Reuters: 1 million jobs likely added to the U.S. economy last month.
MarketWatch: The Dow climbed to a new record on Thursday ahead of today’s monthly jobs data anticipated at 8:30 a.m. A strengthening economic recovery and effective vaccine rollout in this country have been the main focus for bullish investors.
Weekly filings for unemployment benefits have dropped 33 percent since the start of April, seen as “
further confirmation that a recovery in the labor market is well underway,” wrote economists
Nancy Vanden Houten and
Greg Daco from Oxford Economics, in a report on Thursday. They expect today’s data to show a monthly jump in payroll employment of 775,000.
opposing new voting restrictions in Texas.
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These bills, pushed by Republicans, include restricting absentee ballots, tightening early voting opportunities and limiting drop boxes.
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you began to change the environment.”
“Your vote changed the world,” he shouted to people who waved flags while standing and sitting in their cars. The president endorsed voting rights legislation currently pending in Congress before repeating,
“Thank you, thank you, Georgia!”
The Hill: Biden marks 100th day plugging his jobs plan.
The president’s remarks delivered in rapid-fire fashion using a teleprompter were interrupted by his frequent coughing and throat clearing, attendees’ cheers and horn honking and some loud commentary from demonstrators who objected to the administration’s reliance on private detention centers for migrants.
“Folks, I’m not going to bore you with the details,” Biden said at one point as he raced through the tax implications of his proposals for the wealthiest Americans, which he had described to Congress the night before.