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—Total employment (peaking at 158,803,000 working Americans in December 2019) never was higher. Black and Hispanic unemployment sank to their lowest levels ever, with female unemployment the lowest since President Dwight Eisenhower. Median household income in 2019 hit a record $68,703 — up 6.8% from 2018. Wages grew a healthy 3.6% that year, even as the left’s favorite adult toy, income inequality, slid for the second consecutive year under Trump, after rising under President Barack Obama. … [Read more...] about Deroy Murdock: Trump really did Make America Great Again — here’s how

As a result, the World Health Organization’s chief scientist, Dr. Soumya Swaminathan, warned this week that it is highly unlikely that herd immunity — which would require at least 70% of the globe to be vaccinated — will be achieved this year. … [Read more...] about India starts ‘world’s biggest’ COVID-19 vaccination drive

The turbulence of last week buried an extremely consequential policy decision in the news cycle’s churn. On Jan. 9, Secretary of State Mike PompeoMike PompeoOn The Money: Retail sales drop in latest sign of weakening economy | Fast-food workers strike for minimum wage | US officials raise concerns over Mexico's handling of energy permits US officials raise concerns over Mexico's handling of energy permits Treasury imposes additional sanctions on Cuba over allegations of 'serious human rights abuse' MORE announced that the department would end its self-imposed regulations on contact between American officials and their Taiwanese counterparts. Moreover, Pompeo eliminated the guidelines that regulated executive branch contact with Taiwan independent of the American Institute in Taiwan (AIT), the de facto U.S. embassy in the Republic of China, thereby recentralizing U.S.-Taiwan diplomatic relations in the AIT. … [Read more...] about Biden should expand contact between US and Taiwanese officials

Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-CortezAlexandria Ocasio-Cortez'Almost Heaven, West Virginia' — Joe Manchin and a 50-50 Senate New York AG sues NYPD over excessive force at Black Lives Matter protests Pressley's chief of staff said her office's panic buttons 'had been torn out' before Capitol riot MORE (D-N.Y.) said that she had felt endangered, even at a supposedly secure extraction point in the Capitol complex, for fear that Republicans would give up her location to the mob.  … [Read more...] about Belfast’s Troubles echo in today’s Washington

However, the DOJ in November dropped the charges against Cienfuegos and agreed to release him to Mexico after the country opened its own investigation, then-Attorney General William BarrBill BarrActing attorney general condemns Capitol riots, warns 'no tolerance' for violence at Biden inauguration Barr, White House counsel told Trump not to self-pardon: report Trump condemns riots, says he will focus on transition in taped remarks MORE said in a statement at the time.  … [Read more...] about Justice Dept. blasts Mexico’s decision to close probe of former defense minister