U.S. men are still 2.1 million jobs short of pre-recession levels even as women have regained all the jobs lost before the economic collapse. Some economists have dubbed the gender schism the “man-cession” and the “she-covery.” The latest jobs report reveals
A leading labor union boss delivered an impassioned rebuke of Obamacare at the AFL-CIO convention Thursday, telling attendees, “we’ll be damned if we’re going to lose our health insurance because of unintended consequences in the law!” Laborers’ International Union of
White House officials, including top Obama adviser Valerie Jarrett, were on hand at this week’s AFL-CIO convention to pressure union leaders not to voice their growing angst with Obamacare in the form of a strongly worded resolution blasting the president’s
Indiana University is firing 50 maintenance and custodial workers and shifting them to a temp agency to avoid incurring Obamacare costs. WRTV Indiana says Indiana University already spends $215 million on healthcare annually. “We don’t want to cut hours for
The National Journal’s Ron Fournier says a Democratic strategist “who works closely with the White House” told him that Syria “has been one of the most humiliating episodes in presidential history.” Fournier says the Democratic operative “requested anonymity to avoid
SeaWorld has announced plans to slash thousands of part-time workers’ hours to no more than 28 hours a week. Reducing part-time workers’ current 32 hours a week down to 28 weekly hours will avoid Obamacare’s 30-hour full-time trigger that forces
On Sunday, the New York Times lamented that a possible U.S. attack on Syria and the looming debt-ceiling showdown have temporarily delayed a House vote over amnesty for illegal immigrants. “The sudden debate over military action in Syria and a
A little-noticed Obamacare provision could slap unknowing small business owners with a $100-per-day penalty starting in 20 days. Beginning on October 1, any business with at least one employee making $500,000 or more a year must notify all employees via
The New York Times editorial board said on Sunday that Republican efforts to curb the explosive growth in food stamp spending were “cruel” and an example of “blaming the victim.” In an editorial titled “Mindlessly Gutting Food Stamps,” The Times said
Sen. John Thune (R-SD) introduced a bill on Monday called the Union Bailout Prevention Act to stop the Obama Administration from granting unions Obamacare waivers or special taxpayer-funded premium tax subsidies. “Despite championing ObamaCare’s passage in 2010, union leaders are now awaking
As President Barack Obama attempts to rally the American people and members of Congress to back his unpopular plan to strike Syria, Obama says he wants to cut the 1.8% raise the Republican-led House approved and that troops are due
White House Chief of Staff Denis McDonough vowed on Sunday that President Barack Obama’s resolution to strike Syria will pass Congress. “This resolution is going to pass after we work this,” McDonough aid on ABC’s This Week. McDonough appeared on all
U.S. taxpayers have spent at least $1,010,354,195 on Syrian humanitarian aid for fiscal years 2012 and 2013, according to official numbers from the United States Agency for International Development (USAID). USAID, which was created by President John F. Kennedy, is
A record 90,473,000 Americans no longer work. The new figures, released from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, show a dramatic rise in the number of Americans who exited the labor force, climbing from 89,957,000 in July to 90,473,000 in August.
President Barack Obama “appeared isolated” in St. Petersburg, Russia on Friday at the Group of Twenty (G20) summit over his desire to launch a strike on Syria, Reuters reports. Obama and Russian President Vladimir Putin squared off during a 20-minute one-on-one
A new report released on Friday by Bank of America Merrill Lynch Research Group reveals that in the last three weeks, investors worldwide have pulled a combined $21.94 billion out of stock funds. In the last week alone, outflows of
Iran has commanded militants in Iraq to attack the United States Embassy and other American targets in Baghdad if the U.S. proceeds with President Barack Obama’s proposed strike on Syria, a new intercepted order reveals. The new intelligence demonstrates Iran’s
USA Today columnist Michael Wolff posited on Tuesday that Lawrence Summers and Janet Yellen’s contest to replace Ben Bernanke as the next Federal Reserve Chairman boils down to a battle over gender. “Of the many things that distinguish Summers, one,
President Barack Obama plans to reschedule a $32,400-a-plate Hollywood fundraiser and has canceled an AFL-CIO convention speech to help build congressional support for his proposed attack on Syria. The Hollywood Democratic National Committee fundraiser was organized by Friends sitcom co-creator
Some North Carolina Republican legislators are working to make their state the eighth in the nation without a state income tax. Republican North Carolina State Sen. Bob Rucho said on Wednesday that he plans to push for his state to
