Falling Below Expectations, November Sees 155,000 Jobs Created

The November jobs report is off the mark of the average of 209,000 jobs created per month over the prior 12 months, but the number of employed Americans once again reached an all-time high of 156,795,000, the 13th record-breaking month since President Donald Trump took office in January 2017. 

Trump Nominates Bush-Era AG William Barr For Attorney General, Former Fox News Analyst Heather Nauert For U.N. Ambassador

Questions are sure to come up in Senate confirmation hearing about how the former attorney general under George H. W. Bush will handle Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation into Russian collusion in the 2016 presidential election, and about acting-Under Secretary of State for Public Diplomacy and Public Affairs Heather Nauert’s meteoric rise from journalist to powerful U.S. diplomat – considering how Trump nominees have been treated in the past.

$3.3 Billion Interstate-81 Corridor Improvement Plan Approved

While the Commonwealth looks to begin upgrading I-81 within the next few years, they claim the best hope is to fund all “immediate” projects by 2060, over four decades from now. Money still poses a problem as, according to VDOT, widening the interstate would cost an estimated 10 to 15 million dollars for every mile of pavement.

IMF Chief Prods President Trump To Drop Tariffs, Or ‘Age Of Anger’ May Ensue

Criticizing President Donald Trump with a “dystopian” view of the world’s future, International Monetary Fund (IMF) Chairwoman Christine Lagarde said that global economic prosperity means promoting equality within the trading system to reduce global tensions, including rescinding government subsidies for large industries and protecting technology and intellectual property, which, in fact, are issues Trump ran on during the 2016 presidential election.