Employers added 206,000 jobs in June, the Bureau of Labor Statistics reported Friday, slightly higher than the 200,000 nonfarm jobs analysts expected but down from May’s gains, which were revised from 272,000 to 218,000. Unemployment also inched up to 4.1 percent in June, which is the first time it’s been above 4 percent since November 2021. Most of the gains in June, 74 percent, came from government (primarily local), healthcare, and education, CNBC reported. "The labor market is weakening due...

Chicago police are investigating after two separate shootings overnight left more than a dozen people injured. In both incidents, police were responding to a call of a person shot when they discovered multiple victims had sustained gunshot wounds following an exchange of gunfire by two people that fled the scene. The first incident occurred just after midnight in the 1300 block of W. Hastings in the city's Little Village neighborhood, police said. Eight people, ranging in age from 18 to 74-...

President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump traded barbs and a variety of false and misleading information as they faced off in their first debate of the 2024 election. Trump falsely represented the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol as a relatively small number of people who were ushered in by police and misstated the strength of the economy during his administration.

resident Joe Biden's health and fitness continue to be questioned following his widely criticized debate performance against presumptive Republican rival and former President Donald Trump. Biden has faced calls to stand down from the presidential race, including from some Democrats, after what was broadly referred to as a disastrous performance by critics and pundits

“They” just can’t let Donald Trump go. For them, Donald Trump is Evil personified. But not for the rest of the world. Here are some of the New York Times’s fact-check charges against Trump; here is why people no longer trust the New York Times.

The latest national poll from The New York Times and Siena College shows former President Donald J. Trump leading President Biden by nine percentage points among registered voters — a pretty big shift in his direction in the week since the presidential debate. It has become clear in the past week that there is no obvious path to replacing Mr. Biden as the Democratic Party’s nominee. But there is a strong desire among Americans for something different. We heard that directly from voters we...

The stakes of the 2024 presidential election cannot be overstated. With Donald Trump promising to act as a dictator “on day one,” it is not hyperbolic to say the future of American democracy hangs in the balance. Against this backdrop, the Biden campaign faces a critical challenge: conveying a strong and effective image of President Joe Biden to a population and media ecosystem increasingly focused on optics over substance. Given the president’s concerning performance last week, it’s time for...

I found this Trump 2024 Campaign video at Eric Thompson’s website (https://ettalkshow.com/) under the title, “TRUMP HIGHLIGHTS BIDEN’S SPEAKING GAFFES IN NEW CAMPAIGN VIDEO”. Posted there on 6/15/24 (https://bit.ly/3VIMlRa). Here is an Eric Thompson excerpt describing the video: “The video opens with a montage of Biden’s more memorable verbal slips, including a mix of recent and past public speaking engagements. In a highly charged political climate, such portrayals are intended to resonate with voters concerned about the President’s mental acuity. “President Trump is not pulling any punches,” commented a political analyst. “This video is a direct assault on Biden’s perceived weaknesses.” It juxtaposes clips of Biden’s blunders with Trump’s commentary, creating a narrative that suggests a stark contrast in leadership capabilities. “We need strong, decisive leadership, not confusion and uncertainty,” Trump is heard saying in the video.”

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