155,215,000: Record Number of Americans Employed

Trump Is Said to Accept North Korea's Invitation to Discuss Its Nuclear Program - WASHINGTON - North Korea's leader, Kim Jong-un, has invited President Trump to meet for negotiations over its nuclear program, an audacious diplomatic overture that would bring together two strong-willed Trump's North Korea gambit blindsides U.S. diplomats President Trump's high-wire gambit to accept a meeting with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un sets off a scramble among U.S. officials to assemble a team capable of supporting a historic summit of longtime adversaries and determine a viable engagement strategy.

Kelly: It’s time for a new plan for the Hudson RR tunnels

Kelly: Can NJ and NY build a Hudson Rail Tunnel without Trump? With President Trump withdrawing support for the new rail tunnel, is there another way to do the project? Check out this story on northjersey.com: https://njersy.co/2If7w5B Tree service companies doing a brisk business, a robotics competition in Mount Olive and a "Sopranos" prequel - all in "7 things to know in New Jersey this weekend." A train enters the area known as "A interlocking," where tracks intersect under Penn Station.

U.S. and Russia: A dramatic turn

It is a truth that can be verified based on the most various publicly-available data of the last 7 years: Russia and the U.S. were on a positive trajectory in bilateral relations. It seems paradoxical, but the pronounced cooldown in relations between "the big two" after the war in Georgia was followed, at Washington's initiative, at the initiative of the then-new President Barack Obama, by the so-called 'reset' in bilateral relations, sealed in Moscow by then-State Secretary Hillary Clinton.

Obama In Talks To Produce Shows For Netflix, Report Says

Former President Barack Obama is in negotiations with Netflix to produce a series of high-profile shows, according to a story in The New York Times . "Under terms of a proposed deal, which is not yet final, Netflix would pay Mr. Obama and his wife, Michelle, for exclusive content that would be available only on the streaming service, which has nearly 118 million subscribers around the world.

Obama Coming to Netflix

Former President Barack Obama is in advanced negotiations with Netflix to produce a series of high-profile shows that will provide him a global platform after his departure from the White House, according to people familiar with the discussions. Under terms of a proposed deal, which is not yet final, Netflix would pay Mr. Obama and his wife, Michelle, for exclusive content that would be available only on the streaming service, which has nearly 118 million subscribers around the world.

The Latest: China hopes for restart of N. Korea negotiations

In this Jan. 18, 2018 photo provided by NAU Athletics, Northern Arizona's Omar Ndiaye warms up before an NCAA college basketball game against Eastern Washington in Flagstaff, Ariz. Ndiaye does not have a right hand due to a birth defect, but was still talented enough to become a Division I basketball player.

New director named at troubled Bedford VA hospital

Amid a major shakeup at veterans hospitals across the country, the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs has named Joan Clifford the new director of the Bedford VA. The hospital has had two interim directors since the VA removed Christine Croteau, the last permanent director, in 2016 amid an ethics investigation.

‘Pharma Bro’ Shkreli to be sentenced for defrauding investors

Martin Shkreli, the former drug company executive who made headlines by jacking up the price of a lifesaving drug before he was found guilty of defrauding investors, is scheduled to be sentenced on Friday. FILE PHOTO: Former drug company executive Martin Shkreli arrives at U.S. District Court for the third day of jury deliberations in his securities fraud trial in the Brooklyn borough of New York, U.S., August 2, 2017.

The Latest: Hong Kong ‘regrets and disapproves’ US tariffs

President Donald Trump, center, speaks in the Roosevelt Room of the White House in Washington, Thursday, March 8, 2018, before signing two proclamations, one on steel imports and the other on aluminum imports. Standing with Trum... .

Movie Review: Gringo

If there were a special place for middling cultural products-the so-so pop song, the not-entirely-bad book-that would be the proper destination for a movie like Gringo . There's nothing really dislikable about the picture, but that's partly because there's not really much to it.

If You’re Trying to Ban Guns, the Least You Could Do Is Learn the Basics

The Washington Post recently published an op-ed by writer Adam Weinstein in which he argues that Second Amendment advocates "use jargon to bully gun-control supporters." "While debating the merits of various gun control proposals," he contends, "Second Amendment enthusiasts often diminish, or outright dismiss their views if they use imprecise firearms terminology."

Baldwin searches for right path to keep key Senate seat Source: AP

Sen. Tammy Baldwin was back home in Wisconsin, talking about guns, health care and other issues before a politically minded luncheon crowd, when one of her Republican challengers rose to confront her. Why, state Sen. Leah Vukmir wondered, had Baldwin voted against the GOP tax overhaul that cut taxes for the middle class? Without a hint of irritation at the ambush, Baldwin quickly flipped the question, pointing out middle-class relief would be temporary and blaming the tax changes for a northeastern Wisconsin paper company laying off 600 workers.

Alaska residents line up to apply for the Permanent Fund dividend on…

The Alaska House is putting its state budget plan on the back burner so it can work on a constitutional amendment to create stronger protections for the Permanent Fund dividend program, lawmakers said Thursday. The move from the largely-Democratic House majority is still in its early stages, and before the proposal can go before voters, it has to clear a high bar - passing by a two-thirds majority in both the House and Senate.

Baldwin searches for right path to keep key Senate seat

In this Feb. 22, 2018 file photo, Republican Senate candidate Leah Vukmir, standing, asks a question of Democratic U.S. Sen. Tammy Baldwin during a luncheon on in Madison, Wis. Vukmir is one of two Republicans running in the primary for a chance to take on Baldwin in the fall.

Analysis: Trump risks trade war to fulfill political pledge

As he blitzed through the industrial Midwest as a presidential candidate, Donald Trump pitched himself as the savior of the "forgotten" men and women in communities where factories had been shuttered and jobs were moved overseas. Now, Trump is risking a trade war to fulfill a political promise to the voters who helped put him in the White House.