• Senate Democrats Block Bill Shielding Families From Data Center Costs
    (WASHINGTON) – Senate Democrats blocked the Ratepayer Protection Act Wednesday, stopping legislation designed to protect families from higher electricity bills linked to massive data centers. The Senate voted 57 to 43 on H.R. 9340, with every opposing vote coming from Democrats or independents. The bill had already passed the House by an overwhelming 417-to-3 margin. […]
  • Trump Hitting The Road For Midterm Candidates
    (Washington, DC) — President Trump will be campaigning in three states this week to rally Republicans ahead of the midterm elections. Today, Trump will be in Denton, Texas, to tour the Peterbilt Motors facility and deliver remarks to workers. Later in the day, Trump will be in Durant, Oklahoma for a rally with candidates he […]
  •  Private Sector Jobs Increase In September
    (Roseland, NJ) — Payroll processor ADP reports that private job creation increased in September following a brief slowdown. In their latest survey out today, the company says employment rose by 90-thousand for the month. That’s much higher than the downwardly revised 36-thousand in August. Most of the growth from this recent report was in education […]
  • US weekly jobless claims fall; layoffs drop in September
    WASHINGTON, Oct 1 (Reuters) – New applications for US unemployment benefits fell last week and layoffs decreased in September, suggesting that labor market stability persisted even as employers remained cautious about boosting hiring. Initial claims for state unemployment benefits slipped 1,000 to a seasonally adjusted 197,000 for the week ended September 26, the Labor Department […]
  • Trump says he regrets nominating Supreme Court Justices Gorsuch, Barrett and Kavanaugh
    WASHINGTON, Oct 1 (Reuters) – US President Donald Trump said he regretted nominating three Supreme Court justices — Neil Gorsuch, Amy Coney Barrett and Brett Kavanaugh — who have opposed him in recent rulings, according to a Time Magazine interview. The Republican president was asked about his recent comments regarding the three conservative justices in the […]