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
