Archive for June 2015

Weekly Trek June 12, 2015 Top Political News Democrats win their 7th straight Congressional Baseball Game. Roll Call Hillary Clinton will evoke Roosevelt and try to ease fears on trust in her major campaign speech since she began her bid for the White House in April. NY Times The massive hack into federal systems announced…

Weekly Trek June 5, 2015 Top Political News The economy added 280,000 jobs in May, the Labor Department reported Friday, up from April’s increase of 221,000 jobs. Unemployment was 5.5 percent, essentially unchanged from April’s 5.4 percent, and average hourly private-sector earnings were up 8 cents, more than double April’s 3-cent increase. WSJ Is a…

Top Political News The U.S. economy contracted 0.7% in first quarter of this year, signaling a weaker start than first thought. NY Times Former Sen. Rick Santorum launched his second consecutive White House bid on Wednesday. The Hill House Republican leaders plan to move the Commerce-Justice-Science, and Transportation, Housing and Urban Development appropriations bills to…

Top Political News Recent polling data makes clear just how many different candidates could plausibly win the Republican nomination. National Journal The Obama administration sharpened its focus on regulatory deadlines with the release Thursday of its Spring Unified Agenda. Republican and democratic presidential candidates differ substantively about projections of American power. WSJ Transportation The House…