From Reuters: Employers announced 115,730 planned job cuts last month, more than double August’s total of 51,114, according to the report from consultants Challenger, Gray & Christmas, Inc. The figure was the highest since April 2009 when 132,590 layoffs were
Herman Cain is surging in the polls. We’re not certain he has the staying power, but we’re happy he currently has the chance to prove us wrong.
From the Associated Press: Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke says the economic recovery “is close to faltering” and the central bank is prepared to take further steps to support it. The economy is growing more slowly than the Federal Reserve
From Politico: Ken Vogel and I both have sources telling us that calls were made on behalf of a mystery candidate to various early states to determine presidential filing deadlines. The calls were made by representatives of the law firm
From FoxNews: House Republicans are calling for a special counsel to determine whether Attorney General Holder perjured himself during his testimony to the House Judiciary Committee on Operation Fast and Furious, Fox News has learned. House Judiciary Committee Chairman Lamar
Hopefully, it is not an ominous sign of things to come. Last week, the Senate confirmed former Kentucky insurance regulator S. Roy Woodall for the one voting position on the federal Financial Stability Oversight Council (FSOC) reserved for someone with
Obama has now suggested that hindsight is 20/20 when it comes to issues like Solyndra. Perhaps, but then, what is hindsight, or, more to the point, where was the foresight within his administration? If it was present, it didn’t seem
From the Associated Press: A person close to New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie says he is not running for president, despite pressure from donors and others in the Republican Party establishment. The person, with direct knowledge of the decision, spoke
From The Hill: A series of emails written in October 2010 between Jason Weinstein, the deputy assistant attorney general of DOJ’s criminal division, and James Trusty, the acting chief of the DOJ’s organized crime and gang section, reveals a fluid
From the Associated Press: Protests against Wall Street entered their 18th day Tuesday as demonstrators across the country show their anger over the wobbly economy and what they see as corporate greed by marching on Federal Reserve banks and camping
From ABCNews: A majority of Americans expect Barack Obama to be a one-term president, an assessment on which, in past elections, the public more often has been right than wrong. Just 37 percent in a new ABC News/Washington Post poll
From the Associated Press: President Barack Obama said Monday that Americans aren’t better off than they were four years ago as the struggling economy and high unemployment have taken a toll. Looking ahead to next year’s election, the incumbent called
From the Associated Press: American Amanda Knox was acquitted of murder and sexual assault by an Italian appeal court on Monday after four years in custody over the killing of her British housemate Meredith Kercher. The dramatic ruling overturns a
SEE NO EVIL I was in Washington on election day helping to manage the information traffic coming into the Voting Section while nearly every other lawyer and section employee was scattered across the nation doing election coverage…. I received an
While perhaps too soon to say the sky is falling, in a very real sense, Greece seems to be. However you slice it, this is simply not good news. (Reuters) – Greece will miss a deficit target set just months
From Reuters: Republican Chris Christie discussed a possible run for president with top advisers over the weekend and needs to decide by week’s end, a Republican familiar with the discussions said on Monday. Christie, the New Jersey governor, has been
Today, in 2008, the TARP bailout was signed into law by President Bush.
From Reuters: President Barack Obama’s sweeping healthcare overhaul will top the agenda in the new Supreme Court term that opens on Monday and could be the most momentous in decades. Returning from its three-month recess, the nation’s highest court will
From the Associated Press: Protesters speaking out against corporate greed and other grievances were maintaining a presence in Manhattan’s Financial District even after more than 700 of them were arrested during a march on the Brooklyn Bridge in a tense
Today, in 1789, George Washington sent the first ten amendments to the Constitution (the Bill of Rights) to the states for ratification.
From Reuters: Democrats want tax hikes to be the first item negotiated in “super committee” deficit-reduction talks, trying to force Republicans to confront an issue at the heart of this year’s budget fights, sources told Reuters. The tough stance by
From the Associated Press: The deals announced Friday include a $1.5 billion loan guarantee to Florida-based NextEra Energy and other investors that bought a planned 550-megawatt solar farm on federal land in Southern California from First Solar, as well as
From CBSNews: Late Friday, the White House turned over new documents in the Congressional investigation into the ATF “Fast and Furious” gunwalking scandal. The documents show extensive communications between then-ATF Special Agent in Charge of the Phoenix office Bill Newell
From the Associated Press: The withdrawal of Somalia’s al-Qaida-linked rebels from their bases in Mogadishu and severe food shortages in southern Somalia may be linked to the same problem familiar to politicians the world over: tax collections. The abandonment of
Today, in 1918, Arab forces under the command of Col. T.E. Lawrence capture Damascus. It was the high-water mark of the Arab Revolt.
