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As jobless claims rise, unemployment benefits aren’t keeping up with inflation. Here’s what to know.

Newly unemployed workers are facing higher inflation without a corresponding increase in jobless benefits to match.
SCOTUSblog

Trump administration withdraws request to the Supreme Court for it to hear dispute over foreign-aid payment

The Trump administration informed a federal appeals court on Tuesday evening that it has returned to the Supreme Court, seeking to pause an order by a federal district court in Washington, D.C., that ...
New York Post

Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick voids ‘illegal’ $7.4B payment to Biden ally-staffed nonprofit for semiconductor research

WASHINGTON — Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick canceled an Biden administration agreement Monday to distribute billions of dollars for semiconductor research through a nonprofit set up and staffed by ...
Marketplace

Long-term unemployment is rising as uncertain businesses hold off on hiring

After the release of the July jobs report from the Bureau of Labor Statistics, many of the headlines focused on the big revisions of prior months’ numbers, and then on the president firing the head of ...
The Connecticut Mirror

UI is building a series of floodwalls to protect its coastal substations

Pile beams in the bedrock surrounding the Singer substation will serve as the skeleton for United Illuminating's floodwall. Credit: Shahrzad Rasekh / CT Mirror CT Mirror’s independent, nonprofit ...
The Texas Tribune

Cornyn says FBI will help locate absent Texas Democrats, but scope of feds’ role unclear

The Republican senator, who is facing a tough primary challenge, previously asked FBI Director Kash Patel for the agency’s help in tracking down the House lawmakers. U.S. Sen. John Cornyn in the ...
Northwest Arkansas Democrat Gazette

US unemployment benefit applications tick up to 218,000

WASHINGTON -- The number of Americans filing for unemployment benefits inched up modestly last week as businesses continue to retain staff despite economic uncertainty around U.S. trade policy. The ...
WBEZ

UI Health suspends gender-affirming surgeries for patients under 19

UI Health is suspending gender-affirming surgeries for patients younger than 19 starting on Friday, further shrinking access to trans medical care for young people in Chicago. The University of ...
PBS

U.S. unemployment claims remain at historical low after falling for 6th straight week

WASHINGTON (AP) — The number of Americans filing for jobless aid fell for the sixth straight week, hitting the lowest level since mid-April. The Labor Department reported Thursday that jobless claims ...
PBS

Judge rejects DOJ’s request to unseal Epstein grand jury transcripts in Florida

A judge on Wednesday rejected a Trump administration request to unseal transcripts from grand jury investigations of Jeffrey Epstein years ago in Florida, though a similar records request is pending ...
American Enterprise Institute

Will Payment Stablecoins Benefit from Federal Deposit Insurance?

The recently passed GENIUS Act of 2025 creates a new legal framework for licensing and regulating payment stablecoin issuers. The Act is explicit in stating that an insolvent payment stablecoin issuer ...