DAILY BELLWETHER 05/05/2017 JOBS! JOBS! JOBS! THEY'RE BACK!!!

211,000 Jobs Created in April, Unemployment Falls to 4.4% The American job creation machine was re-ignited in April after a disappointing March. Payrolls grew by 211,000 jobs in the months and unemployment fell to 4.4 percent, the lowest since May 2007. The consensus forecast of economists was for job growth of 185,000 and for a slight increase in unemployment. A broader measure of unemployment known as U-6, which includes people not actively looking for jobs as well as workers who can only find part-time jobs, fell to 8.6 percent from 8.9 percent in March, the lowest level since November 2007. Somewhat strangely, the decline in ... Read More

Hillary Clinton to Launch New Anti-Trump Group as Early as Next Week An anti-Trump political group spearheaded by Hillary Clinton may launch as soon as next week. Onward Together, a political action committee expected to rise from the ashes of Mrs. Clinton’s failed presidential bid, will set its sights on President Trump in the near future. Sources told Politico on Thursday that a board of directors is taking shape in conjunction with the recruitment of investors. Some of the key individuals involved in the PAC, first reported by Axios on Wednesday, include: ... Read More

Trump's Executive Order Boosts Religious Freedom Over the Taxman President Donald Trump asked two nuns with the Little Sisters of the Poor to join him in front of a Rose Garden audience Thursday before he signed an executive order easing enforcement of Obamacare regulations forcing religious organizations to pay for employee health plans covering contraception and abortion-inducing drugs. Trump’s order also takes aim at a 1954 law prohibiting pastors and other religious leaders from supporting specific candidates from the pulpit. ... Read More

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House Passes Bill to Impose New Sanctions on North Korea The House overwhelmingly voted Thursday to impose new sanctions on North Korea amid heightened tensions over its nuclear and ballistic missile programs. The vote, 419-1, targets North Korea’s shipping industry and use of slave labor. It also requires that the Trump administration report to Congress within 90 days on whether North Korea should be reinstated on the government’s ... Read More

Challenges Await Senate After House Passes Obamacare Replacement Bill Republicans cleared a major hurdle on Wednesday in advancing their proposal repealing and replacing Obamacare. But the House GOP’s health care bill is likely to... Read More The post Here Are the Challenges Facing the Senate A ... Read More