US President Donald Trump has called for the chair of the Federal Reserve to quit "immediately", in an escalation of his attacks on Jerome Powell. read more
A 30-year-old man has admitted to murdering four roommates in a small Idaho college town in 2022, as part of a plea deal to avoid the death penalty. read more
Europe's first airfield-to-airfield flight of a fully electric vertical take-off and landing (eVTOL) aircraft has taken place. Aviation history was made by Banbury based Skyfly Technologies, who saw its Axe aircraft travel from Turweston Aerodrome in Northamptonshire to Bicester Airfield in Oxfordshire, and back again. read more
Donald Trump's huge budget bill is heading for a final vote in the US House of Representatives. The plan - which Trump calls the "big beautiful bill" - has been held up in Congress over concerns about the impact on national debt, and healthcare. But in the early hours of Thursday, Republican rebels fell into line.
"I'd love to do July 4, but I think it's very hard to do July 4," Trump said. "I would say maybe July 4, or somewhere around there," the president added. read more
The agreement also contains an economic aspect, which has not yet been specified, but which is said to provide for the exploitation of Congolese natural resources by American companies. "Many people were even willing to lose the country's natural resources to regain peace, but this remains in question," the Fides source reports. "Because Rwanda, which occupies and exploits the provinces of North and South Kivu under the guise of the M23, does not seem to be affected by the agreement. So, at the moment, nothing is moving forward. Precisely where change is most needed." "There is one fundamental change that everyone, except those who have changed their colors, is waiting for: the withdrawal of all Rwandan soldiers, who are to return to their homeland. This is not explicitly stated in the agreement; it only speaks of a cessation of hostilities.I guess we will see.
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the only reason there was net job growth under W. was government hiring.
This 80,000 was mostly state and local, but government jobs in any case.