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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Here’s a Big Problem With Working From Home
More than three-quarters of Americans workers who participate in conference calls with their colleagues admit to multi-tasking during the conversations. A third of U.S. workers use the time to...
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The 12 College Majors That Earn the Most -- and the Least
By Millie DentAlthough the job market might be looking up for Millennial college grads, not all college degrees are created equal, especially when it comes to pay, according to a new report from the Federal...
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How Your Employer May Be Exposing You to Identity Theft
No matter how careful you are with your passwords and personal data, you could still be the victim of identity theft if your company doesn’t take similar precautions. Nearly a third of companies aren...
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The Robot Revolution Could Wipe Out 5.1 Million Jobs by 2020
By Millie DentIf a plummeting stock market and possible global recession isn’t enough to make you hide under the covers, a new report from the World Economic Forum just might. The “Fourth Industrial Revolution” is...
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In a Powerball Office Pool? Here’s the Best Way to Avoid Future Lawsuits
By Janna HerronIt can be fun to fantasize with co-workers how you would buy your company or retire en masse if the office pool won the lottery. And with Powerball’s record-setting payout at $1.5 billion, there are...