Boris Johnson’s sad end to a surprising and complicated political career
I worked on Boris Johnson’s mayoral re-election campaign in 2012. You may be wondering, “What’s a nice liberal girl from New York City doing working for a British Conservative?” The short answer: I was finishing my Ph.D. at the London School of Economics. Conservatives over there aren’t anything like conservatives here in America, and he was running against former London Mayor Ken Livingstone, a known antisemite w
Read MoreHouse Oversight opens probe into handling of reproductive health data
A House committee has launched an investigation into how companies are handling reproductive health data. House Oversight Committee Chair Carolyn Maloney (D-N.Y.) and Reps. Raja Krishnamoorthi (D-Ill.) and Sara Jacobs (D-Calif.) sent separate letters to personal health apps and data broker companies expressing their concerns. The letters seek information on the potential
Read MoreUS adds 372,000 jobs in June as market stays strong
The U.S. economy added 372,000 jobs and the unemployment rate held even at 3.6 percent in June as a strong labor market held firm amid rising inflation and recession fears. Job growth in June far exceeded the projections of economists, who expected the U.S. to add roughly 278,000 jobs last month, according to consensus estimates. The unemployment remained just 0.1 percentage points from its pre-pandemic level of 3.5 percent, which was a 50-year low. The strong June jobs gain is a promising sign of resilience for the U.S. economy, which faces growing risks from
Read MoreHere are the 10 states losing the most jobs since the pandemic
Story at a glance A preliminary analysis from the Brookings Institution shows that New York has lost the greatest number of non-farm jobs since the pandemic began. The analysis used data from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics and tracked all 50 states throughout the pandemic. Pennsylvania and Michigan came in second and third for
Read MorePentagon looks to recoup money from Flynn for unsanctioned foreign payments: report
The Department of Defense is seeking to recoup thousands of dollars from former national security advisor Michael Flynn after determining that the retired general failed to disclose foreign payments. Flynn, who served for three weeks under then-President Donald Trump, received hundreds of thousands of dollars from Turkish and Russian entities in 2015 without approval from the U.S. government, according to documents obtained by The Washington Post. The U.S. Army told
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