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Mayor Eric Adams compared himself to the Bible’s long-suffering Job and asked a local bishop to “pray for me” when at two Brooklyn churches Sunday — days after the feds targeted some of his top lieutenants. Adams hit the Power and Authority Evangelical Ministry on Sheffield Avenue and then the Changing Lives Christian Center on Linden Boulevard and spoke at both houses of worship about the Book of Job, calling it “my favorite story.” “I had many Job moments in my life,” Hizzoner said at the Power and Authority Church, giving a nod to the famously persecuted Biblical character and...

WASHINGTON -- America's employers posted fewer job openings in July than they had the previous month, a sign that hiring could further cool in the coming months. The Labor Department reported Wednesday that there were 7.7 million open jobs in July, down from 7.9 million in June and the fewest since January 2021. Openings have fallen steadily this year, from nearly 8.8 million in January. Layoffs rose from 1.56 million to 1.76 million, the most since March 2023, though that level of job cuts is roughly consistent with pre-pandemic levels, when the unemployment rate was historically low. Layoffs have been...

Social media users trashed President Biden’s Secretary of Commerce Gina Raimondo for admitting to ABC News on Wednesday that she wasn’t “familiar” with the day’s major revision to the jobs numbers. ABC News correspondent Kayna Whitworth asked Raimondo what she thought of the jobs numbers revision by the Bureau of Labor Statistics. “I am curious as to your thoughts on today the Bureau of Labor saying that more than 800,000 fewer jobs were actually created than initially reported,” Whitworth said. The reporter played a clip of former President Donald Trump talking about the report at his rally in North Carolina...

During an interview with ABC News on Wednesday, Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo, who appeared in her personal capacity, said that she was “not familiar with” the Bureau of Labor Statistics revising the number of jobs created down by over 800,000. Host Kayna Whitworth asked, [relevant exchange begins around 2:00] “I am curious as to your thoughts on today, the Bureau of Labor [Statistics] saying that more than 800,000 fewer jobs were actually created than initially reported. And I — we have a soundbite here…because Donald Trump is already addressing this on the campaign trail.”

The number of people looking for a job in the Federal Reserve’s latest labor market survey rose to its highest level since 2014, the U.S. central bank reported Monday, as fears simmer about a broader slowdown in the economy. The proportion of respondents seeking employment over the past four weeks jumped to 28.4 percent from 19.4 percent in July of last year, according to the Fed’s Survey of Consumer Expectations (SCE) labor market survey. The increase in job seekers was most noticeable among people who are older than 45, who don’t have a college degree, and whose income is below...

As a young prosecutor, Kamala Harris was gifted a BMW and lavished with trips to Paris and the Oscars by a much older lover who also jumpstarted her meteoric rise in California politics, according to reports. The current vice president famously had a relationship with Democratic Party kingmaker Willie Brown in 1994 when she was 29 and he was 60, and when he was serving as speaker of the California Assembly. “Over the course of the relationship, Brown gave Harris a BMW, she traveled with him to Paris, attended the Academy Awards,” and he even took her on a business...

First lady Jill Biden praised her husband’s performance during the debate despite nearly every political commentator saying that he not only did poorly but that he should be replaced. “Joe, you did such a great job. You answered every question. You knew all the facts,” Jill Biden said to her husband as the crowd cheered. “And what did Trump do?” she asked the crowd, all of whom responded with “Lied!” "Joe, you did such a great job answering every question. You knew all the facts." Jill Biden may be the worst human ever…. pic.twitter.com/wKy2Wud1FM — Graham Allen (@GrahamAllen_1) June 28,...

President Joe Biden is expected on Tuesday to clear legalities in the way of young illegal immigrants to get work permits in the United States. The latest measure will affect those who are registered under the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrival (DACA) program. According to the New York Times, Biden has given legal protections for illegal immigrant spouses and is expected to celebrate the new action on Tuesday at the 12-year anniversary of DACA. During the celebration event, Biden is also expected to go over separate actions on DACA that will give work permits to younger illegal immigrants protected from...

In May, 400,000 fewer Americans had jobs than in April. The so-called net jobs ‘added’ by Biden are actually some Americans working extra jobs.. On the economy, critics of Joe Biden contend he has a substance problem. The White House and its allies claim that Biden has a messaging problem. Both are true. Last Friday, the government published jobs data for May. The left-leaning media touted the report as good news, showing that the economy added 270,000 jobs. In fact, the data was terrible for ordinary Americans. It shows that fewer Americans were working in May than in April, and...

The majority of job growth in the United States since 2019 has gone to newly arrived migrants as working-class American men continue to fall out of the labor force, an analysis shows. The analysis, published by Steven Camarota at the Center for Immigration Studies, shows the extent to which President Joe Biden’s agenda to grow the labor market with mass immigration — rather than enticing Americans on the sidelines back into work — has been largely executed.

