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Jul 07 2023
Headline Roundup
June 2023 Jobs Report Shows Hiring Ease
According to the Labor Department jobs report, hiring eased slightly in June as employers added 209,000 jobs, compared to 306,000 jobs in May. The unemployment rate fell from 3.7% to 3.6%.
Key Details: The Federal Reserve is projecting more rate increases in 2023, since economic activity and inflation have not slowed as much as they expected. Employers in hospitality, leisure, and local
Wall Street Journal (News)
Washington Examiner 
CNN (Online News) 
Jan 19 2024
Headline Roundup
Americans' Economic Outlook Rapidly Improving, Consumer Survey Finds
Americans' outlook of the economy sharply improved over the last two months.
For Context: In the final months of 2023, outlets across the spectrum sought to understand why Americans’ view of the economy was out of sync with traditional economic indicators. Despite strong output and weakening inflation, many Americans were pessimistic about the state of the economy. Outlets attributed
Axios
Wall Street Journal (News)
Washington Examiner
Mar 19 2024
Headline Roundup
Trump Faces Challenges Posting $464 Million Bond in Civil Fraud Case
Former President Donald Trump's legal team told a New York appeals court that Trump is unable to post a $464 million bond due next week in a civil fraud case against him.
The Details: According to Trump's lawyers, obstacles have arisen in securing approval from a surety company for the bond, with some having an internal policy limiting bonds to $100 million. The lawyers said sourcing
Breitbart News
Raw Story 
The Hill
Mar 15 2021
Analysis
How a year like no other summoned unsuspected strengths across cultures
The fence around St. James Presbyterian Church, in a quiet suburb of Johannesburg, evinces a reality whose raw numbers can leave neighbors numb.
A year into a pandemic that has taken over 50,000 lives in South Africa, church caretaker Leonard Makuya still wakes each day to hear the latest death toll on the radio, dunking bread in his milky tea as he listens.
He and a colleague
Christian Science Monitor
Mar 01 2024
Headline Roundup
Mortgage Rates Rise Again
Mortgage rates are at their highest level in months as the spring home-buying season approaches.
The Details: The average interest rate on a 30-year mortgage loan rose to 6.94% from 6.9% this week, the highest point since December, according to Freddie Mac.
For Context: After hitting a 20-year high of 7.79% in October, mortgage rates fell slowly and remained around 6.6% for more
CNBC
Fox Business
CNN Business
Dec 11 2023
Headline Roundup
Netanyahu Calls on Hamas Forces to Surrender
With Israeli forces reportedly detaining hundreds of militants, Israeli leader Benjamin Netanyahu called on Hamas fighters to surrender.
Key Quotes: “It is the beginning of the end of Hamas. I say to the Hamas terrorists: It’s over. Don’t die for [Hamas chief Yahya] Sinwar. Surrender now,” Netanyahu said. Meanwhile, Hamas spokesman Abu Obeida said “fascist” Israel would not retake
The Jerusalem Post
Al Jazeera
CBN
Nov 30 2016
Headline Roundup
Trump Picks Steve Mnuchin for Treasury
President-elect Donald Trump has picked his campaign finance chairman, Steve Mnuchin, to be his Treasury secretary. The Wall Street banker spent 17 years at Goldman Sachs, where he was a partner, and is now chief executive of Dune Capital Management, a privately owned hedge fund.
Fox News (Online News)
Wall Street Journal (News)
New York Times (News)
Nov 24 2020
Headline Roundup
Reports Say Netanyahu Secretly Met With Saudi Crown Prince, Saudis Deny Meeting Happened
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu secretly met with Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman in Saudi Arabia on Sunday, according to reports from Israeli media and anonymous Saudi government advisers. The meeting was also reportedly attended by Mossad chief Yossi Cohen and U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, who had visited Israel the week before. On Monday, Saudi foreign minister
Al Jazeera
Axios
CBN
Aug 23 2016
News
Many donors to Clinton Foundation met with her at State
More than half the people outside the government who met with Hillary Clinton while she was secretary of state gave money — either personally or through companies or groups — to the Clinton Foundation. It's an extraordinary proportion indicating her possible ethics challenges if elected president.
At least 85 of 154 people from private interests who met or had phone conversations
Associated Press
Aug 21 2016
News
Clinton’s allied super PAC laps pro-Trump groups in the money race
Democratic billionaires are helping Hillary Clinton’s outside allies sustain a massive cash advantage over an array of super PACs backing Donald Trump, which are still struggling to match the financial arsenal on the left.
Priorities USA Action, the main super PAC aligned with Clinton, brought in $9.3 million in July, giving it a total of $110 million for the 2016 cycle, according to
Washington Post