8 GOP candidates still bragging about Trump’s job numbers as unemployment soars
Over 30 million Americans have filed jobless claims in the past six weeks.
By Josh Israel - April 30, 2020Over 30 million Americans have filed jobless claims in the past six weeks.
By Josh Israel - April 30, 2020The administration is set to roll back yet another Obama-era regulation created to protect Americans.
By Emily Singer - April 30, 2020Substitute teachers and aides have been largely left jobless amid the pandemic — and few are guaranteed a job when schools reopen in the fall.
By Liz Posner - April 29, 2020Gov. Kim Reynolds will force workers to choose between their health and their livelihood.
By Emily Singer - April 29, 2020Advocates fear that unscrupulous banks and lenders will take advantage of people experiencing a temporary loss of income and lure them into financial hardship that lasts years.
By James Dennin - April 28, 2020People have encountered difficulties applying for unemployment benefits because state systems are overloaded by the sheer number of workers filing claims.
By Emily Singer - April 27, 2020The massive job losses have plunged the U.S. economy into the worst economic crisis since the Great Depression of the 1930s.
By Associated Press - April 23, 2020New analysis shows why more women than men are being impacted by coronavirus-related layoffs.
By Dan Desai Martin - April 17, 2020Donald Trump’s reelection team has apparently not noticed the nearly 17 million newly unemployed Americans.
By Josh Israel - April 14, 2020It’s the largest and fastest string of job losses on record since 1948.
By Associated Press - April 09, 2020Also: Conservation efforts could save the oceans in a generation, and states across the country are taking steps to help residents during the ongoing coronavirus crisis.
By Dan Desai Martin - April 03, 2020A record 6.6 million filed for unemployment benefits last week, weeks after Trump claimed the coronavirus outbreak would have a positive impact on jobs.
By Emily Singer - April 02, 2020Economists say it could get much worse this month.
By Associated Press - April 02, 2020Republican senators are taking credit for a provision they tried to strip out of the latest coronavirus stimulus package.
By Dan Desai Martin - March 30, 2020A record 3.28 million Americans filed unemployment claims last week amid the coronavirus pandemic.
By Josh Israel - March 26, 2020More than 3.28 million people filed for unemployment insurance last week, the largest number of people to file in a single week in U.S. history.
By Emily Singer - March 26, 2020‘To be honest with you, I just think these numbers right now are not relevant,’ Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin said.
By Oliver Willis - March 26, 2020Republicans are objecting to the formula for unemployment benefits in the Senate coronavirus relief bill.
By Oliver Willis - March 25, 2020A new finalized rule will let states opt to require drug testing for many people just trying to get their unemployment insurance benefits.
By Josh Israel - October 03, 2019President Obama saved the auto industry, but Trump’s policies are leading to layoffs and financial losses.
By Dan Desai Martin - October 09, 2018Sanders was forced to make an apology after she was outed as a liar.
By Tommy Christopher - August 15, 2018The White House spent the entire month of January bragging about delivering jobs for black Americans. But that whole storyline just blew up.
By Eric Boehlert - February 02, 2018