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Jobless rates fall for high school grads and black Americans
Associated Press | October 2, 2015 1:32 pmBlack Americans and high school graduates fared better in the U.S. job market in September, while those without high school diplomas and recent veterans lost… -
AP Sources: Chaffetz to seek speaker bid against McCarthy
Associated Press | October 2, 2015 1:32 pmRepublican Rep. Jason Chaffetz of Utah is planning to run for House speaker in a surprise longshot challenge to House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy. -
An ailing global economy starts to weigh on US job market
Associated Press | October 2, 2015 1:28 pmA sagging global economy has finally caught up with the United States. -
Obama: No more temporary spending bills; budget deal needed
Associated Press | October 2, 2015 1:12 pmPresident Barack Obama says he won't sign another temporary government funding bill after the current one expires on Dec. 11. -
Q&A: Gun control prospects in GOP-run Congress remain remote
Associated Press | October 2, 2015 12:08 pmAnother mass shooting, another appearance by a stricken-looking President Barack Obama expressing anguish and frustration over congressional inaction on gun control laws. -
Secret Service director changes story in latest scandal
Associated Press | October 2, 2015 11:16 amSecret Service Director Joseph Clancy is changing his story about what he knew and when in the most recent agency scandal. -
Officials: Pentagon weighs protections for US-trained rebels
Associated Press | October 2, 2015 10:40 amThe Pentagon is grappling with whether the U.S. should use military force to protect U.S. trained and equipped Syrian rebels now that they may be… -
Man named Santa Claus runs for office in Alaska’s North Pole
Associated Press | October 2, 2015 10:16 amA man whose legal name is Santa Claus is running for a City Council seat in the tiny Alaska town of North Pole. -
6 US airmen among at least 11 dead in Afghan plane crash
Associated Press | October 2, 2015 10:12 amA U.S. Air Force C-130J military transport plane crashed overnight at an air base in eastern Afghanistan, killing six American airmen and five civilians on… -
Obama decries ‘routine’ response of country to shootings
Associated Press | October 2, 2015 4:20 amA grim President Barack Obama says the U.S. has "become numb" to mass shootings like Thursday's incident in Oregon, where a 20-year-old gunman killed at… -
Govt to release Sept jobless figures
Associated Press | October 2, 2015 2:36 amThe Labor Department releases unemployment figures this morning and analysts are expecting another month of healthy data. -
Apart from low unemployment, just how healthy is job market?
Associated Press | October 2, 2015 1:52 amThe U.S. unemployment rate -- now just 5.1 percent -- grabs a lot of the attention each month when the government issues its jobs data.… -
Bush donors pitch ‘long haul’ after initial ‘shock and awe’
Associated Press | October 2, 2015 1:01 amJeb Bush's challenge in the first half of the year was daunting yet simple. To be considered a fundraising success, the Republican presidential candidate had… -
Rolling past his deadline, Biden still steeped in indecision
Associated Press | October 2, 2015 12:52 amLong past the time Joe Biden hoped to announce his plans for 2016, the vice president is still steeped in indecision, breeding uncertainty among Democrats… -
Trump and Carson’s attacks on Muslims worry some GOP elders
Associated Press | October 1, 2015 10:12 pmThe candidates atop the GOP presidential field are ramping up political attacks aimed at Muslims, a move designed to appeal to hardline conservatives. But party…