Tag: Unemployment

Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand, D-N.Y., attends a news conference, Tuesday, Dec. 12, 2017, on Capitol Hill in Washington.

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Gillibrand’s farcical attempt to argue low unemployment is actually bad

Becket Adams · November 15, 2018 8:02 pm

Signage at the Breakthru Beverage Group booth during a National Career Fairs event in Tampa, Florida, U.S., on Wednesday, May 23, 2018. Filings for U.S. unemployment benefits unexpectedly rose to a seven-week high while remaining consistent with a tight job market, Labor Department figures showed Thursday.

Ratio of unemployed workers to available jobs hovers at record low

Joseph Lawler · November 6, 2018 3:16 pm

Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer.

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Schumer tries, feebly, to talk down a booming job market

Becket Adams · November 2, 2018 10:10 pm

Veteran unemployment rate hit near-record low in October

Maria Biery · November 2, 2018 5:14 pm

One of the largest armies of unemployed men parade in Washington, D.C., on bike, wagons, and on foot, on the first Labor Day observance, Sept. 3, 1894. Shown are Jacob S. Coxey's "Army of the Commonweal of Christ," with Coxey in the buggy at right, wearing a light suit.

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The story behind the first caravan to march on Washington

J. Mark Powell · October 30, 2018 12:30 pm

FILE - In this Aug. 3, 2017 file photo, President Donald Trump speaks in the Roosevelt Room of the White House in Washington. Two LGBT-rights organizations filed a lawsuit in federal court Wednesday, Aug. 9, 2017, challenging President Donald Trump's tweets declaring he wants a ban on transgender people serving in the military.

Trump economist bets administration can find more workers to fuel boom

Colin Wilhelm · October 18, 2018 3:23 am

FILE- In this July 17, 2018, file photo, a sign outside a business in Salem, N.H. says "Now Hiring." On Tuesday, Oct. 16, the Labor Department reports on job openings and labor turnover for August.

Trump takes credit as job openings rise to highest level on record

Colin Wilhelm · October 16, 2018 2:44 pm

Arkansas Gov. Asa Hutchinson speaks during a news conference on Monday, March 6, 2017, in Little Rock, Ark. Hutchinson said Monday that he wants to add a work requirement to Arkansas' hybrid Medicaid expansion and to lower its eligibility cap, which would add new restrictions to the program even as the future of the federal health overhaul remains unclear.

Failing to meet work requirement, 4,000 more Arkansans dropped from Medicaid

Kimberly Leonard · October 15, 2018 5:41 pm

Signage at the Breakthru Beverage Group booth during a National Career Fairs event in Tampa, Florida, U.S., on Wednesday, May 23, 2018. Filings for U.S. unemployment benefits unexpectedly rose to a seven-week high while remaining consistent with a tight job market, Labor Department figures showed Thursday.

Trump economy delivers lowest unemployment since Nixon

James Langford · October 5, 2018 5:22 pm

Workers build washing machines on the assembly line at the Samsung washing machine facility in Newberry, S.C.

Trump tariffs, Hurricane Florence hammered September hiring: Economists

James Langford · October 4, 2018 5:58 pm

Jerome Powell testifies during a Senate Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee confirmation hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington.

Fed's Powell sees 'remarkably positive' economic outlook

Colin Wilhelm · October 2, 2018 5:41 pm

In this Sept. 24, 2018, photo, President Donald Trump speaks during a meeting with South Korean President Moon Jae-In at the Lotte New York Palace hotel in New York. Trumpâs victory helped give rise to the #MeToo era. Now, as it threatens his latest pick to the Supreme Court and his partyâs electoral majorities in Congress. Trump is taking aim at the movement that has spurred a national reckoning around gender equity and sexual consent. Arguing that âfalse accusations of all types are made against a lot of people,â Trump defended Brett Kavanaugh on Tuesday against allegations of decades-old sexual abuse.

Trump touts economic gains: ‘People are excited about the USA again!’

Katelyn Caralle · September 26, 2018 7:20 am