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Job vacancies rose to a 20-year high in April, the Labor Department said on Tuesday. The department also said 4 million workers had quit their jobs in April, another 20-year record. Job quits rose the most in the retail sector and in professional and business services. Companies were advertising 9.3 job million openings at the end of …

4 million Americans quit their jobs in April — a 20-year record. Many of them worked in the retail sector, which is in the middle of a massive labor shortage. Read More »

First son Hunter Biden repeatedly called his white attorney the N-word in a pair of bizarre and occasionally lewd text conversations late in 2018 and early 2019, according to newly unearthed messages. In an exchange on Dec. 13, 2018, taken from Hunter’s abandoned laptop and first reported by DailyMail.com, the younger Biden asked Chicago-based corporate attorney George …

Hunter Biden repeatedly called his white lawyer the N-word, texts show Read More »

The US Park Police did not clear racial injustice protesters from Lafayette Park to allow for then-President Donald Trump’s march to St. John’s Church last June, but instead did so to allow a contractor to install a fence safely around the White House, according to a new inspector general report. The Park Police had the …

Watchdog report finds Park Police did not clear racial injustice protesters from Lafayette Park for Trump’s visit to St. John’s Church last June Read More »

The experienced, familiar and more moderately-viewed candidate just won Virginia’s Democratic primary for governor. Convincingly. And if that sounds familiar, it is: Former Gov. Terry McAuliffe won more than 60 percent of the primary vote Tuesday, following current Gov. Ralph Northam (who got 56 percent in the state’s 2017 primary) and President Joe Biden (who got 53 …

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Former President Donald Trump on Tuesday urged other countries to follow Nigeria’s lead and ban Twitter, as well as Facebook, claiming the reason he didn’t do it during his presidency is because of outreach from Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg. Trump issued a statement congratulating Nigeria for blocking Twitter on Friday after the social media platform deleted a tweet by …

Trump Urges Countries To Ban Twitter And Facebook – Says ‘Perhaps’ He Should Have Done It Read More »

A DC Metropolitan Police officer who defended the US Capitol on January 6 said Tuesday evening that characterizing the incident as an “insurrection” has become “triggering” to some lawmakers seeking to downplay the violent episode. Michael Fanone, who was stun-gunned several times and beaten with a flagpole during the attack, told CNN’s Jake Tapper on “The Lead” …

Officer injured in Capitol riot says insurrection is a ‘triggering’ word for lawmakers downplaying January 6 Read More »

Chuck Schumer said Tuesday the Senate will vote on Democrats’ sweeping elections bill later this month, with or without Joe Manchin. The commitment from the Senate majority leader to hold a roll call vote in late June all but ensures that the GOP will block it using the filibuster. But he acknowledged his party is …

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Six public schools in Jacksonville, Florida, will be renamed because they are named after Confederate leaders. The Florida Times-Union reported that the change to rename Joseph Finegan Elementary to Anchor Academy; Stonewall Jackson Elementary to Hidden Oaks Elementary School; Jefferson Davis Middle to Charger Academy; Kirby-Smith Middle to Springfield Middle School; J.E.B. Stuart Middle to Westside Middle School; and …

SIX SCHOOLS IN JACKSONVILLE WILL BE RENAMED BECAUSE THE CURRENT NAMES HONOR CONFEDERATE LEADERS Read More »

The Supreme Court handed down its landmark ruling legalizing same-sex marriage six years ago this June, a decision that was especially resonant because it occurred during Pride month. This month, the Senate may have the chance to pass civil rights legislation with similar significance for LGBTQ Americans, if it isn’t stymied by Republican opposition. Senate Majority …

Senate could expand LGBTQ protections with Equality Act Read More »

The Twitter account belonging to former Florida Department of Health data scientist Rebekah Jones was suspended on Monday for “platform manipulation and spam.” The Miami Herald reports that the suspension occurred after Jones shared one of its own articles about when law enforcement officers raided her home and confiscated some of her equipment. “It was clearly an auto-lock feature against spamming. Should …

Rebekah Jones’s Twitter account suspended, DeSantis cheers Read More »