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Trump Effect: Main Street Drives Employment Surge In April

Friday’s jobs report smashed expectations again, showing the labor market is far healthier than corporate media suggests. In April, 115,000 jobs…

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CEO Trolls Rival By Using Their Platform To Fund His Attempted Takeover Of Company — But They Aren’t Amused

GameStop CEO Ryan Cohen trolled eBay board members Wednesday by selling goods on their platform to help fund his threatened…

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Americans May Be Stuck Paying Wartime Gas Prices Long After Iran Deal

Gas prices are unlikely to return to pre-war levels anytime soon, even if a U.S.-Iran peace deal reopens the Strait…

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Social Security: The Mystery of Spousal Benefits

The Riddle: Why are my Spouse Benefits less than half? Probably the most common fallacy about SS spouse benefits is…

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Voters Now Trust Democrats More Than GOP On Economy Due To Iran War

More Americans now trust Democrats to handle the economy over Republicans, according to a Napolitan News Service poll released Friday.…

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Oil Hits Four Year High As Iran Negotiations Continue

Oil briefly hit $126.41 a barrel early Thursday as market volatility tied to the Iranian conflict continued. The global oil…

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America’s Debt Just Hit Grim Milestone After Decades Of Politicians Spending Like Drunken Sailors

The U.S. national debt exceeded the total amount of output from the entire economy as of March 31, The Wall…

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Trump Admin Turns Off Spigot For Colleges Charging Boatloads For Grad Degrees

The Department of Education (ED) on Thursday announced several new rules to limit graduate student borrowing in a bid to…

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As Iran War Oil Stranglehold Continues, Another Crisis Brews

While the blockade of the Strait of Hormuz continues to drag on alongside the Iran war, energy analysts warn of…

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4 Fed Members Send Jerome Powell Out To Pasture By Bucking Him On Final Interest Rate Decision

Four committee members dissented Wednesday from the Federal Reserve’s statement to keep the central bank’s benchmark interest rate unchanged, marking…

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