U.S. Labor Department data shows Florida weekly jobless claims falling The U.S. Department of Labor on Thursday released a report that estimated 6,436 claims were filed in Florida during the week that ended May 18, down from a revised count of 7,224 during the previous ... 05/23/2024 - 10:44 am | View Link
US applications for jobless benefits fall as labor market continues to thrive The number of Americans applying for unemployment benefits fell last week as layoffs remained historically low despite the Federal Reserve’s efforts to loosen the labor market. Jobless claims for the ... 05/23/2024 - 3:37 am | View Link
As job growth in California falls back, unemployment rate remains highest in the country California posted another anemic month of job growth in April, and the state’s unemployment rate remained the highest in the land, at 5.3%. 05/17/2024 - 2:45 am | View Link
MI Jobless Rate Stays Constant in April Nik Rajkovic / news@whmi.com Michigan’s seasonally adjusted jobless rate remained at 3.9 percent for the third consecutive month during April, according to data released today b ... 05/16/2024 - 5:00 am | View Link
Stocks Rebound As Rising Jobless Claims Sustain Rate-Cut Hopes, Dollar Falls, Gold Rallies: What's Driving Markets Thursday? Wall Street is seeing a day of gains as all major indices traded in the green around noon in New York, driven by a surprising uptick in unemployment claims prompting speculation over Federal Reserve ... 05/9/2024 - 5:42 am | View Link
emptywheel - Jack Smith invites Aileen Cannon to protect the country instead of Trump;
God's Spies - another thing to worry about: the Thwaites Glacier;
Just an Earthbound Misfit - Boebert gets Buttigieged;
Strangely Blogged - Zippy wants your money;
Tell Me a Story - bears and wolves and incels! OH MY!
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When they first crawled out from under their rocks, Moms for Liberty pretended to be just a grassroots group of moms with everyday concerns such as having threesomes, underage drinking parties, shoplifting, book burning, fascism and quoting Hitler.
But now they are dropping their facade and have announced an initial drop of $3 million on four swing states, including Wisconsin:
The coordinated push in presidential swing states also raises questions about the group’s intentions and funding.
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OKLAHOMA CITY — At least two people are dead after severe weather swept across Texas and Oklahoma overnight, causing extensive damage and outages, authorities said.
Sheriff Ray Sappington confirmed the deaths in rural Cooke County in Texas near the Oklahoma border on Saturday night.
“It took some time to get back in there because of all the damage with the power lines, and trees were down.
MANCHESTER, England — Nicki Minaj’s concert in Manchester scheduled for Saturday night was postponed after police in the Netherlands discovered marijuana in her bags as she was preparing to leave the country.
Promoter Live Nation said the performance will be rescheduled and tickets will be honored.
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“Despite Nicki’s best efforts to explore every possible avenue to make tonight’s show happen, the events of today have made it impossible,” the promoter said in a statement.
As protests erupted across college campuses this spring amid the Israel-Hamas conflict, Arizona State University (ASU) president Michael Crow—who runs a large state institution with nearly 80,000 students enrolled on campus and more than 65,000 online—was not immune from the heat. In late April, pro-Palestian protesters erected an encampment on the school’s Tempe, Ariz.