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The Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) has released its preliminary annual benchmark report for nonfarm payrolls, indicating a decline of 818,000 jobs. This represents the most substantial revision since 2009 and accounts for approximately 30% of job growth for the 12-month period ending in March 2024.
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The Bureau of Labor Statistics released its preliminary annual benchmark report for nonfarm payrolls, revealing a decline of 818,000 jobs. This revision is the most substantial since 2009 and represents approximately 30% of the job growth for the 12-month period ending in March 2024.
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On August 19, 2024, The Heritage Foundation's national security and defense experts called for clarity from the Biden-Harris administration regarding its policy on Latin America. President Biden's recent call for a new presidential election in Venezuela appears to conflict with the stance of his National Security Council, raising concerns about the leadership and direction at the White House.
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WASHINGTON—Sarah Parshall Perry, Senior Legal Fellow for the Edwin Meese III Center for Legal and Judicial Studies at The Heritage Foundation and former Senior Counsel to the Assistant Secretary for Civil Rights at the U.S. Department of Education, issued a statement regarding the recent decision by the U.S. Supreme Court to suspend the Biden administration's revisions to Title IX.
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The Heritage Foundation has joined Attorney General Ken Paxton and the state of Texas in a lawsuit filed Thursday, challenging the Biden administration's recent guidance from the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC). The EEOC’s guidance, issued last spring, requires employers to allow men into women-only spaces, including restrooms and locker rooms, and mandates employees to use pronouns that contradict a person’s biological sex.
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Richard Stern, director of the Grover M. Hermann Center for the Federal Budget at The Heritage Foundation, released a statement addressing concerns about a potential U.S. economic slowdown following recent significant losses on Wall Street.
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The Biden administration's revised Title IX rule, aimed at addressing sex discrimination in education, takes effect today in public and many private schools across 24 states. The new regulation has sparked significant controversy as it expands protections to include gender identity, leading to changes in women's private spaces, educational opportunities, and athletics.
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The Heritage Foundation has released a report titled "The Prioritization Imperative: A Strategy to Defend America’s Interests in a More Dangerous World," outlining a defense strategy for the incoming U.S. administration in 2025. The report emphasizes prioritizing the defense of the U.S. homeland and countering China's ambitions, while empowering allies to handle lesser threats.
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The Heritage Foundation published a comprehensive report today detailing the current state and challenges of the United States’ nuclear arsenal. The report, titled "A Nuclear Posture Review for the Next Administration: Building the Nuclear Arsenal of the 21st Century," serves as an executive and congressional blueprint to build a modern nuclear arsenal. It warns that without significant changes, the United States risks becoming a second-tier nuclear power, with China and Russia surpassing it.
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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will address a joint session of Congress today, marking his first visit to Washington in nearly four years and his first trip abroad since the October 7th Hamas attacks in Israel. The attacks resulted in at least 1,200 deaths, including American citizens.
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The United States Senate’s Fiscal Year 2025 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) includes an amendment to the Military Selective Service Act that would require American women to register for the Selective Service in the event of a military draft.
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Dr. Kevin Roberts, president of The Heritage Foundation and Heritage Action, issued a statement regarding President Biden's decision to end his presidential campaign.
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WASHINGTON—Today in U.S. v. Trump, Judge Aileen Cannon of the United States District Court for the Southern District of Florida dismissed the superseding indictment filed by Special Counsel Jack Smith against former President Donald Trump. The indictment charged Trump with 42 violations of the Espionage Act, along with two other defendants, for allegedly mishandling classified material. Cannon held that Smith’s appointment violates the Appointments Clause and that the Special Counsel’s use of federal funds violates the Appropriations Clause of the U.S. Constitution.
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WASHINGTON—Today, The Heritage Foundation’s national security and defense experts urged member states in the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) to increase their defense contributions and reverse decades of decline within the organization. Between July 9-11, NATO member states are convening for a summit in Washington, D.C., to honor the alliance’s 75th anniversary.
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The Heritage Foundation’s nonpartisan commission on China and COVID-19 unveiled a new report addressing China's negligence and lack of transparency during the pandemic. The commission, chaired by John Ratcliffe, the 6th U.S. Director of National Intelligence, attributes at least $18 trillion in economic costs to the United States and more than 1 million American deaths to this malfeasance.
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WASHINGTON—The U.S. Supreme Court has remanded the cases of NetChoice v. Paxton and Moody v. NetChoice, brought by the tech industry against Florida and Texas, back to the lower courts. These cases involve efforts by both states to address social media censorship concerns.
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The Supreme Court, in the case of Trump v. United States, has ruled that former presidents are entitled to absolute immunity from criminal prosecutions for their core constitutional powers and a presumption of immunity for their official acts.
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WASHINGTON—Today, in Fischer v. United States, the Supreme Court ruled against the government’s interpretation of 18 U.S.C. §1512(c), a statute that forbids individuals from obstructing an official proceeding. By a 6-3 vote, the Court stated that “to prove a violation of §1512(c)(2), the Government must establish that the defendant impaired the availability or integrity for use in an official proceeding of records, documents, objects, or other things used in an official proceeding, or attempted to do so.”
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WASHINGTON—With its decision to dismiss Moyle v. United States, the Supreme Court today allowed the Biden administration to interpret a federal law on hospital care to mandate that all states provide abortions, including those with laws protecting the unborn.
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WASHINGTON—Today, the United States Supreme Court decided Murthy v. Missouri, rejecting calls by several states to permanently block the Biden administration from colluding with Big Tech to censor speech. This decision allows the government to continue actions perceived as infringing on Americans' right to freedom of speech through its Big Tech proxies.