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4:48 PM on Friday, April 10

Washington Mayor Muriel Bowser has unveiled her last budget, a $21.2 billion gross operating spending plan that is sure to erupt into battles on the District Council and Capitol Hill, where Republican lawmakers have shown a growing willingness to interject themselves into local affairs

10:37 AM on Friday, April 10

“Euphoria” returns Sunday with its starry cast for a third season on HBO Max

3:16 PM on Thursday, April 9

Union leaders, retirees and public sector workers in the Venezuelan capital have marched toward the presidential palace to demand higher wages and dignified pensions

8:43 AM on Thursday, April 9

U.S. applications for unemployment benefits rose last week before Iran, Israel and the U.S. announced a two-week ceasefire deal that injected a degree of optimism into a still-clouded global economic picture

8:27 PM on Wednesday, April 8

Venezuelan acting President Delcy Rodríguez has asked public and private sector workers for patience as her government works to improve the economy

3:10 PM on Tuesday, April 7

The Justice Department’s new leader says “nobody” except President Donald Trump knows why Pam Bondi was replaced as attorney general last week

11:59 AM on Tuesday, April 7

Scam compounds have mushroomed across Southeast Asia since the pandemic

8:20 AM on Monday, April 6

1:59 PM on Thursday, April 2

American employers added a surprisingly strong 178,000 new jobs last month, rebounding from a dismal February

1:39 PM on Thursday, April 2

A growing number of Americans have “unretired” in recent years

8:40 AM on Thursday, April 2

U.S. applications for unemployment benefits fell last week as layoffs remain sparse despite a softening labor market and rising energy costs due to the Iran war

12:00 PM on Tuesday, March 31

10:09 AM on Tuesday, March 31

U.S. job openings fell slightly last month to 6.9 million, another sign of sluggishness in the American labor market

1:58 PM on Monday, March 30

Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell says it's important to closely monitor inflation amid a spike in energy prices from the Iran war as the average price for for gasoline nears $4 a gallon in the U.S. But he also said Monday, addressing students at Harvard University, that there isn't a lot Fed policymakers could do

1:15 PM on Friday, March 27

Thousands of striking workers at one of the nation’s largest meatpacking plants are extending their walkout to a third week

7:15 AM on Friday, March 27

A year after federal employees were hit by the Trump administration’s cost-cutting efforts through the Department of Government Efficiency, it remains unclear what the agency saved

5:56 PM on Thursday, March 26

The Education Department will relocate from its Washington headquarters as part of the Trump administration’s dismantling of the agency, officials said Thursday

8:40 AM on Thursday, March 26

The number of Americans applying for jobless aid inched up last week as employers continue to retain workers despite a labor market that has weakened considerably in the past year

7:00 AM on Thursday, March 26

12:02 AM on Thursday, March 26

Louisiana officials warn that the state's $300 million crawfish industry faces dire economic consequences because of a shortage of temporary seasonal workers via the H-2B visa program