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Larry Kudlow, a former economic adviser to former President Donald Trump, shared his reactions Friday night to the federal government’s jobs report for December, which was released earlier in the day. During an appearance on "The Ingraham Angle," Kudlow agreed with host Laura Ingraham’s assertion that President Biden largely benefited from actions taken in Republican-led red states to keep the economy on track as the coronavirus pandemic continues. Biden placed his own spin on the data, stressing a decline in unemployment instead of the fact that new hiring fell far short of expectations.

Three nights before Christmas, Douglas Moore was at his job at the Cumberland Farms on West Street when a man stuck a gun in his face and told him to empty the cash register. The next morning, Moore’s boss called him at home to ask him to come to the store for a talk. “I thought she was going to see how I was doing,” he said. Hours after being surprised by a gunman, Moore, 24, of Springfield, was surprised again – he was fired. “I didn’t think I’d be fired,” he said. “Right before Christmas doesn’t seem right.” Moore,...

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A federal judge accepted former City Councilman Martin Ludlow's guilty plea for conspiracy to embezzle union funds but warned he is not bound by a bargain Ludlow made with prosecutors to avoid prison time. "Do you understand that the plea agreement does not bind me whatsoever?" U.S. District Judge Manuel Real told Ludlow Tuesday as he set sentencing for June 5. Ludlow responded affirmatively. Real required Ludlow to admit repeatedly that he knew he was breaking federal law when he conspired to get Service Employees International Union Local 99 to pay for workers in his 2003 council campaign and then...

Los Angeles -- The chief of a powerful federation of unions and an ally of Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa resigned Tuesday amid an investigation into fundraising improprieties surrounding his successful City Council campaign three years ago. "As a result of errors in my judgment, I must take these steps to begin to accept full responsibility for the mistakes that I made," Martin Ludlow, chief of the Los Angeles County Federation of Labor, said while announcing his resignation at the union's downtown headquarters. Ludlow, who resigned from the City Council last year to take the labor job, said he was cooperating with...