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Jan 17 2015
News
Janet Yellen has a huge opportunity to boost the economy
Friday morning, the Bureau of Labor Statistics reported that consumer prices in the United States rose just 0.8 percent in 2014 — the lowest level since the crisis year of 2009. This will raise concern among economic wonks that inflation is running at a dangerously low level and undermining the "credibility" of the central bank's 2 percent inflation target. Meanwhile, normal people — jumping
VoxMay 31 2012
News
Fox News Official Says Obama Video Unauthorized
Fox News Channel's morning show on Wednesday twice aired a nearly four-minute video that contrasted President Barack Obama's words with negative statistics about his administration in a format that looked similar to a campaign advertisement.
The video was shown on "Fox & Friends" and was credited to a Fox producer. It contains ominous music and some grainy footage of the president,
Wall Street Journal (News)Aug 10 2023
Headline Roundup
US Reaches Deal with Iran to Free Imprisoned Americans
The United States and Iran reached a deal where Iran agreed to release five Americans detained in Iran in exchange for the release of several detained Iranians and the unfreezing of $6 billion in Iranian oil revenue.
Details: The deal comes after two years of negotiations. The five imprisoned Americans are being moved into house arrest in a hotel in Tehran. According to the
Fox News (Online News) Reuters New York Times (News)Nov 25 2014
News
The White House's new calorie label requirements are way more aggressive than expected
The White House plans to roll out Tuesday sweeping new rules that will require all large, chain restaurants in America to post nutritional information on menu boards. The rules are four years in the works now and much more stringent than an initial draft that the Obama administration published in 2011.
The new regulations will hit millions of establishments that serve food and not just
VoxDec 31 2012
News
Unthinkable Cuts Almost a Reality
Mandatory federal spending cuts designed to be prohibitively drastic will become a reality on Wednesday if negotiators remain unable to reach an agreement to avert the reductions.
The cuts would hit a broad array of departments and programs, from the military's purchase of mine-resistant vehicles to government food inspections. They would slash funding for Secret Service details and cut
Wall Street Journal (News)Apr 28 2015
News
Senators Seek ‘Living Wage’ for Capitol Hill Contractors
A group of senators is calling for higher wages and better health care for the contractors who work in Senate office buildings.
Private companies receive contracts to provide many of the services for government buildings on Capitol Hill, from running the cafeterias to cleaning offices to restoring aging buildings.
In a letter to the chairman of the Senate Rules Committee, the
Wall Street Journal (News)Jan 17 2020
Opinion
The Botched Democratic Case for Witnesses
Senate Republicans aren’t making their best case on witnesses either.
The fate of the republic, we are now supposed to believe, hinges on whether there are witnesses at a Senate impeachment trial.
Upon the long-anticipated transmittal of the articles of impeachment to the Senate, House Judiciary Chairman Jerry Nadler said if the upper chamber doesn’t obtain the witnesses and
Rich LowryJan 13 2020
News
Jobs Report
“U.S. employers added 145,000 jobs in December and the unemployment rate held steady at 3.5%, signaling that the job market remains strong at the start of 2020 even if hiring and wage gains have slowed somewhat more than a decade into an economic expansion.” (AP News)
The left worries that too many workers are being left out of the economic gains, and calls for systemic reforms.
The Flip SideSep 23 2021
Perspectives Blog
Story of the Week: The Migrant Crisis in Del Rio, Texas
Over 15,000 unauthorized migrants who crossed the Rio Grande River into Texas congregated at a makeshift camp in the small border town of Del Rio over the past week.
The migrants, many of them Haitian, are awaiting processing or apprehension at the camp, where food and utilities are reportedly scarce. A Wednesday report quoting several anonymous officials said thousands of unauthorized
AllSides StaffAug 27 2014
News
Farm Bill Has Become a Midterm Flash Point
On the road to winning Iowa's Republican Senate primary, state senator Joni Ernst opposed the five-year farm bill passed by Congress. Now, her stance on the legislation has become the focus of attacks from her Democratic opponent in the general election, Rep. Bruce Braley.
One of the few bipartisan measures passed by Congress this year, the farm bill recently has cropped up on the
Wall Street Journal (News)