Today, President Biden pointed to a new report showing the U.S. economy added jobs at a solid pace in May to argue that the country is well-positioned to tackle inflation, which he acknowledged remains a real concern for American families. It has also been a major liability for him.
Speaking from Rehoboth Beach, Del., Biden said he sees “a future of stable, steady growth so we can bring down inflation without sacrificing all the historic gains we’ve made.” Biden’s comments followed the release of a Labor Department report that showed the U.S. economy added 390,000 jobs in May, a strong showing after a year of blockbuster growth. The unemployment rate remained unchanged at 3.6 percent, the Labor Department said.
Meanwhile, former Trump White House official Peter Navarro has been indicted on two counts of criminal contempt of Congress after refusing to comply with a subpoena from the House committee investigating the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol, the Justice Department announced Friday.
Three weeks after suffering a stroke, Pennsylvania Lt. Gov. John Fetterman — who won the Democratic nomination for Pennsylvania’s Senate contest from his hospital bed — said in a letter Friday that he “almost died” as a result of ignoring a previously diagnosed heart condition.
The 52-year-old had a pacemaker implanted after his stroke, and in the statement, he noted that he should have been taking medication a doctor had prescribed for him in 2017.
“The stroke I suffered...
On May 10, a Muslim man called Arif Khan was assaulted inside a hotel in Madhya Pradesh’s Bhopal. Khan was with a Hindu woman at the hotel when men reportedly linked to the Bajrang Dal entered the ...