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Dec 21 2021
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US Population Grew at Historically Low Rate in 2021
The U.S. population grew by 0.1% — the lowest rate since the nation’s founding — from July 2020 to July 2021, the U.S. Census Bureau said Tuesday.
The percentage amounts to an estimated increase of 392,665 people, including 148,043 from natural increase and 244,622 from net international migration. “The slow rate of growth can be attributed to decreased net international migration,
Forbes The Daily Caller Washington PostOct 11 2021
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Amid Massive Flight Disruptions, Southwest Airlines Disputes Connection To Vaccine Mandate Protests
Amid a series of massive flight disruptions, Southwest Airlines denounced “unfounded rumor and speculation” that the company’s recent decision to mandate vaccinations spurred cancellations and delays. The airline attributed the "high volume of cancellations" and delays to “weather challenges” in Florida and “unexpected air traffic control issues in the same region.” Southwest canceled a total
The Federalist BuzzFeed News AxiosJul 15 2021
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White House Says It's Working With Facebook to Combat False COVID-19 Information
On Thursday, White House Spokesperson Jen Psaki said the Biden administration is working with Facebook to flag posts that "spread disinformation" about COVID-19 vaccines; Psaki also said the White House asked Facebook to share the reach and engagement numbers for flagged posts. Psaki cited a report by the Center for Countering Digital Hate, which said 12 people were responsible for almost 65%
Fox News (Online News) CNN (Online News) ReutersApr 29 2021
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Biden Reaches 100 Days In Office
This week, President Joe Biden reaches 100 days in office, a milestone often used to measure presidents' progress during the early part of their term. Since taking office, Biden has signed 11 bills into law and issued 42 executive orders — the most in a president's first 100 days since Roosevelt in 1933. Biden also reversed 62 Trump-era orders, which include re-joining the Paris climate
NPR (Online News) CNN (Online News) Fox News (Online News)May 05 2022
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WHO: Nearly 15 Million Deaths Associated With COVID-19 Pandemic
About 14.9 million excess deaths were directly or indirectly associated with the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020 and 2021, according to a World Health Organization analysis released Thursday.
The WHO’s estimate was almost three times greater than the reported 5.4 million deaths directly attributable to COVID-19 during the first two years of the pandemic. Deaths indirectly associated with the
Washington Post Washington Examiner STATDec 31 2022
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Wall Street Wraps Up Worst Stock Market Year Since 2008
2022 was a tough year for Wall Street, as the stock market saw its largest overall drop in over a decade.
Major Players: All three major stock indexes saw their worst market years since the financial crisis of 2008. Over the course of 2022, the Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 8.8% and the S&P 500 fell 19.4%. The Nasdaq, home to many technology stocks, suffered the worst, falling
CNBC Fox Business CNN BusinessOct 08 2020
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Nancy Pelosi Rejects Standalone Airline Aid Without Broader Stimulus
House Democrats will not move forward with airline relief without a larger stimulus package, Speaker Nancy Pelosi told reporters Thursday. “I have been very open to having a single standalone bill for the airlines or part of a bigger bill. But there is no standalone bill without a bigger bill,” Pelosi said. This comes a day after President Donald Trump ordered his representatives to stop
Bloomberg Wall Street Journal (News) Washington ExaminerJun 10 2021
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Consumer Prices Rise 5% Since May 2020 Despite Slower Monthly Inflation
The Bureau of Labor Statistics reported Thursday that consumer prices increased 5% in the 12-month period ending in May, higher than April’s 4.2% yearly increase, despite monthly inflation slowing from 0.8% in April to 0.6% in May. Core inflation, which excludes volatile food and energy prices, rose 3.8% in the highest yearly increase since June 1992. This outpaced experts’ expectations, which
CNN Business CNBC Fox BusinessJan 28 2021
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Biden Reopens ACA Health Care Enrollment
President Joe Biden signed an executive order Thursday to reopen healthcare insurance enrollment starting Feb. 15. The new enrollment period is set to last for 90 days on Healthcare.gov, which services 36 states; the 14 states that manage their own health marketplaces may follow suit soon. This reverses some of the policies of former President Donald Trump and restores the Obama-era Affordable
Washington Examiner New York Times (News) USA TODAYSep 14 2021
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Contradictory Data Fuels Split Narratives on Economy, Inflation
Recent data about inflation, wages and poverty is driving confusion about the state of the U.S. economy. The Labor Department announced Tuesday that consumer prices rose 0.3% in August from July, another monthly rise but the slowest increase since January; consumer prices also rose annually again in August, up 5.3%. Producer prices rose in August by 8.3% annually, the highest jump since
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