Month: January 2024
Almost a Quarter of All Jobs Added in 2023 Didn’t Actually Exist
The original number of jobs reported by the federal government in 2023 was revised down by a total of 749,000 jobs, meaning nearly one-fourth of jobs thought to be created in the year were not actually there, according to data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) analyzed by the Daily Caller News Foundation.
The sum of the initial estimate from each of the government’s monthly job growth reports in 2023 totaled 3,140,000 new jobs, with later reports revising down the number of jobs added by a collective 443,000, according to the BLS. The BLS also announced in August a revision in total employment for March, subtracting another 306,000 jobs.
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What kinds of schools fared the best and worst during the pandemic?
HeyTutor looked at a 2023 NWEA report to determine how the pandemic affected test score outcomes for students by comparing 2019 and 2022 test scores.
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Supreme Court to Decide Whether Biden Can Use Federal Emergency-room Law to Override State Abortion Bans
The Supreme Court agreed Friday to hear a case in which the Biden administration is attempting to use a novel interpretation of federal law to preempt state abortion bans. The court also granted a stay of a lower court’s injunction against an Idaho abortion law until such time as the justices issue their decision in …
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‘The Only Answer Is to Quiet Their Voices at the Ballot Box’: David Jolly on Changing the Minds of Jan. 6 Supporters
‘I am not sure there is a convincing argument to change the minds of those who currently believe that January 6th was not what it really was’
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Feds Made $236 Billion in ‘Improper Payments’ Last Year
There were $236 billion worth of "improper payments" made under the Biden administration in fiscal year 2023 alone, more than double the amount in fiscal year 2013, Just the News has learned.
According to the Government Accountability Office, the potential for waste, fraud, and abuse from erroneous payments runs across the spectrum of federal agencies.
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