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Sep 09 2019
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Fifty states led by Texas target Google's 'potential monopolistic behavior' in new antitrust probe as they examine if the tech giant has gotten too big and effective at stomping out rivals
Fifty U.S. states and territories, led by Texas, have announced an antitrust investigation into Google's 'potential monopolistic behavior' as they examine whether the Silicon Valley tech giant has gotten too big and effective at stomping or acquiring rivals.
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton formally announced the probe on Monday and said it would focus on Google's advertising business
Daily MailMar 11 2021
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U.S. Jobless Claims Ease as Hiring Picks Up
Worker filings for unemployment benefits dropped to 712,000 last week, nearing their lowest level since the pandemic fueled a surge in layoffs last March.
Jobless claims, a proxy for layoffs, have eased in recent weeks—last week’s seasonally adjusted total was about 200,000 below an early January peak.
The four-week moving average, which smooths out volatility in week-to-week
Wall Street Journal (News)Mar 09 2020
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3 market-panic signals point to global coronavirus recession
Investors look at a number of signals to forecast if the economy is headed for a recession. And those signals are now flashing bright red.
The clearest signal is coming from the stock market. The Dow dropped 1,800 points in early trading Monday — a 7% decline on top of the nearly 12% decline since it hit a record high on February 19. The latest slump put the Dow close to "bear market"
CBS News (Online)Sep 08 2019
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Biden's big bad-news problem
Of the 100 stories about Joe Biden that have received the most social media attention over the last three weeks, 77 were negative, according to data from NewsWhip exclusively provided to Axios.
The big picture: While stories about Biden may be generating more interactions on social media than his 2020 rivals, it's largely because he's getting ripped apart in those pieces.
Social
AxiosAug 24 2021
Perspectives Blog
AllSides Survey: Perceptions on Voter ID
About 77% of Americans agree that photo ID should be required when voting in U.S. elections, according to a recent survey conducted by AllSides.
While most Republicans and Independents are in favor of photo ID laws, Democrats are split on the issue. Results show that 15% of Democrats strongly agree with requiring photo ID to vote, compared to 89% of Republicans.
Andrew Weinzierl
Apr 12 2021
News
Mitch McConnell tends his legacy 8,000 miles away
He reshaped the federal judiciary. He made history as the longest-serving Senate GOP leader. But Mitch McConnell has unfinished business more than 8,000 miles from the halls of Congress.
There's no more consistent or surprising through line to McConnell's 36-year career than promotion of democracy in Myanmar, a Southeast Asian nation of 55 million. McConnell's championing of
PoliticoFeb 10 2021
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House panel advances $15 minimum wage as Democrats try to include it in Covid relief bill
A House committee early on Wednesday approved a portion of the Democratic coronavirus relief proposal which includes a $15 per hour minimum wage.
The chamber’s Education and Labor panel advanced its piece of the $1.9 trillion aid package in a 27-21 party line vote. The proposal includes a provision to gradually raise the federal pay floor to $15 an hour by 2025.
The House Budget
CNBCMar 22 2021
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Border Patrol Releasing Illegal Immigrants Into US Without Court Date
Border Patrol agents in the Rio Grande Valley Sector have started releasing illegal immigrants into the U.S. without a court date because there is no space to hold them due to a surge in crossings.
Fox News, citing multiple border patrol agents, first reported on the releases. A senior source with Customs and Border Protection told the news outlet that immigrants were being registered
Newsmax (News)Jan 10 2020
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Inside the Dark Money Boosting Bernie's Campaign
An outside dark money group has boosted presidential candidate Sen. Bernie Sanders since announcing his campaign last February.
Sanders founded Our Revolution, a 501(c)(4) nonprofit group that can accept unlimited contributions without disclosing the identities of its donors, in 2016, and one campaign finance expert believes the group’s work to help Sanders achieve his presidential
National InterestJan 08 2015
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The Income Gap at the Polls
In 1986, the economist John Kenneth Galbraith declared, “If everybody in this country voted, the Democrats would be in for the next 100 years.” But for decades, the consensus among scholars and journalists has been the opposite. In their seminal 1980 study on the question, using data from 1972, political scientists Raymond Wolfinger and Steven Rosenstone argued that “voters are virtually a
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