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US job growth has continued at a steady clip in months since COVID pandemic, but experts are looking for warning signs., All eyes will be on Friday’s US unemployment numbers to see how many jobs were added in March and whether the unemployment rate continues to stay in its historicallyContinue Reading

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The Biden administration today issued a final rule that protects 2.2 million federal civil service employees from political hirings and firings. Bitsy Skerry, regulatory policy associate for Public Citizen, issued the following statement: “An independent federal workforce ensures that our government works for all of us, not for one partyContinue Reading

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SciDigest Women are having fewer children today than in the past globally, but experts say that’s by choice and it doesn’t mean “we are facing a crisis in reproductive health,” as Nicole Shanahan, Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s running mate, said during her announcement speech. Infertility rates have remained steady duringContinue Reading

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The British High Court of Justice  in London has given WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange a significant reprieve in his fight against extradition to the United States on charges of espionage. In a sixty-six-page judgment issued on March 26, a two-judge panel stopped short of granting Assange outright permission to appeal the extradition order signed inContinue Reading

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This story was originally published by ProPublica. With the Republicans holding just a two-vote majority in the House of Representatives, voters will go to the polls in November in at least two congressional districts that have been challenged as discriminatory against people of color. After months of delays and appeals,Continue Reading

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Denmark’s National Maritime Authority warns ships not to sail through the Great Belt strait., Denmark’s National Maritime Authority warns ships not to sail through the Great Belt strait. An activated but faulty missile launcher on a Danish navy vessel has triggered a closure of airspace and shipping traffic in theContinue Reading