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U.S. jobless claims down 19,000, still 4 times pre-pandemic level
Employers continue to cut jobs as rising coronavirus infections keep many people at home and state and local governments re-impose restrictions.
By MARTIN CRUTSINGERAssociated Press
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WASHINGTON The number of unemployment claims fell by 19,000 last week to still historically high 787,000 as a resurgent coronavirus grips the U.S. economy.
While at the lowest level in four weeks, the new figures released Thursday by the Labor Department are nearly four times higher than last year at this point before the coronavirus struck. Employers continue to cut jobs as rising coronavirus infections keep many people at home and state and local governments re-impose restrictions.
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Trump, the first president to lose a reelection bid in almost 30 years, has attributed his defeat to widespread voter fraud, despite nonpartisan election officials saying there wasn t any. He has pushed Republican senators to pursue his unfounded charges even though the Electoral College this month cemented Biden’s 306-232 victory and multiple legal efforts to challenge the results have failed. Sen. Josh Hawley s announcement that he would object to the certification of some states Electoral College results on Jan. 6 sets up the day as a test of Republican loyalty to President Trump. NBCLX s political reporter Noah Pransky explains why a last-minute protest by some House Republicans will make good TV drama, but won t overturn the presidential results.
Will Senator Mitch McConnell Be A Problem For Marijuana In 2021?
Will Senator Mitch McConnell Be A Problem For Marijuana In 2021?
We imagine that the same reasons he has for refusing the American people money they need to stay alive is part of his motivation for wanting to stop legal marijuana from taking hold.
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell is perhaps the most despised person in the United States. The top Senate Republican recently sidelined an effort to provide the American people with checks for $2000 instead of the $600 stimulus approved under the latest coronavirus relief bill.
The entire nation has been screaming at McConnell for days from their computers, televisions and smartphones because the lawmaker fails to see the necessity of providing folks with enough cash to actually aid them in catching their fiscal breath. Meanwhile, the cannabis advocacy troop is presumably happy that the rest of the country is finally seeing what they’ve known for years: McConnell