Why the White House is sweating the next jobs report
Economists surveyed by The Wall Street Journal estimate employers added only 150,000 jobs last month, down from 199,000 reported in December.
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Single-payer plan flatlines in Sacramento
This was supposed to be the year California progressives got closer.
United States White House District Of Columbia Farida Jhabvala Romero Annie Vainshtein Jesse Shapiro
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The surprising split over Biden's Fed nominees
President Joe Biden’s pick to be the Federal Reserve’s top Wall Street cop is dividing Big Banks and Big Oil.
United States White House District Of Columbia Bloomberg Srinivasan Sivabalan David Lewis Alvaro Bedoya
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Crypto advocates score win as Himes revises ransomware safeguard
The section at issue would expand the Treasury Department's authority to monitor and freeze accounts at financial institutions.
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Heitkamp leaving Actum
The U.S. Chamber of Commerce on Thursday sent an unprecedented letter to lawmakers raising concerns about Sarah Bloom Raskin, President Joe Biden's nominee as the Federal Reserve's vice chair for supervision.
New York United States White House District Of Columbia American Hospital Association Kristen Hutchens
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POLITICO Playbook PM: Biden gets an eerie welcome to Pittsburgh
And inflation jumps again.
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Offshore lease smackdown
In the latest twist in the saga of the Biden administration's federal oil and gas leases, a U.S. district judge vacated Thursday the results of DOI's November lease sale for large swaths off the Gulf Coast.
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The inflation signal keeping the Fed on edge
The longer that prices stay elevated, the greater the risk that higher inflation will become embedded in people’s expectations.
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House Democrats introduce bill to rein in scam PACs- POLITICO
Scam PACs have been prolific in recent years, and their rise has been so serious that it triggered a warning from the FBI last year.
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What Breyer's departure could mean for tech- POLITICO
Also: The FCC is voting to open a proceeding that would require “broadband nutrition” labels.
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