U.S. Employers Add 199,000 Jobs in November Amid Slowing Job Growth
U.S. employers added 199,000 jobs in November amid slowing job growth, with the unemployment rate edging down to 3.7 percent, the U.S. Labor Department...
U.S. President Biden’s Son Indicted on Tax Charges
U.S. President Joe Biden’s son Hunter Biden was indicted in California late Thursday on nine counts related to a Justice Department investigation into his...
China Opposes U.S. Export Control Abuse, Mutual Investment Restrictions
China firmly opposes U.S. moves to abuse export controls against China and restrict mutual investment, Chinese commerce ministry spokesperson He Yadong said Thursday. He...
U.S. Anti-inflation Bill’s EV Provisions Are “Non-market Practices”: Chinese Commerce Ministry
The provisions of the United States’ “Inflation Reduction Act” that bar Chinese electric vehicles (EVs) from qualifying for full tax breaks are discriminatory and...
U.S. Crude Supplies Up, Other Petroleum Data Mixed
U.S. crude oil refinery inputs averaged 16.2 million barrels per day (b/d) during the week ending Dec. 1, 179,000 b/d more than the previous...
After losing Houston mayor’s race, US Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee to seek reelection to Congress
Two days after losing her bid to be Houston’s next mayor, longtime U.S. Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee announced on Monday she will seek a 16th...
Early, Often and Unequivocally: How Whitmer’s Fight for Abortion Rights Helped Turn Michigan Blue
Ten years ago, as Michigan’s Republican-led Legislature was on the verge of passing one of the nation’s most restrictive anti-abortion laws at the time,...
A Tit-for-Tat with Uncle Sam: China Puts the Screws on Exotic Mineral Exports
Brussel, Frankfurt (16/11 – 23) A levying of embargoes and export bans, the imposition of sanctions, erection of fearsome “license” (= restriction) protocol: there’s...
Supreme Court Signals It Will Uphold a Tax on Foreign Income and Leave a Wealth Tax for Another Day
The Supreme Court on Tuesday seemed inclined to uphold a tax on foreign income while leaving questions about a broader, never-enacted tax on wealth for another day. On...
Special Counsel Jack Smith Asks the Supreme Court to Rule Quickly on Whether Trump Can Be Prosecuted
Special counsel Jack Smith on Monday asked the Supreme Courtto take up and rule quickly on whether former President Donald Trump can be prosecuted on charges...