WASHINGTON (AP) — America’s job market delivered a surprising burst of strength in February. It lifted hopes that the rollout of viral vaccines, the distribution of federal aid and the increasing willingness and ability of consumers to go out and spend will invigorate the economy as the weather warms up.

“As I understand it, our team has been in touch with the mayor, there has been a bit of a misunderstanding,” said White House press secretary Jen Psaki during Friday’s briefing, adding that she thought “he was going to go out and speak publicly.” Earlier this week, Duggan, a Democrat

Nearly halfway into his first 100 days, President Joe Biden has yet to personally hold a press briefing, the longest any president has waited to make himself broadly accessible to the media in decades. Presidential press briefings have historically been one of the few forums where the commander-in-chief is open

Lawmakers on both sides of the aisle have accused the Cuomo administration of engaging in a ‘criminal conspiracy’ following a bombshell report alleging they stripped data on nursing home deaths from a public report. The Wall Street Journal published a report Thursday night indicating advisers to the New York Governor

The economy beat job growth estimates by adding 379,000 new jobs in February, as signs are that the economy is moving in the right direction. NBC News reported, “The U.S. economy added 379,000 jobs in February, roundly beating economists’ estimates of 210,000, and indicating that one year into the pandemic,

Many small-business owners do not welcome the pressure. Tad Mollnhauer, who runs two printing and shipping retail stores near Orlando, Fla., said entry-level workers typically earned about $10 to $12 an hour. But these days, anyone paying that rate risks losing workers to Amazon. (The state’s minimum wage is under

This week’s spate of data highlighted the difficulties Americans who have lost their jobs have had bouncing back from the coronavirus pandemic, and just how much those who have managed to keep their jobs have been working. What’s happening: The Labor Department reported Thursday that the productivity of American workers

TOKYO (AP) — Myanmar’s security forces have killed scores of demonstrators protesting a coup. The new junta has jailed journalists — and anyone else capable of exposing the violence. It has done away with even limited legal protections. The outside world has responded so far with tough words, a smattering