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...And here’s what I’m keeping tabs on today and over the weekend: Economic data: The US Labor Department’s Bureau of Labor Statistics releases monthly import and export statistics and the University of Michigan...
...One said the deal looked like the victim of a weak prime minister unable to stand up to vocal parts of his backbench and the chaos within his party....
...That’s a key part of the argument being made in a new petition for trade relief and state support of the US shipbuilding industry under a so-called section 301 case filed by the United Steelworkers union...
...The state began construction of the new floating barrier — made up of a series of orange buoys strung together — near the city of Eagle Pass earlier this month....
...Congress: Defense secretary Lloyd Austin and secretary of state Antony Blinken will make the case for US military support for Ukraine and Israel during a Senate hearing....
...So far, however, the US jobs market has yet to show overall signs of weakness. The US Department of Labor says there were still more jobs than workers available in November....
...“THIS WILL SPIRAL INTO CHAOS”. The rapid fall of the tech sector’s regional bank has upended social mores in the Valley....
...“There’s a big gap between what the United States says is essential, and what the Netanyahu government is prepared to do,” he adds. “And when you see these big gaps, the United States looks feckless.”...
...“This is indeed a DARK DAY for the United States of America,” Trump wrote on his Truth Social social media platform last night....
...“As we look at countries that have gone through a very hard time and think, ‘What can we in the United States do to drive global growth and stability?’...
...The four major US carriers and their affiliate regional airlines now control 80 per cent of the routes in the United States, says William McGee, senior fellow for aviation at the American Economic Liberties...
...In the middle of the political chaos, Mordaunt appeared at ease as she shrugged off a barrage of hostile questions. “The prime minister is not under a desk,” she replied to one MP....
...The former secretary of state urged Xi Jinping to restart climate talks with the US, saying he was “hopeful” the countries could “get back together”....
...This month, the US State Department gave its approval for the potential sale of 24 Super Hercules military cargo aircraft to Australia, a deal worth almost $6.4bn....
...“God didn’t bring us this far to leave us,” said Jennifer Bates, an Amazon worker at the plant, and one of the leaders of a campaign for her colleagues to join the Retail, Wholesale and Department Store...
...He’s also running the department that has one of the sort of trickiest budget lines to manage....
...Should there be a change of government? I hope there will be. The United Kingdom will play its part on the global stage....
...Meanwhile, in Washington, state department officials have tried to play down talk of a rift....
...Apple probed over alleged whistleblower retaliation The US Department of Labor is investigating the iPhone maker over claims that it retaliated against employee Ashley Gjovik, a former senior engineering...
...into a showcase of Tory disunity, chaos, confusion, and the mood was very bad....
...The latest tabulation gave Adams, a retired police captain and Brooklyn borough president, 51.1 per cent of the vote, with Garcia, the former head of the sanitation department, at 48.9 per cent, unchanged...
...He added: “The United States breaks its promises [and] does not observe the fundamental rules of supporting international relations.”...
...The Department of Labor will release initial claims for state unemployment benefits and continued jobless claims for the week that ended July 31....
...The resignations from Mr Trump’s administration included Elaine Chao, the US transportation secretary who is married to Mitch McConnell, Republican Senate majority leader....
...Mr Wolf’s departure follows the resignation of two other cabinet department secretaries, Elaine Chao at transport and Betsy DeVos at education, as well as a string of departures by administration staffers...
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