Daily Archives: July 2, 2015

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Senator Jim Webb Announces Presidential Run

This entry was posted in Race for the White House 2016 and tagged 2016 Bernie Sanders Democrats Hillary Clinton Jim Webb Lincoln Chafee Martin O'Malley Vice President Biden on July 2, 2015 by Tyler

Without warning, former Senator Jim Webb (D-VA) announced his presidential run with a blog post Thursday. Webb is the fifth Democrat to announce a presidential run. In his blog post, he announced his campaign, saying that “our country needs a fresh approach to solving the problems that confront us and […]

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223,000 Jobs Added in June, Unemployment Rate Falls to 5.3%

This entry was posted in Politics and tagged Economy Jobs report on July 2, 2015 by Tyler

The Labor Department announced that 223,000 jobs were added in June. This was a tad lower than expected and also lower than May’s jobs report. In May, 254,000 jobs were added. The unemployment rate fell two-tenths of a percentage point to 5.3%, the lowest since April 2008. The decline came […]

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