Some dockworkers earn more than $400,000 a year
Some longshoreman regularly earn more than the president of the United States along with most other U.S. workers.
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Business groups want Biden to intervene in worker strike at ports
A dockworker strike that could hobble U.S. ports from Maine to Texas got underway Tuesday as business groups called for President Joe Biden to step in.
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Biden expands refugee admission to foreign nationals from multiple continents
On the same day that President Joe Biden said he’d reduced illegal border crossings by 60% at the southwest border, he announced Monday a sweeping extension of refugee...
Swing states hurting from inflation, want more from Trump, Harris on energy policies
Swing state voters are feeling the pain of high prices and want to hear more from presidential candidates about their energy policies, newly released polling data shows.
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Razor-thin difference in battleground state facing catastrophe
In western North Carolina where a fatal flood of historic proportion has torn apart normal, the 2024 election will go on and a razor-thin difference is watched between...
East Coast port strikes could bring shortages, rising prices
Some 50,000 International Longshoremen's Association members went on strike Tuesday against the East and Gulf Coast ports, snarling the flow of goods in what some predict could be...
Congress passes bill streamlining veterans joining trucking workforce
The U.S. House of Representatives unanimously passed a bipartisan bill backed by Virginia Rep. Abigail Spanberger that boosts the trucking industry with its significant shortage of drivers and...
Federal government, states grapple with regulating hemp products
While the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration is on track to
Mayorkas subpoenaed by Congress on Walz alleged connection to CCP
U.S. House Committee on Oversight and Accountability Chairman James Comer, R-KY, subpoenaed Department of Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas for information about vice presidential candidate Gov. Tim Walz’s...
House Committee subpoenas HHS secretary for information on unaccompanied minors
U.S. House Committee on Homeland Security Chairman Mark Green, R-Tenn., subpoenaed U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Secretary Xavier Becerra to appear before the committee this week...
