Election Updates: Biden and Trump tussle over the economy with the new jobs report.

President Biden got an endorsement from a galaxy far, far away when the actor Mark Hamill made a surprise appearance at the White House daily briefing. He praised Biden as legisla ... Read More

Sterling shrugs off local election to focus on US payrolls data

Sterling rose on Friday against a weakening dollar ahead of U.S. jobs data due later in the day, while local elections in Britain have left the currency undisturbed. Read More

What They Told Us: Reviewing Last Week’s Key Polls

In surveys last week, this is what America told Rasmussen Reports: - President Biden ended the polling week with a daily job ... it's in the news, it's in our polls. Additionally, the data ... Read More

US economy adds 175K jobs in April, falling short of expectations

The U.S. economy added 175,000 jobs and the jobless rate ticked higher to 3.9 percent in April, according to Labor Department data released Friday. After several hotter-than-expected jobs reports, ... Read More

White House counts jobs report as a win, though inflation path – and interest rate cuts – far from certain ahead of November

The creation of 175,000 jobs in April by US employers has been termed a “Goldilocks” report by leading economists: Creating enough jobs to keep the labor market humming along healthily, but slowing ... Read More

US Politics

"Threats to democracy" have overtaken the economy and immigration as the chief concern of U.S. voters ahead of the 2024 presidential election, according to a recent Ipsos poll. VOA's Veronica ... Read More

The US economy added just 175,000 jobs last month and unemployment rose to 3.9%

The US job market has been on a roll for the past three years. Some economists even say “it’s as good as it’s ever been.” ... Read More

US presidential election: What you need to know

National opinion polls show Biden and Trump locked in a tight race in a head-to-head matchup ahead of the Nov. 5 general election ... arrests on US college campuses as police flatten camp at ... Read More

Will hackers, trolls and AI deepfakes upset the 2024 election?

AI is bending reality into a video game world of deepfakes to sow confusion and chaos during the 2024 election. Disinformation is a danger, especially in swing states. Read More

London mayoral election results LIVE: Sadiq Khan 'beyond humbled' as he wins historic third term in City Hall

The first results have been announced in the London mayoral election as Susan Hall and Sadiq Khan anxiously wait to learn if they have been voted into City Hall.Mr Khan won 83,792 votes in Greenwich ... Read More

Federal Reserve slashing rates ahead of Election Day would likely just superficially boost US wallets: experts

The Federal Reserve is anticipated to slash interest rates this year ahead of Election Day ... with a Fox News poll this month finding 61% of voters believe Biden has failed at handling the ... Read More