Posts by Amelia Frost
US Hiring Stayed Strong Amid Early Days of Tariff Policy, Jobs Report Shows
[ad_1] The latest message from the data on the U.S. economy is simple: So far, so good, until further notice. The labor market remained in a healthy state of balance as America entered a global trade war in April. U.S. employers added 177,000 jobs last month, the Labor Department reported on Friday. And the unemployment…
Read MoreTrump Proposes $163 Billion in Cuts Across Government in New Budget
[ad_1] President Trump on Friday proposed slashing $163 billion in federal spending next fiscal year, a drastic retrenchment in the role and reach of government that, if enacted, would eliminate a vast set of climate, education, health and housing programs, including some that benefit the poor. Issuing his first budget proposal since returning to office,…
Read MoreCompanies Are Raising Prices as Tariffs Hit
[ad_1] More companies are starting to warn that they will have to pass on higher costs to American consumers, raising prices for products like strollers, mattresses, power tools and cast-iron cookware as President Trump’s tariffs take hold. Some company officials said they had been left with no choice but to raise prices as they pay…
Read MoreBillionaire-owned Paris FC Win Promotion And Prepare To Take On PSG
[ad_1] Six months after a joint takeover that involved Europe’s richest man and drinks giant Red Bull, Paris FC squeezed out a 1-1 draw at Martigues on Friday to lock up promotion to Ligue 1. The victory means that Paris will have two teams in the French top division for the first time in 35…
Read MoreTrump Insists Admin is Being ‘Careful’ With Deportations Following Joe Rogan’s Worries They Could ‘Become Monsters’
[ad_1] President Donald Trump responded to remarks from influential Trump supporter and podcast host Joe Rogan, who cautioned against abandoning due process as the administration conducts aggressive deportation tactics. During an ABC News interview marking his 100th day in office, Terry Moran read Rogan’s April 17 podcast remarks about the deportation of Venezuelans to a…
Read MoreGermany’s AfD Dealt Blow With Right-wing Extremist Label
[ad_1] Germany’s domestic intelligence service on Friday designated the far-right AfD party as an extremist group, handing authorities greater powers to monitor it and fuelling calls for it to be banned. The anti-immigration Alternative for Germany (AfD) slammed the move as a “heavy blow” to democracy, just months after they won second place in national…
Read MoreTrump NASA Budget Prioritizes Moon, Mars Missions Over Research
[ad_1] President Donald Trump’s proposed NASA budget released Friday puts crewed missions to the Moon and Mars front and center — slashing science and climate programs as it seeks to shrink the agency’s funding by nearly a quarter. The plan would significantly overhaul flagship programs, phasing out the government-owned Space Launch System (SLS) rocket and…
Read MoreUS Designates Two Haitian Gangs As Terror Groups
[ad_1] The United States said Friday it has designated two of the gangs that wreak havoc while controlling most of Haiti’s capital as foreign terrorist groups. These gangs are Viv Ansanm and Gran Grif, Secretary of State Marco Rubio said in a statement. “The age of impunity for those supporting violence in Haiti is over,”…
Read More‘Devastated’ Prince Harry Says No Return To UK But Seeks Royal Reconciliation
[ad_1] Prince Harry said Friday he wanted to reconcile with his estranged family, but was “devastated” at losing a court battle over his security that meant he could not return to the UK with his family. Looking visibly upset, Harry revealed to the BBC that his father King Charles III no longer speaks to him…
Read MoreThe SAVE Act, Which Could Stop Millions of Women From Voting, Is ‘Dead on Arrival’ in the Senate
[ad_1] After the Republican-led House of Representatives passed the SAVE Act, a voter registration bill that experts warn could disenfranchise millions of women across the country, fears began to emerge that it would similarly be approved in the Senate. However, according to Senate Democratic leader Chuck Schumer, that’s not happening. “Let me be clear: I…
Read MoreUS Asks Judge To Break Up Google’s Ad Tech Business
[ad_1] Google on Friday faced a demand by the US government to break up its hugely profitable ad technology business after a judge found the tech giant was commanding an illegal monopoly. “We have a defendant who has found ways to defy” the law, US government lawyer Julia Tarver Wood told a federal court in…
Read MoreChile, Argentina Order Evacuations Over Post-quake Tsunami Threat
[ad_1] Chilean authorities issued a tsunami warning for the country’s southernmost region Friday morning and both Chile and Argentina ordered evacuations after a major 7.5-magnitude earthquake struck off the coast of South America. The US Geological Survey (USGS) said the quake struck in the Drake Passage at a shallow depth of 10 kilometers (6.2 miles),…
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