Consumer confidence fell to a 9-month low in April amid fears of a looming recession, according to a survey released by the Conference Board Tuesday. The business group’s closely watched consumer confidence index fell for the third time in four months and reached its lowest level since July 2022. The index fell from 104 in...
Sen. Jon Tester (D-Mont.) on Tuesday announced he is blocking all of the Biden administration’s nominees to serve on Amtrak’s board of directors due to the lack of representation for Western states. Tester made the announcement in a video on social media, noting that five of the nominees are from the Northeast corridor and none...
Newly announced limits on visas for foreign nurses threatens to further a staffing strain on hospitals, nursing homes and other major health employers. The State Department in its May Visa Bulletin announced that nearly all the available green card slots that nurses are eligible for had been filled. Only people who applied prior to June...
White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre is giving a daily briefing Tuesday afternoon, after President Biden officially launched his reelection bid with a video released in the morning. Biden pitched continuing the course on his economic agenda at his first official campaign speech at the Washington Hilton Tuesday afternoon. The White House and congressional allies...
President Biden on Tuesday bashed Republicans and touted his own agenda in front of a friendly crowd of union workers for his first speech since he announced his reelection bid. “They’d rather see kids and seniors struggle with what they need, people on Medicare lose their health care, veterans lose access to doctors visits… than...
Labor union officials chanted "four more years" as President Biden delivered a speech to the NABTU conference in Washington, D.C., touting his economic agenda.
The departure of domestic policy adviser Susan Rice means a moderate on the subject of immigration is leaving the White House just as Title 42 is set to expire.