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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50 Top-Paying Careers in Health Care
By Millie DentIf you’re looking for a career in an industry that’s likely to grow over the next decade, consider a job in health care. Data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics shows that of the thirty fastest...
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The Hardest Working Cities in America
Americans love to brag about their work ethic. Today, Americans report working an average of 44 hours per week, the highest average in the 35 years Gallup has been tracking the statistic. More than...
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The American Retirement Crisis in 5 Charts
A new survey by the Employee Benefit Research Institute finds that Americans remain more confident about their prospects for a financially secure retirement than they were during the recession. But...
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Get Off the Couch, Grandpa: Study Says Elderly Can Work Longer
By Rob GarverA study measuring how much unused labor capacity there is among retired Americans determined that 28.1 percent of US citizens between the ages 55 and 69 are healthy enough to be working, but are not.
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Wall Street Bonuses Tumble as Profits Slide
Wall Street workers are making do with less, as the average bonus in New York’s security industry fell 9 percent in 2015, according to a new report from New York Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli. Of...