The number of Americans applying for unemployment benefits held steady last week, though continuing claims rose to the highest level in three years. Jobless claim applications ticked down by 1,000 to 219,000 for the week of Dec. 21, the Labor Department reported Thursday. That’s fewer than the 223,000 analysts forecast. Continuing claims, the total number of Americans collecting jobless benefits, climbed by 46,000 to 1.91 million for the week of Dec. 14. That's more than analysts projected and...

Several undersea cables in the Baltic Sea were disrupted on Wednesday, according to local companies and officials, with a Russian "shadow fleet" vessel reportedly under investigation for the incidents on Christmas Day. Newsweek has compiled a map highlighting the latest incident of cable disruption in the Baltic Sea, where NATO has a strong footprint and Russia a key strategic interest. This is the latest incident of undersea cables in the Baltic Sea being disconnected, or deemed to have been...

Trump Border Czar Tom Homan Says Parents Will be Deported Without Kids

Ukraine's latest attack on Russia's Kursk oblast has killed a senior military official, amid ongoing fighting over the western region. According to Militarnyi, the strike killed Salim Pashtov, deputy commander of Russia's 810th Marine Brigade, who was stationed at the command post in the city of Lgov, Kursk, around 30 miles from the Ukrainian border. The pro-Ukrainian outlet cited a social media post from Pashtov's sister, which read: "A terrible grief happened. My dear brother, Salim...

Holiday season retail sales rose 3.8% this year over last, Mastercard says, as more people dined out and bought clothes and jewelry. Why it matters: The report suggests a resilient consumer, key to the continued health of the U.S. economy. • The growth rate is a little stronger than the forecast from the National Retail Federation, which suggests some upside to the season. By the numbers: Mastercard's SpendingPulse survey reports retail sales from Nov. 1 to Dec. 24. • Sales grew 6.3% for...

As Congress was rending itself over the government funding deadline, and the entire political press was focused on the spectacle of it, lawmakers passed a different bill that communicates the fundamental unseriousness with which our elected leaders approach government spending.

The Senate advanced a bill extending billions of dollars in Social Security benefits to some public-sector workers whose payments are currently limited, a near-final step in a drawn-out, bipartisan push. 

At 84 years old, Evelyn Paternostro spends her days working part time as a cashier at Dollar Tree. For decades, she dedicated her life to education, serving as a teacher and principal in Louisiana. But despite years of her public service, she now struggles to make ends meet.

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