Notably, this was the first report released following President Donald Trump's firing of the former chief statistician of the Bureau of Labor Statistics, which led to bipartisan criticism and questioning if the numbers moving forward would be shaped in a more politically favorable way towards Trump. read more
Levi Strauss has warned that growing international backlash against President Donald Trump could negatively affect its sales and those of other U.S. companies. In a recent filing with the United Kingdom's national business registry, the California-based company noted the risk of "rising anti-Americanism as a consequence of the Trump tariffs and governmental policies." Levi's warned that this could increasingly push consumers in the U.K. away from American goods and toward non-American alternatives.
The National Rifle Association, among the nation's largest and most influential lobbying groups, said "the Second Amendment isn't up for debate." "The NRA supports the Second Amendment rights of all law-abiding Americans to purchase, possess and use firearms," the group said in a statement Friday. "NRA does not, and will not, support any policy proposals that implement sweeping gun bans that arbitrarily strip law-abiding citizens of their Second Amendment rights without due process," the group said. Gun Owners of America, another major gun rights lobbying group, said it "opposes any and all gun bans. Full stop."
The arrest of a US army veteran who protested against the Trump administration's immigration crackdown has raised alarms among legal experts and fellow veterans familiar with his service in Afghanistan. read more
.S. private sector hiring rose less than expected in August, data released Thursday shows, offering the latest indication of trouble in the labor market. Private payrolls increased by just 54,000 in August, according to data from processing firm ADP published Thursday morning. That's below the consensus forecast of 75,000 from economists polled by Dow Jones and marks a significant slowdown from the revised gain of 106,000 seen in the prior month. "The year started with strong job growth, but that momentum has been whipsawed by uncertainty," said Nela Richardson, ADP's chief economist, in a press release.
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