Joseph Lawler
Policy Editor at Washington Examiner
Articles
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3 weeks ago |
washingtonexaminer.com | Joseph Lawler
The economy added 139,000 jobs in May and the unemployment rate 4.2%, the Bureau of Labor Statistics reported Friday. Investors had expected roughly 127,000 new jobs and for the unemployment rate to hold steady at 4.2%.
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3 weeks ago |
denvergazette.com | Joseph Lawler |Zachary Halaschak
The headlineThe economy added 139,000 jobs in May and the unemployment rate remained at 4.2%, the Bureau of Labor Statistics reported Friday. Investors had expected roughly 127,000 new jobs and for the unemployment rate to hold steady at 4.2%.
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1 month ago |
thenewatlantis.com | Joseph Lawler
Americans are living ever more isolated lives. We get married later, start families later, have fewer children, and report more loneliness than ever before. Everyone suspects that new technology has something to do with this. But what if we’re also suffering from the failure of a very old technology? Somehow it has become astonishingly expensive to buy a house in the United States. The median house sale price is now $417,000. Fifty years ago, in today’s dollars, it was $232,000.
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1 month ago |
washingtonexaminer.com | Joseph Lawler
Republican leaders made major last-minute changes to the tax-and-spending megabill that passed early Thursday. In most cases, the bill was altered to win the votes of holdout members of the party. Here’s the rundown of significant late alterations made to secure passage of the bill, which would enact much of President Donald Trump’s domestic agenda. The bill increased households’ ability to deduct state and local taxes from their federal taxable income.
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1 month ago |
washingtonexaminer.com | Joseph Lawler
WHAT’S HAPPENING TODAY: Good afternoon and happy Monday, readers! We hope you were able to rest up over the weekend, as we’ve got a busy week ahead. Debate over House Republicans’ “Big, Beautiful Bill” continues, with Inflation Reduction Act green credits on the chopping block, as some conservatives call for deeper cuts. Plus, the Environmental Protection Agency was in court today defending its efforts to claw back $20 billion in grants awarded under the Biden administration.
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