Shark Tank star and international businessman Kevin O’Leary said Wednesday that Vice President Kamala Harris has deliberately chosen not to publicly release her economic policy plans. “It’s intentional. She has no intention of putting any policy out there until this convention is over,” O’Leary told Fox News’s America’s Newsroom while responding to the fact that […]
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Jobless Claims Soar As Economy Faces Sharp Decline
Jobless claims in the first full week of January spiked to a seasonally adjusted 965,000, a 23 percent increase from the previous week, and the highest weekly amount since August. The increase in jobless claims follows a December jobs report that showed the economy shedding jobs, putting the recovery of the labor market in reverse. […]
Biden Economic Plan Would Lift 1.4 Million Americans Out Of Poverty
2020 Democratic presidential hopeful Joe Biden’s tax plan for Social Security and Supplemental Security Income is projected to help 1.4 million Americans out of poverty within its first year of implementation, according to an analysis conducted by the Urban Institute. A key element of Biden’s plan is imposing Social Security taxes on income above $400,000. […]
Puerto Rico Votes To Become 51st State, Will Ask House For Approval
The governor of Puerto Rico, Ricard Rosselló, has announced that he is to visit Washington in the next phase of his campaign to turn the island into the 51st state of the United States. Rosselló will go to the US capital armed with a 97% backing for statehood from voters in Sunday’s plebiscite on the […]
Fox News Pays 13 Million Settlement To Bill O’Reilly Victims
Fox News host Bill O’Reilly, who prides himself on bluntly speaking his mind on air, was uncharacteristically silent on his Monday night show following new revelations about legal settlements paid to women accusing him of sexual harassment. O’Reilly has previously used his television pulpit to attack a former Fox News producer who alleged in a lawsuit […]
New Laws Require More Healthy Options For Food Stamp Participants
Under the new rules, approved by the USDA in December and taking effect this spring: Stores will have to stock seven varieties of food in each of four food groups (produce, dairy, grains and meats), up from three varieties. Stores will have to stock three units of each of those seven varieties at a time; […]