“By participating in this meeting, the White House Office of Faith-Based and Neighborhood Partnerships displayed that they’re open to embracing pluralism, diversity of thought and the secular community,” the coalition said, calling the meeting “a welcomed divergence from the outlook and behaviors of the previous administration.”
Among other things, Mr. Trump launched a White House Faith and Opportunity Initiative in 2018 to help faith-based organizations get equal access to government funding somewhat similar to the Office of Faith-Based and Community Initiatives created by former President
George W. Bush in 2002. Former President
Barack Obama followed up in 2012 with the Office of Faith-Based and Neighborhood Partnerships, which reached out to “nonprofit organizations, both secular and faith-based, to more effectively serve Americans in need.”
WASHINGTON (dpa-AFX) - Consumer sentiment in the U.S. has unexpectedly decreased in the month of May, according to preliminary data released by the University of Michigan on Friday.The report showed
Consumer sentiment in the U.S. has unexpectedly decreased in the month of May, according to preliminary data released by the University of Michigan on Friday.
The report showed the consumer sentiment index dropped to 82.8 in May from 88.3 in April. The decrease surprised economists, who had expected the index to rise to 90.4.
It didn’t take an economist to predict that keeping several large states’ economies closed, the federal government printing money faster than a counterfeiter rolling down the autobahn in a Lamborghini, and Biden deliberately strangling domestic energy producers in the name of his Green New Deal scheme, would bring about inflation.
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May 7, 6:15 a.m. Rowan University has announced a vaccine requirement for students who live or study on campus, and some incentives for getting the vaccine,
“Our message today is simple. We believe the path to normalcy is through widespread vaccination and we want our entire community to commit to reaching the goal of widespread vaccination,” Rowan president Ali A. Houshmand said in a letter. “If we work together, we can reach this goal and offer the Rowan University experience that our students and employees deserve.”
The US stock market finished session lower on Friday, 30 April 2021, as investors elected to profit profit taking after the upward move seen on Thursday lifted the S&P 500 to a new record closing high. At the close of trade, the Dow Jones Industrial Average index declined 185.51 points, or 0.54%, to 33,875. The S&P 500 index was down 30.30 points, or 0.72%, at 4,181. The tech-heavy Nasdaq Composite Index fell 119.86 points, or 0.85%, to 13,963. For the month, the S&P 500 added 5.2%.
The Dow rose 2.7%, and the Nasdaq climbed 5.4%.
ECONOMIC NEWS: US Consumer Sentiment Accelerates In April-US consumer sentiment index for April was upwardly revised to 88.3 from a preliminary reading of 86.5, according to revised data released by the University of Michigan on Friday. The consumer sentiment index rose from 84.9 in March to reach its highest level since hitting 89.1 in March of 2020. The report showed the current economic conditions index climbed to 97.2 in April from 93.0 in March, whi