During the rancorous debate over Obamacare, President Barack Obama and his team said the president’s healthcare plan was modeled on the system Republican presidential challenger Mitt Romney implemented in Massachusetts. However, a New York Times analysis by University of Chicago economics
The nearly one million-member Progressive Change Campaign Committee (PCCC) circulated a memo Wednesday to Democratic lawmakers urging them to oppose President Barack Obama’s proposed strike on Syria and reported that 73% of members surveyed stand against the president. “Your base
Arizona authorities have broken up a massive food stamp fraud ring in Phoenix and seized almost $700,000 in cash. K&S convenience store workers Kameel Sweiss, Ameer Sweiss, and Faday Sweiss were arrested on Wednesday on charges of suspicion of illegally
Speaker John Boehner (R-OH) said in a USA Today editorial on Monday that President Barack Obama should embrace tying a debt-ceiling increase to spending cuts like past presidents have done. “While President Obama now insists he will not negotiate on
President Barack Obama issued an executive order on Friday to end a three-year freeze on federal pay scales and give federal workers a one percent pay raise. Union boss J. David Cox Sr., head of the American Federation of Government
The number of Americans who have a job or are looking for one, known officially as the labor force “participation rate,” is at a 34-year low, but economists say even that dismal statistic does not capture the bleakness of the
National Security Agency (NSA) documents obtained by the Washington Post reveal that last year the NSA planned to open at least 4,000 probes into suspicious or abnormal staff activity “after scrutinizing trillions of employee keystrokes at work.” The Post obtained
President Barack Obama’s decision to punt a possible strike against Syria to Congress has reshuffled the congressional calculus on Washington’s looming debt-ceiling debate and made Republican concessions more likely, say GOP congressional aides. A House Republican aide told Reuters that
California is spending $45 million from now through March on a publicity campaign for Obamacare. The state will spend another $35 million through next year. The funds came from a taxpayer-funded federal grant. The Hill says California state officials decided
America’s third largest health insurer, Aetna Inc., has announced it will not sell insurance on New York’s Obamacare health insurance exchange, the fifth state the company has pulled out of in the last few weeks. The other states Aetna has
In a stunning historical error, Los Angeles Times reporters Kathleen Hennessey, Richard Simon, Alexei Koseff reported that “Democrats led the passage of civil rights legislation that marchers pushed for in 1963.” In fact, Democratic Sen. Robert Byrd (D-WV), a former
The percentage of Americans who have a job or are looking for one, known as the labor force participation rate (LFPR), has plunged to a 34-year low, according to a new report from staffing company Express Employment Professionals. “Following the Great Recession, we’ve
Germans are giving up their American email providers and opting for German-based email companies in the wake of the National Security Agency (NSA) surveillance scandal, reports Spiegel. German web hosting company 1&1, which owns email providers GMX and web.de, says
The terrorists who helped execute the Benghazi attacks that resulted in the deaths of four Americans are now training Syrian Islamist rebel groups. Veteran intelligence reporter Bill Gertz says earlier this month U.S. intelligence agencies uncovered new evidence that the
President Barack Obama claims that “for a lot of people,” Obamacare “will be cheaper than your cell phone bill.” Obama’s comments came during an exclusive interview with radio hosts Tom Joyner and Sybil Wilkes. When asked what Dr. Martin Luther
On Tuesday, Obama Treasury Secretary Jack Lew said President Barack Obama refuses to compromise or negotiate on spending cuts in exchange for an agreement to raise the nation’s $16.7 trillion debt ceiling. “The president will not negotiate conditions on the
The Department of Veterans Affairs doled out millions of dollars in bonuses to workers for “excellent” performance despite the fact that the number of veterans waiting for disability compensation has increased 2000% under President Barack Obama. A review conducted by News21
Top-secret documents obtained by The Guardian reveal the National Security Agency (NSA) paid millions of dollars to Google, Yahoo, and Microsoft to cover costs associated with the agency’s PRISM surveillance program. The revelation is the the first evidence of a
A new report indicates rising Chinese demand and America’s shale boom have placed the U.S. on pace to give up its unwelcome title of the world’s number one oil importer by 2017. “China and the US are heading in opposite directions
Obamacare is bagging Washington lobbyists big bucks as corporate clients line up to hire K Street lobbying firms made up of former government officials with high-powered connections. “After passage of major legislation, those who have networks on CapitolHill take exceedingly
