(The Center Square) Newly released economic data show a surge in first-time unemployment claims last week, much higher than experts predicted.
The Department of Labor reported that for the week ending Jan. 15, a total of 286,000 Americans filed first-time unemployment claims, an increase of 55,000 from the previous week.
“The...
(Headline USA) Airlines across the world, including the long-haul carrier Emirates, rushed Wednesday to cancel or change flights heading into the U.S. over an ongoing dispute about the rollout of 5G mobile phone technology near American airports.
The issue appeared to particularly impact the Boeing 777, a long-range, wide-body aircraft...
The Union Pacific (UP) railroad, in a letter to Los Angeles District Attorney George Gascon, said it may discontinue service to LA after videos of the looting went viral according to a letter obtained by local CBS News and published on Twitter.
“UP considering rerouting it’s trains out of LA...
(Headline USA) On an isolated farm, greenhouses stand in regimental order, sheltered by a fringe of trees.
Inside are hundreds of head-high cannabis plants in precise rows, each rising from a pot nourished by coils of irrigation tubing. Lights powerful enough to turn night into day blaze overhead.
In the five...
(Gregg Pupecki, Headline USA) In a unexpected move Minnesota Bank & Trust and their parent company Heartland Financial USA informed Mike Lindell that they want all of his banking accounts closed.
This involves nine of his businesses and charities. The bank gave him 30 days to close the accounts...
(Headline USA) For the first time in half a year, families on Friday are going without a monthly deposit from the child tax credit---a program that was intended to be part of President Joe Biden's legacy but has emerged instead as a flash point over who is worthy of...
(Headline USA) President Joe Biden will nominate three people for the Federal Reserve's Board of Governors, including Sarah Bloom Raskin, a former Fed and Treasury official, for the top regulatory slot and Lisa Cook, who would be the first black woman to serve on the Fed's board.
Biden will also...
(Headline USA) For companies that were waiting to hear from the U.S. Supreme Court before deciding whether to require vaccinations or regular coronavirus testing for workers, the next move is up to them.
Many large corporations were silent on Thursday's ruling by the high court to block a requirement that workers at...
(Headline USA) Inflation jumped in December at its fastest year-over-year pace in nearly four decades, surging 7% and raising costs for consumers and offsetting recent wage gains for those who remain employed.
The pandemic is global. But with few exceptions, this *level* of inflation is unique to the United States.
Joe...
(Headline USA) This year's tax filing season will begin on Jan. 24, 17 days earlier than last year, the Internal Revenue Service announced Monday.
The IRS is warning that a resurgence of COVID-19 infections on top of less funding authorization from Congress than the Biden administration had requested could make...
(Jp Cortez, Sound Money Defense League) After the Consumer Price Index surged last year to its highest level since 1982, politicians are feeling pressure from constituents to do something about it.
President Joe Biden recently announced $1 billion in grants, loans, and other assistance for small meat producers. Another costly...
(Headline USA) U.S. employers added a modest 199,000 jobs last month while the unemployment rate fell sharply, at a time when businesses are struggling to fill jobs with many Americans remaining reluctant to return to the workforce.
The numbers continued to cast a grim pall over the dire Biden economy,...
