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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7 Ways to Fix Your Biggest Management Mistake
By Maureen Mackey, The Fiscal TimesThe open-plan workplace may be the biggest boon to productivity in decades because it fosters collaboration, innovation and creativity among employees. But plenty of bosses stumble when it comes to...
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Why American Men Are Falling Fast Behind
By Blaire Briody, The Fiscal TimesMen – once the dominate sex in nearly every sector of society – seem to be falling far and fast. A new Pew report finds that 40 percent of families have mothers who are the primary breadwinners– a...
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How the Tech-Savvy Class of 2013 Can Change the World
By David Kirkpatrick, TechonomyI’m jealous of anyone graduating college today. You are stepping as a newly burnished adult into an era of unprecedented promise, innovation and opportunity. The world you will witness and contribute...
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9 Startups Bringing “Made in USA” Back to Clothing
By Yelena Shuster, The Fiscal TimesEver since the disastrous factory collapse in Bangladesh, Americans are realizing that cheap clothes come at a steep price. Enter this noble group of entrepreneurs who are stitching up their own Made...
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7 Ways to Spot a Liar at Work
By Maureen Mackey, The Fiscal TimesThe workplace can be tough enough without worrying if your manager is really sick or just goofing off, or if that document was really sent to your client on time. As unethical as liars can be,...