Labor

Number of Americans applying for unemployment benefits rose last week to the highest level since mid-November.

Construction on a concrete wall around the White House has prompted questions from conservatives.

Record high job openings and extremely low employment have not stopped workers from losing ground due to inflation running at a 39-year high, data from the Labor Department showed Wednesday.

Biden's economy sees inflation jump at its fastest pace in nearly 40 years, up 7% from a year earlier.

Despite the FDA’s claim that it is committed to transparency, especially for COVID-19 emergency use authorizations (EUAs), the agency first requested 55 years to release the data supporting the approval of Comirnaty after a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request was led, and then asked for an extra 20 years to fully comply.

The upscale grocery chain Whole Foods claims the National Labor Relations Board’s (NLRB) order to allow its employees to wear “Black Lives Matter” masks violates its constitutional rights.

Democrats and teachers unions, staunch allies for decades, suddenly find themselves at odds over the politics of COVID-19 and schools.

The court holds a 6-3 conservative majority, and the line of questioning Friday suggested the conservative justices were skeptical of the federal government's power to impose broad Covid-19 vaccine regulations.

Wage gains weakened in December even as inflation likely accelerated, pushing workers even further behind and making meeting it tougher for millions of American families to meet their household needs.

The Supreme Court seemed skeptical this morning of the Biden administration’s bold claim that it has the authority to impose vaccination mandates applying to more than 84 million private sector employees.