There was a mixed bag of news coming out of the December jobs report released by the Labor Department Friday. The unemployment rate fell to a pandemic low 3.9%, but the United States only added about 199,000 jobs. That’s down from the 210,000 jobs added in November, which in itself was the slowest hiring pace…

Happy New Year! Instead of resolutions, why don’t we make some 2022 predictions? Here are some of the most ‘outrageous‘ calls for what’s in store this year by the Danish firm Saxo Bank. #5: NFTs sink Spotify Saxo Bank foresees an NFT-based music service backed by some big artists sinking Spotify’s stock by 33% this…

Tuesday marked the death of a classic in 2000s technology, as the software keeping Blackberry’s business phone running was officially shut down. According to Blackberry, devices running the “software through either carrier or Wi-Fi connections will no longer reliably function, including for data, phone calls, SMS and 9-1-1 functionality.” “Today marks the beginning of a new era,”…

There is very little that Democrats and Republicans can agree on in these hyper-partisan times. But something for which there is little room to debate is how Americans view the government. To put it bluntly, most people think our government is failing the people and doing a terrible job. There is ample proof found in…

Something remarkable is happening right now in Washington — people are abandoning ship on President Joe Biden with alarming speed and right out in the open. I’m not talking about Republicans criticizing Biden’s agenda or declaring him a useless president — although that is certainly happening. And it’s not just Biden’s plummeting poll numbers, although…

As inflation continues to rise heading into the new year, food companies have announced the prices of a variety of foods are expected to rise in 2022. These companies are facing escalating costs for labor, commodities and freight. “In the face of an unprecedented combination of input cost inflation and supply chain disruptions, we’re moving…

The beginning of the week looked bleak on Wall Street due in part to concerns on how the Omicron variant of COVID-19 is expected to affect the global economy. Things are picking back up ahead of a potential “Santa Claus Rally”. As of 12:19 p.m. EST, the S&P 500 rose 0.7%. Roughly 85% of stocks…

The White House announced Wednesday President Joe Biden is extending the nation’s student loan payment moratorium by 90 days. The video above shows White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki making the announcement at her daily briefing. The moratorium was set to expire on Jan. 31. It’s now expected to end on May 1. During this…

While officials are still collecting data to understand this Omicron variant of the coronavirus, one thing is quite clear: lockdowns are not the way to go. When COVID-19 slammed into us in 2020, the U.S. went into widespread lockdown. Schools and businesses closed. Restaurants scrambled to serve outdoors and make deliveries. Broadway productions went dark.…

Update (Jan. 11, 2022): A few weeks after Representative Scott Perry (R-PA) denied a request to be interviewed by the House committee investigating the Jan. 6 Capitol riots, Rep. Jim Jordan (R-OH) did the same over the weekend. In a letter to committee chair Rep. Bennie Thompson (D-MS), Rep. Jordan said he has “no relative information…