Atranche of economic data released this week has exacerbated fears about the health of the U.S jobs market and the broader economy it underpins. Until recently, the labor market had been considered in fairly rude health. The White House held up better-than-expected jobs figures from June as evidence that President Donald Trump had unleashed "historic growth and prosperity for our workers." Meanwhile, the minutes of the Federal Reserve's July meeting referred to labor conditions as...

When the United States pushed to reduce tariffs and other trade barriers in the wake of World War II, much of the world followed its lead, embracing the argument from America’s leaders that increasing trade would increase prosperity. Now, as President Trump pushes to reverse that history, raising new barriers to limit imports, it is increasingly clear that the world is no longer persuaded by America’s approach to economic policy. Other nations are not, for the most part, retaliating against...

The United States has "lost" India and Russia to China, President Donald Trump said early Friday. The president, posting a photograph of Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Russian President Vladimir Putin alongside Chinese President Xi Jinping, quipped on Truth Social that it "Looks like we’ve lost India and Russia to deepest, darkest, China. May they have a long and prosperous future together!" Trump's comments were in response to a photo taken during last week's ...

Republican senators are sending clear signs of disapproval and unhappiness with Secretary of Health and Human Services Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., making it plain to President Trump that they want the administration to address the chaos that Kennedy has caused by trying to rewrite the nation’s vaccine policies. GOP senators have stopped short of calling on Kennedy to resign and haven’t yet said they regret voting for him in February, but they want him to back off efforts to change vaccine policy...

This week’s dramatic court ruling that Donald Trump’s sweeping trade tariffs, which he has used to upend global trade, were in fact illegal is the latest in a series of losses for the president’s radical agenda that are ultimately heading for a final showdown in the US supreme court. Trump has already asked the supreme court to overturn the lower court ruling in the tariffs case. Almost certain to follow are Trump’s invocation of the Alien Enemies Act to deport Venezuelans, his...

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“Gallows,” the seventh album from Blessthefall, has dropped. The set contains “Mallxcore” and “Wake The Dead.” Mallxcore Wake The Dead “‘Gallows’ is a culmination of everything we love about writing music,” noted vocalist Beau Bokan. “We took our time and only wrote when we felt inspired. Every song you hear on this album was written from a place of excitement and freedom and you can hear that shine on every track.” “Gallows” Tracks: 01. Mallxcore02. Wake The Dead03. Venom04. Somebody Else05. Drag Me Under06. Gallows07. Light The Flame08. Fell So Hard, Felt So Right09. Y.S.A.B.10. This Ends With Us “Gallows” follows “Hard Feelings” which dropped in ’18. “Gallows’ will end up on your Top 3 Metalcore albums for 2025,” assured Bokan. Gallows ### The post Blessthefall Release First Album In Seven Years appeared first on RockinTown.