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No, earnings are not at an all-time high in the United States. With current information, earnings appear to have peaked around the 3rd or 4th quarter of 2014 and have declined since then.
A federal judge will decide Tuesday whether to cut ex-Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich's 14-year prison sentence on more than a dozen convictions upheld by an appellate court, including that he sought to exchange an appointment to President Barack Obama's old U.S. Senate seat in exchange for campaign cash. Blagojevich, known as Inmate No.
Senator Elizabeth Warren again played the role of Democratic attack dog on Monday, as she slammed Donald J. Trump's economic plan after the Republican presidential candidate laid out his policies in a Detroit speech. The Massachusetts senator took to Twitter and fired off 10 rapid-fire criticisms of Trump's plan, saying his tax policies would benefit only corporations and the wealthy, while his proposed cuts to financial regulations would allow bankers to fleece ordinary Americans.
Republican Donald Trump sought to regain momentum for his White House campaign on Monday by proposing sweeping tax breaks, cuts to federal regulations and a revival of the stalled Keystone XL oil pipeline project. The New York businessman used a speech on the economy in Detroit to try to turn the page after a week of missteps in which he came under heavy criticism, including from some in his own party, and rival Democrat Hillary Clinton surged ahead in opinion polls three months ahead of the Nov. 8 election.
The Maine Republican is citing Trump's "complete disregard for common decency," evidenced by his insistence than a judge of Hispanic origin could not be impartial and his criticism of Muslim parents whose son was killed in the Iraq war. She says she's "increasingly dismayed by his constant stream of cruel comments and his inability to admit error or apologize."
Sen. Susan Collins, one of the most moderate Republicans in the Senate, said Monday she will not be voting for Donald Trump for president. "This is not a decision I make lightly, for I am a lifelong Republican," Collins wrote in an op-ed column in The Washington Post.
Another Republican Senator has come out to declare that they cannot bring themselves to support or vote for Donald Trump because of his temperament. Maine's Susan Collins joins colleagues like Ben Sasse and Lindsey Graham in a Washington Post opinion piece tonight, saying, "It was his attacks directed at people who could not respond on an equal footing - either because they do not share his power or stature or because professional responsibility precluded them from engaging at such a level - that revealed Mr. Trump as unworthy of being our president."
U.S. Sen. John Cornyn speaks during the ground breaking ceremony for the Harbor Bridge replacement project at the Ortiz Center in Corpus Christi, Texas, Monday, Aug. 8, 2016. The project will replace the aging hat-shaped bridge that's a signature landmark of the coastal city.
Mark Zandi is an accomplished economist with expertise in financial markets who conducts research on the macroeconomic effects of public policies. Also, he once gave Sen. John McCain policy advice.
Delta Air Lines said Monday morning that limited flights have resumed several hours after a computer outage grounded its planes, leaving passengers stranded... -- Monday marks the two-year anniversary of the first U.S. airstrikes against ISIS militants.ISIS had captured the town of Sinjar in northern Iraq, after overrunnin... Corn condition fell as 9% of the nation's crop moved into the dent stage, while soybean conditions held steady during the week ended Aug. 7, according to USDA's latest Crop Pr... The list of commits for Nebraska's 2017 football class continues to grow.
Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump on Monday proposed tax breaks for working families and for corporations as he outlined economic plans in an effort to regain momentum lost during a damaging spate of controversies. Trump said his plan would include imposing a temporary moratorium on new federal regulations and a reduction to the tax burden on working parents with childcare costs.
Booker, Menendez speak at opioid and heroin forum U.S. surgeon general, New Jersey senators on panel Check out this story on mycentraljersey.com: http://on.app.com/2aVIvf9 Drug and alcohol treatment in New Jersey has been declining. Advocates say that's because of a drop in indigent funding and other obstacles to access The Asbury Park Press is covering a forum focusing on the opioid and heroin epidemic now underway at St. Barnabas Medical Center in Livingston.
Republican leaders are watching Donald Trump's campaign with growing alarm as they fear a landslide at the top of the ticket could wipe away their hard-fought congressional majority. For months, top GOP leaders had counseled their candidates to run their own races, separate themselves from the ugly back-and-forth of the presidential contest and focus on the accomplishments Republicans have achieved on Capitol Hill for their home states.
Khizr Khan at the Democratic National Convention in Philadelphia spoke from the heart, on behalf of himself and his wife, Ghazala Khan, regarding their son Capt. Humayun Khan of the United States Army.
To Republicans who hope to emerge from the Donald Trump fiasco with any shred of political viability or self-respect, I offer some unsolicited advice: Run, do not walk, to the nearest exit. I'm speaking to you, House Speaker Paul Ryan.
In this Aug. 3, 2016, photo, Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton arrives at a rally at Adams City High School in Commerce City, Colo. Clinton doesn't appear all that interested in making any scenic stops on her state-to-state quest to become president.
Before he was Hillary Clinton's running mate Sen. Tim Kaine introduced a bill this spring that would provide more funding for career and technical education. A high-school diploma should not only prepare students for college, he said, but also for "getting a high-skilled job after graduation."