Jobs

The protections are being considered after Trump called a 90-day halt to federal hiring as one of his first acts in office, causing a scramble by the military to issue individual hiring exemptions to allow needed work on ships and hardware to continue. (AP Photo/Jessica Hill)

National Security

House moves to shield depots, shipyards from Trump hiring freezes

Travis J. Tritten · July 13, 2017 2:43 pm

Forecasters in the private sector had expected jobless claims to drift down slightly to 246,000. On Thursday, the Labor Department reports on the number of people who applied for unemployment benefits a week earlier. (AP Photo/Lynne Sladky, File)

Jobless claims fall to 247,000, total benefits at low streak

Joseph Lawler · July 13, 2017 12:31 pm

Lauren McGarity McFerran was approved by the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee Tuesday to be the newest member of the National Labor Relations Board, the federal agency that enforces labor law. (AP Photo)

Small businesses urge Congress to rein in NLRB

Sean Higgins · July 12, 2017 2:15 pm

The agency's goal "is to ensure a new chemicals program that is both protective of human health and the environment, while also being supportive of bringing new chemicals to market," said Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Scott Pruitt. (AP Photo/Teresa Crawford)

Energy and Environment

House’s EPA spending bill doesn’t agree with Trump cuts but approves layoffs

John Siciliano · July 11, 2017 9:51 pm

A total of 5.47 million people were hired in May, according to Tuesday's report, the most since December of 2015 — an encouraging sign for the ongoing jobs recovery. (AP Photo/Wilfredo Lee)

More people are quitting their jobs than at any time since the dotcom bubble

Joseph Lawler · July 11, 2017 2:23 pm

President vows to cut "industry-killing" environmental regulations and "job-crushing" taxes as automaker opens new U.S. headquarters. (AP Photo/James Crisp, File)

Trump tells Toyota he wants America to be ‘car capital’ of the world again

John Siciliano · July 7, 2017 5:19 pm

Economists in the private sector had projected around 170,000 new jobs for the month. (AP Photo/Lynne Sladky)

Job growth rebounds to 222,000 in June, unemployment at 4.4 percent

Joseph Lawler · July 7, 2017 12:31 pm

Welfare payments cost the taxpayer hundreds of billions each year. (iStock by Getty Images)

Beltway Confidential

Capable welfare recipients should be put to work

Tom Rogan · July 6, 2017 8:02 pm

Forecasters in the private sector had expected jobless claims to drift down slightly to 246,000. On Thursday, the Labor Department reports on the number of people who applied for unemployment benefits a week earlier. (AP Photo/Lynne Sladky, File)

June marked highest month for US workforce participation since 2010

Anna Giaritelli · July 6, 2017 2:27 pm

Private-sector forecasters had expected claims to remain steady. (AP Photo/Alan Diaz)

Jobless claims inch up to 248,000 ahead of Friday jobs report

Joseph Lawler · July 6, 2017 12:31 pm

Advocates for a higher wage have criticized the report's methodology, but one author shrugged it off, saying it was to be expected given the groups' politics. (Elizabeth Flores/Star Tribune via AP)

Liberals try to refute Seattle minimum wage study

Sean Higgins · July 6, 2017 4:01 am

Two-thirds of registered voters called President Trump's recent attacks on MSNBC host Mika Brzezinski unacceptable, according to a new poll.

65 percent of voters call Trump’s attack on Mika Brzezinski ‘unacceptable’

Anna Giaritelli · July 5, 2017 12:49 pm