The unemployment rate has reached 14.7%, the Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. This is the highest recorded unemployment rate since the metric began in January 1948. Previously, the highest unemployment rate in the United States was in 1982 at 10.82%. Not long ago in January, the unemployment rate was…
Chris Christie Gubernatorial Campaign Staff Not Guilty of Fraud in 2013 ‘Political Payback’ Scheme
May 7, 2020
In 2013, during then-New Jersey Governor Chris Christie’s reelection campaign, Governor Christie’s campaign staff attempted to court Democratic mayors for their endorsements. The mayor of Fort Lee chose not to support the former Governor’s reelection bid. To “punish” Fort Lee’s mayor, Governor Christie’s campaign staff reduced from three to one…
U.S. and UK Begin Trade Agreement Talks
May 7, 2020
A “formal launch of trade negotiations” has begun between the United States and the United Kingdom Already “each other’s largest source of foreign investment”, the two countries hope to establish a free trade agreement which increases annual two-way trade; an amount which already equals over $230 billion. Among negotiation points include…
U.S. to Detain Products ‘Manufactured with Forced Labor’ from Xinjiang, China
May 5, 2020
The U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) will detain the imported merchandise of a hair products company, who operates in the Xinjiang region of China, “based on information that reasonably indicates the use of forced labor”. CBP says they’ve received allegations, “from a variety of sources including the public”, that…