Tag: Unemployment

President Donald Trump listens to a question from a reporter as he speaks about the coronavirus in the James Brady Press Briefing Room of the White House, Monday, April 6, 2020, in Washington.

Beltway Confidential

Trump’s economy is the Democrats’ disaster

Tom Rogan · July 5, 2019 8:44 pm

Joe Biden, Bernie Sanders, Beto O'Rourke, Pete Buttigieg.

Zogby: Elitism, economy, identity politics hobble 2020 Democrats

Paul Bedard · June 26, 2019 12:50 pm

From left, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, and House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy stand on the East steps of Capitol Hill in this Dec. 2021 photo.

Magazine - Washington Briefing

Swing-district Dems reluctant to back $15 minimum wage

Susan Ferrechio · June 21, 2019 3:00 am

Pelosi: Jobs report shows Trump ‘hollowing out our economy’

Susan Ferrechio · June 7, 2019 3:27 pm

A worker uses an angle grinder while constructing a base plate for a sign pole at the Jones Sign Co. manufacturing facility in De Pere, Wisconsin, U.S., on Monday, Jan. 21, 2019.

Record low unemployment for workers without bachelor’s degrees in May

Joseph Lawler · June 7, 2019 12:40 pm

Walmart associate Luis Gutierrez, center, checks out a customer's items at a Walmart Supercenter in Houston.

Walmart seeks to attract high schoolers with college benefits, free SAT and ACT prep

Melissa Quinn · June 4, 2019 5:48 pm

Federal Reserve Governor Lael Brainard, speaks as the Federal Reserve Board holds a meeting to discuss proposed rules to modify the enhanced prudential standard framework for large banking organizations, Wednesday, Oct. 31, 2018, at the Marriner S. Eccles Federal Reserve Board Building in Washington.

Fed Gov. Lael Brainard declares ‘new normal,’ calls for higher inflation and tighter regulation

Colin Wilhelm · May 16, 2019 7:19 pm

Vsitors to the Pittsburgh veterans job fair meet with recruiters at Heinz Field in Pittsburgh.

Beltway Confidential

A hesitating but happy economy

Bruce Yandle · May 8, 2019 5:59 pm

President Trump gives a thumbs up as he walks on the South Lawn of the White House.

Trump approval reaches record high in Gallup poll

Zach Halaschak · May 6, 2019 8:51 pm

President-elect Donald Trump and Vice President-elect Mike Pence watch as employees work during a visit to Carrier factory, Thursday, Dec. 1, 2016, in Indianapolis, Ind.

Trump-era economy: A rising tide is lifting all boats

Washington Examiner · May 6, 2019 4:00 am

President Donald Trump, shown during his 2016 campaign, had a good week, according to the Secrets White House Report Card graders.

White House Report Card: As 2020 nears, Trump riding booming economy

Paul Bedard · May 4, 2019 7:00 pm

Ivanka Trump and Former President Trump's pastor, Paula White, left, and Ivanka Trump, spent Tuesday deliver "Farmers to Families" food boxes at White's Florida City of Destiny church and private homes.

Veteran unemployment rate reaches 19-year low

Julio Rosas · May 3, 2019 10:17 pm