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Nov 05 2019
News
U.S. Stocks Outpacing the Rest of the World
Steady consumer spending and strength in the labor market keep supporting U.S. stocks despite fears of a recession.
The Dow Jones Industrial Average climbed Monday to its first record since mid-July, the latest example of investors’ faith in the domestic economy powering U.S. stocks to fresh highs.
Buoyed by optimism about a U.S.-China trade accord and last week’s upbeat figures
Wall Street Journal (News)
Jun 08 2015
News
Utah's abortion rate dropped 16 percent in recent years
The annual number of abortions in Utah has decreased by 16 percent since 2010.
An Associated Press survey has found that decline mirrors a national trend.
Numbers from the Utah Department of Health show there were 2,893 abortions in Utah in 2013, the most recent year for which data are available. Updated numbers are expected this summer.
KUTV
Oct 05 2012
News
Jobless rate falls to 7.8 percent in September, as Obama looks for boost
The monthly jobless rate dipped below 8 percent for the first time in nearly four years, according to new economic data that could give President Obama a campaign-trail lifeline after a disappointing debate performance.
Fox News (Online News)
Nov 04 2019
News
There is no single “black vote.” There are many.
Black voters are getting a significant amount of attention these days.
In many ways, it’s a welcome development: After years of helping Democrats secure crucial election victories, black voters are being recognized as an influential voting bloc. This was perhaps most notable in 2008 and 2012, where their increased turnout helped deliver the White House to Barack Obama, the nation’s
Vox
Apr 16 2016
News
Hillary Clinton, The 'Gender Card' And What It Could Mean In November
It's essentially impossible to win the Democratic nomination without support from women.
In primaries and caucuses across the country, women make up a solid majority of the Democratic electorate. In fact, according to exit poll data, there's not a state that's voted to date where women made up less than 54 percent of Democratic voters. And, in Mississippi, women made up nearly two-
NPR (Online News)
Mar 11 2021
Perspectives Blog
Story of the Week: Biden Signs $1.9T Stimulus Bill
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President Biden signed his administration's $1.9 trillion COVID-19 relief package into law Thursday afternoon. Both houses of Congress approved the bill, which includes stimulus checks, state and local government aid, child tax credits, jobless benefits and funds for vaccine distribution. Democrat lawmakers
AllSides Staff
Dec 06 2019
News
Food Stamps
On Thursday, the Department of Agriculture issued a final rule restricting the ability of states to apply for waivers of the work requirements for SNAP (food stamps). Current law prevents able-bodied adults without dependents from receiving food stamps for more than a few months, but states can apply for waivers in places with relatively high unemployment. The Department estimates that 688,000
The Flip Side
Dec 06 2015
News
Have there been 353 mass shootings this year — or just 4?
The shooting in San Bernardino, California, on Wednesday was the 353rd mass shooting of 2015, according to the crowdsourced Mass Shooting Tracker that Vox uses for our maps documenting mass shootings. Or it was the 29th, if you use data from USA Today. Or it was the fourth, if you use a database maintained by Mother Jones.
How are three news outlets coming up with such different answers
Vox
Jul 31 2019
News
Is Trump the Reason the Fed Is Cutting Rates?
President Donald Trump's repeated calls for easier monetary policy may not be what's driving the Federal Reserve to cut interest rates on Wednesday.
But Trump's policies have set the table for it.
His aggressive tactics on trade, including 25% tariffs on $200 billion of Chinese goods that prompted retaliatory duties on U.S. exports, have made companies uncertain about the future
Newsmax (News)
Mar 11 2017
News
Trump Economic Advisor Says Trump Deserves No Credit for Strong Jobs Report
Earlier today, the Bureau of Labor Statistics released payroll data that showed the U.S. added 235,000 jobs in February. Naturally, Donald Trump commemorated the event on his favorite social- media platform, retweeting the Drudge Report headline “GREAT AGAIN: +235,000,” while his chief of staff, Reince Priebus,tweeted “.@POTUS Trump delivers in first #JobsReport. 235,000 new jobs and
Vanity Fair