Taxpayer funds are reportedly driving the recent job boom in New York City through a 2015 policy change that loosened eligibility Medicaid benefit rules. The revelation suggests that New York City Mayor Eric Adams’ acclaimed credit for creating 300,000 jobs since the pandemic actually results from taxpayers’ subsidy due to a policy change. Almost nearly all the job increases were created in publicly funded home health care, city documents show Manufacturing, construction, and retail sunk below levels in 2020 The rules permit people “eligible for home healthcare services to hire family members or close friends to care for them and...

President Joe Biden claimed he could do the job of president “better than anybody” when asked if he would be able to carry out the responsibilities of being president in his mid-80s. During an interview with TIME magazine, Biden was informed that “large majorities of Americans,” including Democrats, are concerned about his age and ability to serve another term as president.

Longshot Green Party presidential candidate Jill Stein blasted the Democratic National Committee for posting, and then deleting, a job for monitoring third party candidates. "Wow. @TheDemocrats posted – then deleted – a job for a "Third Party Project Manager" to infiltrate their competition and find ways to take us off the ballot," Stein wrote on Twitter. Friday. "Is this how they’re ‘saving democracy’?" Fox News Digital attempted to click on the job posting on LinkedIn but it was no longer active as of Sunday. A screenshot for the "Independent & Third Party Project Manager" job posting shared by Stein lists...

On Friday’s broadcast of NewsNation’s “The Hill,” White House Senior Adviser Gene Sperling discussed the recent jobs report and stated that things are “not good enough, because people are still facing too high costs in their family and personal lives. But in terms of the job market, yes, this is steady, sustainable job growth, better than even a soft landing. It’s a very steady and strong landing.”

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, whose Liberals are trailing badly in the polls, on Friday said he thought about quitting his “crazy job” every day but insisted he would stay in office until the next election. That vote must be held by October 2025 and recent surveys of public opinion show the Liberals would be crushed by the right-of-center Conservatives. Pollsters say voters are tiring of Trudeau, who first took office in November 2015.

Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell (Ky.) on Thursday again pressed Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) to take up the Senate-passed national security spending package, which includes $60 billion for Ukraine, despite Johnson’s message to GOP senators this week that he’s moving in a different direction. McConnell didn’t express much interest in waiting weeks or maybe months for the House to come up with an alternative proposal to help Ukraine. “The chilling reality here is abundantly clear. Withholding critical weapons has not helped manage [Russian President Vladimir] Putin’s escalation. It has only emboldened him,” McConnell warned on the Senate floor. That alternative...

Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis' fight to remain on the prosecution in former President Donald Trump's Georgia election interference case is over. After the end of closing arguments, Judge Scott McAfee, who is presiding over the case, said he would make a decision on disqualifying her within the next two weeks. Trump's attorneys told the judge they had multiple new witness testimonies that had just come to light that morning, but McAfee refused to admit them because the defense hadn't had a chance to examine the evidence. McAfee signaled to Trump's attorneys that he may not need any more...

Citigroup CEO Jane Fraser got a 6% pay bump for her performance in 2023, a year the bank's profits dropped 38% and Fraser began a dramatic restructuring that will result in an estimated 20,000 job cuts. The board awarded her total compensation of $26 million, ... The $26 million for Fraser was the lowest among CEO rivals at JPMorgan Chase, Bank of America, Wells Fargo, Goldman Sachs, and Morgan Stanley, who received between $29 million and $37 million. Bank of America's Brian Moynihan was the only CEO among this group to experience a compensation decline. ... Fraser had a lot...

New research released by Indeed, a popular job posting platform, shows that the number of postings requiring college degrees — or any education requirement at all — is dwindling. Indeed found 52 percent of postings on its site had no formal education requirement as of January 2024, up 4 percent from 2019. The number of postings requiring four-year degrees went from 20.4 percent to 17.8 percent in the past five years. “Employers are loosening their formal education requirements as the labor market remains tight and attitudes towards skills-first hiring practices change. Those same employers seem more willing to consider candidates...

In a disconcerting confluence of economic challenges, China finds itself at a crossroads with debt soaring to nearly 300%, and now, the ominous specter of a darkening employment landscape. As the debt-to-GDP ratio climbs, the pressure on employment intensifies, casting shadows over job opportunities and amplifying uncertainties in the job market. Amid shrinking prospects and a gloomy job market, Chinese workers face the grim reality of pay cuts and layoffs. Reports reveal that pay cuts and unchanged salaries have become the new norm, painting a stark contrast to the past when job switches promised substantial salary increases, especially for senior-level...