Archive for July 2015
Weekly Trek: July 24, 2015
Weekly Trek July 24, 2015 Top Political News Jobless claims in U.S. fall to lowest level in four decades. WSJ GOP spending chief: Beware long budget stopgaps. Politico Then there were 16: John Kasich enters GOP fray. NYT Transportation Highway fund deadline nears with Congress nowhere close to deal. Bloomberg Dwight D. Eisenhower didn’t…
Read MoreWeekly Trek: July 17, 2015
Weekly Trek July 17, 2015 Top Political News Iran and a group of six nations led by the United States reached a historic accord on Tuesday to significantly limit Tehran’s nuclear ability for more than a decade in return for lifting international oil and financial sanctions. NYT The U.S. budget deficit remained near its lowest…
Read MoreWeekly Trek: July 10, 2015
Weekly Trek July 10, 2015 Top Political News 2016 voters, by the numbers. National Journal offers a data-driven sneak peek at what the electorate is apt to look like next November. Confederate flag removed from South Carolina statehouse. WSJ The embattled director of the Office of Personnel Management has resigned, bowing to mounting pressure from…
Read MoreWeekly Trek: July 2, 2015
Weekly Trek July 2, 2015 Top Political News S. employers added a seasonally adjusted 223,000 in June and the unemployment rate fell to 5.3%, the lowest since April 2008, the Labor Department said Thursday. But those gains were offset by flat wages, historically low labor force participation and downward revisions to the past two months…
Read MoreWeekly Trek: June 26, 2015
Weekly Trek June 26, 2015 Top Political News The Supreme Court affirms gay couples’ right to marry in a landmark 5-to-4 decision. NYT The Affordable Care Act commonly referred to as Obamacare survived a Supreme Court challenge in a 6-3 decision upholding a key subsidies provision. Wash Post Louisiana Governor Bobby Jindal joined the crowded…
Read MoreWeekly Trek: June 19, 2015
Weekly Trek June 19, 2015 Top Political News Jeb Bush and Donald Trump enter the 2016 presidential race. Bush and Trump Congress paddles toward brink of a government shutdown. The Hill After Charleston Shooting, a Sense at the White House of Horror, Loss and Resolve. NY Times Amazing maps show where Americans come…
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