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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...

One in five Democrats disapprove of President Joe Biden’s job performance, a recent Harvard/Harris survey found. Overall, the survey showed that Biden’s approval remains low, at 42 percent. Of those, just 20 percent “strongly approve” of him. Most, 57 percent, disapprove of his job performance. His ratings are even worse among independent voters, as 62 percent disapprove of him compared to 35 percent who approve. Further, one in five — 22 percent — of Democrats disapprove of Biden’s job performance.

UPS fell short of Wall Street revenue estimates Tuesday, reporting drops in shipping volume, both internationally and domestically, in its fourth-quarter earnings report. The company also announced 12,000 layoffs as part of an effort to align resources in 2024. The workforce reductions will save the company about $1 billion in costs, CEO Carol Tomé said on a company earnings call. “2023 was a unique, and quite candidly, difficult and disappointing year. We experienced declines in volume, revenue and operating profits and all three of our business segments,” Tomé said. Shares of the package giant dipped 8% in early trading.

Google has laid off over a thousand employees across various departments since January 10th. CEO Sundar Pichai’s message is to brace for more cuts. “We have ambitious goals and will be investing in our big priorities this year,” Pichai told all Google employees on Wednesday in an internal memo that was shared with me. “The reality is that to create the capacity for this investment, we have to make tough choices.” So far, those “tough choices” have included layoffs and reorganizations in Google’s hardware, ad sales, search, shopping, maps, policy, core engineering, and YouTube teams. “These role eliminations are not...

In the RealClearPolitics (RCP) poll of average polls, Joe Biden’s national job approval rating average sank into the thirties for the first time since July of 2022. Currently, the RCP average has His Fraudulency at 39.9 percent average approval. Biden’s average disapproval sits at 56.6 percent. Currently, Hunter’s Dad is 16.7 points underwater. Biden’s approval rating has never really recovered since his disastrous surrender in Afghanistan during the summer of 2021, when he left behind billions of dollars worth of American weaponry for the same Taliban behind the September 11 attacks. Between August of 2021 and August of 2022, Biden’s...

At the risk of sounding like the old man complaining about kids these days with their rap hop music and their fancy iDroid phones and yelling at them to get off my lawn, we must discuss this concept they have invented called "Personality Hires." Apparently, Gen Z has decided that a skillset isn't the most important thing you need in the workplace because morale and smiles are more important than all that efficiency nonsense, right? Well, that's what they're saying on social media, anyway.Corporate workers are discovering whether or not they're "personality hires" as the term has gained steam on...

NBC News national political correspondent Steve Kornacki said Sunday on “Meet The Press” that the results of the latest NBC News poll show President Joe Biden’s lowest-ever approval rating. Partial transcript as follows: KRISTEN WELKER: As the war between Israel and Hamas rages, it is having a transformative impact on our politics. We have a brand new NBC News poll out this morning, which shows the toll it is taking on the president. KORNACKI: I think you’re right to set it up that way. What’s happening in the Middle East really does seem to be connecting with what’s happening domestically...

Recent college grad has breakdown over working a job.We’re doomed. (video in link below) https://rumble.com/v3rekhz-college-grad-in-tears-after-experiencing-first-ever-9-to-5-job.html

Hey Bartender! The leading employment gain under Bidenomics was … low paying leisure and hospitality jobs at 96k jobs added. The US added a whopping 336K jobs, the highest monthly increase since January. This is surprising given that the ADP report was so weak. And the BLS decided to UPWARD revised past numbers. The BLS revised not only August but also July higher: the change in total nonfarm payroll employment for July was revised up by 79,000, from +157,000 to +236,000, and the change for August was revised up by 40,000, from +187,000 to +227,000. With these revisions, employment in...

Rep Eric Swalwell (D-Calif.) took shots at House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) on Friday, saying he is leading the country toward a looming government shutdown because he refuses to negotiate with Democrats. GOP infighting has dominated spending talks, as a group of hard-line conservatives fight the speaker — demanding deeper budget cuts than those proposed so far by McCarthy.

President Biden is slated to appear Friday in the White House Rose Garden to comment on the August jobs report, which generally showed a steady labor market. Unemployment, which was expected to hover at July’s 3.5 percent, inched up to 3.8 percent according to the data released by the Bureau of Labor Statistics. The report beat expectations with 187,000 jobs added, a number equal to July’s total. The total percentage of people employed or looking for work rose 0.2 percent after several months without much change. Biden is tying much of his case for reelection to public perception of a...

Job growth in the private sector slowed sharply in August, coming in below economists’ expectations and hinting at a cooling labor market. The private sector added only 177,000 jobs in August, according to the latest ADP National Employment report released Wednesday. This marks a significant drop from July’s numbers, which ADP revised upward to 371,000. Economists surveyed by Reuters had anticipated a 195,000 increase in private employment, while those polled by Dow Jones had forecast a 200,000 increase, according to CNBC. “This month’s numbers are consistent with the pace of job creation before the pandemic,” said Nela Richardson, the chief...

New job approval numbers for President Biden are out, and they tell a familiar story: Much of the country doesn’t approve. Of course, nowadays poll numbers tend to say more about our growing political tribalism than they do about a president’s performance. The last time an occupant of the White House headed into reelection season with a 50% approval rating or better was 1996, when President Bill Clinton was riding a wave of economic growth. A lot has changed. What hasn’t is the truism that got Clinton into office the first time: It’s the economy, stupid.

During a portion of an interview with NBC News aired on Thursday’s broadcast of MSNBC’s “Chris Jansing Reports,” Sen. Jon Tester (D-MT) stated that when he’s seen President Joe Biden in person and “when I’ve seen him on the news, he’s absolutely, 100% with it.” And his “recall” and “cognitive ability” are “fine.” Tester also argued that “he’s doing a good job. I think folks are making a bigger deal out of it than it is.” Tester said, “Joe Biden, when I’ve been around him — and it’s not every day — but when I’ve been around him, when I’ve...

Job interviews can be nerve-racking as many interviewees stress over how to best answer questions the employer throws at you. But, not every company asks tough questions. One boss revealed the “coffee cup” test he uses in job interviews to determine whether an applicant is right for the role. Former managing director for Xero Australia Trent Innes explained how he refuses to hire anyone if they fail to return an empty cup to the kitchen at the end of an interview. “I will always take you for a walk down to one of our kitchens and somehow you always end...