Tag: Jobs

President Trump signed an executive order in January implementing a federal government hiring freeze. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Senators push to end hiring freeze for civilian military workers

Susan Ferrechio · February 18, 2017 1:38 am

Forecasters had expected claims to rebound after hitting an ultra-low 234,000 in the first week of February. (Patti Blake/News Herald via AP)

Jobless claims hover at ultra-low 239,000

Joseph Lawler · February 16, 2017 1:31 pm

The resolution disapproves of the rule and compels the Labor Department to write another one. (AP Photo/Felipe Dana, File)

House votes to scrap Obama limits on drug tests for the unemployed

Daniel Chaitin · February 15, 2017 10:12 pm

Billionaire businessman Mark Cuban on Tuesday predicted the U.S. will see greater change in the jobs market and economy over the next three years than it has the last three decades. (AP Photo/Paul Sancya, File)

Mark Cuban makes major jobs prediction for next 3 years

Anna Giaritelli · February 15, 2017 2:53 am

Trump talks up economic issues after difficult third week

Trump talks up economic issues after difficult third week

Anna Giaritelli · February 11, 2017 1:16 am

Border taxes may reduce U.S. invasion by Mexican-produced automobiles bought voluntarily by American consumers. But in doing so, more costly U.S.-produced substitutes will replace the Mexican product. (AP Photo/Gregory Bull)

Beltway Confidential

Is a Mexican import tax really putting ‘America first’?

Bruce Yandle · February 10, 2017 8:19 pm

Twenty years ago, Bill Clinton's administration was busy negotiating with China for normal trade relations. China's economy was growing rapidly, its manufacturers were inexpensive and American firms looked with relish on a market of 1 billion customers with fast-growing incomes.

Beltway Confidential

How welfare reform can inform a better trade policy

Michael Barone · February 10, 2017 5:05 am

On Thursday, the Labor Department reports on the number of people who applied for unemployment benefits in the previous week. Economists in the private sector had expected jobless claims to tick up to a still-low 250,000. (AP Photo/David Goldman, File)

Jobless claims running at 44-year low

Joseph Lawler · February 9, 2017 1:31 pm

President Donald Trump looks at Intel CEO Brian Krzanich, left, holding a silicon wafer during their meeting in the Oval Office. The tech firm plans to add 3,000 high-skilled jobs in Arizona plant and 7,000 jobs in the supply chain. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

Intel announces $7 billion investment in new Arizona factory

Gabby Morrongiello · February 8, 2017 6:13 pm

"Right now, we have a legal immigration system that is not working for American workers," Cotton said. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Cotton wants to crack down on legal immigration

Kyle Feldscher · February 7, 2017 2:48 pm

So how do we reconstruct this sluggish smothering decline in the real value of America's trust in institutions when opportunities continue to shrink rather than grow? There is no easy single answer.

Americans don’t trust anymore, and that’s a big problem

Salena Zito · February 5, 2017 5:05 am

The White House took credit for 227,000 jobs added to the economy in January. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

White House claims credit for better than expected job growth

Kyle Feldscher · February 3, 2017 5:54 pm