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US employers added a strong 339,000 jobs in May as labor market stays durable

Fri, Jun 2, 2023 at 12:02 pm

( ) -q-25- UNDATED (Correspondent Jeremy House) “to pre-pandemic levels.”

The nation’s employers stepped up their hiring in May, adding 339,000 jobs.

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TAG: Correspondent Jeremy House reporting. The stronger hiring demonstrates the job market’s resilience after more than a year of rapid interest rate increases by the Fed.

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VERBATIM: The number is well above expectations and evidence of strength in an economy that the Federal Reserve is continuously trying to cool. The unemployment rate rose to 3.7%, from a five-decade low of 3.4% in April. Many industries, from construction to restaurants to health care, are still adding jobs to keep up with consumer demand and restore their workforces to pre-pandemic levels.

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Greg Clugston SRN News White House correspondent

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Biden to give Oval Office speech on debt ceiling approval

Fri, Jun 2, 2023 at 9:32 am

President Biden will address the nation about the U-S averting a government default. Senate approval of a debt ceiling and budget cuts package came just days before Monday’s fast approaching default deadline. In a White House statement, the president said that senators from both parties demonstrated that “America is a nation that pays its bills and meets its obligations — and always will be.” He will give a speech to the nation tonight from the Oval Office.

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Bob Agnew SRN News U.S. Senate correspondent

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Senate Rejects Biden Student Debt-Relief Plan; Veto Promised

Thu, Jun 1, 2023 at 4:30 pm

The Senate has passed a bill rejecting President Biden’s student debt relief plan. The 52-46 vote comes with help from Democrats Joe Manchin, and Jon tester, as well as Independent Kyrsten Sinema. Republicans argued the policy unfairly burdens taxpayer who paid off their own student loans, or never attended college. For the president , it’s a sharp rebuke from his own party in the Democrat controlled Senate, but he’s promised a veto and neither the House nor Senate will be able to muster the 2/3 majority needed to override.

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Bernie Bennett SRN News U.S. House correspondent

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Former President Trump Kicks Off Campaign Events

Sat, Jan 28, 2023 at 10:16 pm

The former President is kicking off his 2024 campaign with two stops along the East Coast. More from Correspondent Bernie Bennett.

Former President Donald Trump kicked off his 2024 White House bid with a stop Saturday in New Hampshire before heading to South Carolina, appearances in early-voting states marking the first campaign events since announcing his latest run more than two months ago.

Those states hold two of the party’s first three nominating contests, giving them enormous power in selecting the nominee.

Mr. Trump and his allies hope the events will offer a show of force behind the former president after a sluggish start to his campaign. In recent weeks, his backers have reached out to political operatives and elected officials to secure support for Mr. Trump at a critical point when other Republicans are preparing their own expected challenges.

Bernie Bennett reporting.

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Michael Harrington SRN News religion desk editor

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Another religious freedom battle — this one in Minnesota

Thu, Jun 1, 2023 at 10:14 am

Another religious freedom battle — this one in Minnesota

VERBATIM: Despite several recent Supreme Court rulings that found government cannot treat religious institutions WORSE than everybody else, Minnesota lawmakers has passed a bill that bars Christian schools from a program that helps high school students earn college credit at no cost. The Becket Fund for Religious Liberty is taking the state to court, stating that the new restriction is “not only patently anti-religious; it is also against the law.” Michael Harrington, SRN News.

 

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WALL STREET BUSINESS REPORT 6-2

Fri, Jun 2, 2023 at 5:38 am

WALL STREET BUSINESS REPORT 6-2

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AM SPORTSCAST 6-2

Fri, Jun 2, 2023 at 5:35 am

AM SPORTSCAST 6-2

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