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Today's jobs report may spook the Fed (but it shouldn't)
Friends, Surprising most analysts and forecasters, employers added a whopping 517,000 jobs in January, according to this morning’s monthly labor report from the Bureau of Labor Statistics. This was almost twice the growth from December’s 260,000 jobs. The unemployment rate fell…
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10 reasons you shouldn't believe Kevin McCarthy when he promises Republicans won't seek cuts in Social Security and Medicare
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Saturday coffee klatch: Waiting for the other shoe to drop
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Thirty years ago today, the Family and Medical Leave Act. Now it's time for paid leave.
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Today’s Office Hours: What is the Republican strategy?
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The biggest story you've never heard about today's federal debt
America's wealthy used to pay taxes to support the nation. Now, they lend it money.
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To be "Borked": My odd friendship with Robert Bork
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Sunday caption contest: DeSantis's class
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Should Trump get back his giant megaphones?
Listen now (4 min) | The larger question is whether we — the People — should have a say in whether he gets them back
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