Budget Battles
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Republicans Want Strings Attached to California Disaster Aid
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Biden Goes Out With a Bang in the Jobs Market
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Trump Privately Pushes Senators for ‘One Big, Beautiful Bill’
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Trump Considers Declaring National Emergency for Tariff Rollout
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Trump Unloads: Grievances, Greenland and the Gulf of Mexico
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Republicans Divided Over How to Pass Trump’s Agenda
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Trump Pushes Johnson to Victory as Speaker
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Looking for a New Job? These Are the Best Cities for You
If you’re on the hunt for a good job, think warm thoughts and pack sunglasses.
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Hoping for a Big Raise Next Year? Here’s How Much You’ll Probably Get
A new report sheds light on how big a raise most workers will be getting next year.
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A New Report Shows Why The 10-Year Jobs Crisis Is Effectively Over
A new report by the Hamilton Project at the Brookings Institution has good news: "With [yesterday's] employment report, we can report that the national jobs gap relative to November 2007 has closed (...
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The Real Reason Teens Don’t Have Summer Jobs Anymore
Toiling all summer as a camp counselor or lifeguard used to be a rite of passage for American teenagers, but they’ve been dropping out of the labor force for years.
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Women Are Better Investors Than Men. Here Are 3 Reasons Why
Female investors outperform males on average, and new report attributes the better performance to three traits more common in female investors.
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3 New Benefits That Could Be Coming to Your Company
As America flirts with full employment, companies have to work a bit harder to attract workers. A new survey shows that companies are becoming more generous with their benefits packages.
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Are You Being Paid Fairly? Here's How to Find Out
After nearly a decade of stagnation, wages are starting to rise as a strong job market (finally) gives American workers more power in negotiations.
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Do Demographics Dictate Economic Destiny?
A new Morning Consult poll suggests that fewer Americans are spending their tax refunds. Instead, they’re socking the money away or paying off debt.
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The 10 College Majors Employers Want Most This Year
By Janna HerronThe proportion of employers planning to hire recent college graduates hit a decade-high this year. Here are the 10 majors most in demand.
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What Will It Take to Finally Get US Workers’ Pay Growing Again?
Workers of all political stripes must be frustrated by the fact that the economic expansion has yet to deliver the kind of wage gains that have been long promised.
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Why the Holidays Are Hazardous to Your Love Life
By Emily Shire, TheWeek.comTis the season for bad relationship decisions, says a new survey from the dating site PlentyOfFish . Holidays are not only a time for good cheer and gift-giving, it’s also the time for hooking up...
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Boozy Buying Is New Source of Income for Retailers
By Kelli B. Grant, CNBCEndless lines. Pushy crowds. Hearing "The Twelve Days of Christmas" for the umpteenth time in a matter of hours. Spend a little time shopping this holiday season , and odds are good you'll want a...
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Why Raising the Minimum Wage Is a Fantasy
By Liz PeekIn a recent “60 Minutes” piece, Amazon founder Jeff Bezos proudly displayed his company’s next delivery vehicles: drones. It’s only a matter of time, according to Bezos, before Amazon’s faux-pelicans...
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Fast-Food Worker Strikes: What Good Will They Do?
By John Grgurich, The Fiscal TimesOne possible answer to the question above is: not much, particularly if you gauge it by the lackadaisical reaction to the strikes staged on Aug. 29. So why are fast-food workers at it again today?
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Downgraded Again — Now Part-Time Jobs Are ‘On Demand’
By Herb Weisman, CNBCThe Great Recession changed the American workplace. More and more jobs that used to be full time are now part time, with lower pay and limited or no benefits. The number of "involuntary" part-time...