Alex Brandon / AP Photo 'Much Worse Than Expected': Even CNBC Anchor Forced to Admit Possible Recession "Remember all the celebration about the record-low Black unemployment rate? Well, Black unemployment jumped by 0.9 points in May." By Jason Cohen June 2, 2023
Kevin Dietsch / Getty Images; Deutschlandreform / Shutterstock As Biden Brags About Hot Economy, McDonald's Begins Layoffs, Closes Offices McDonald's has joined a number of companies in laying off U.S. employees. Meanwhile, President Biden is patting himself on the back. By Carson Choate April 10, 2023
Nolichuckyjake / Shutterstock McDonald's Temporarily Closes US Headquarters, Begins Making Significant Cuts McDonald's told U.S. employees and "some international staff" last week that they should work from home for the first three days of this week. By George C. Upper III April 3, 2023
@NC_Governor / Twitter Century-Old Paper Mill to Abruptly Close, Grown Men Seen Crying as 1,100 Set to Lose Jobs Aside from an audible gasp from the audience, workers reportedly received the announcement in "stunned silence." By Lorri Wickenhauser March 9, 2023
Robert F. Bukaty / AP photo Unemployment Numbers Take Biggest Jump in Months as Federal Reserve Continues to Hike Interest Rates Fed policymakers have forecast that unemployment will rise to 4.6% by the end of this year, a level historically associated with recessions. By The Associated Press March 9, 2023
Rick Diamond - Mother Nature Network ; Alex Wong / Getty ImagesCommentary Mr. Wonderful Rips AOC Apart on CNN, Even Don Lemon Seems to Agree - 'Just Telling the Truth' "I'll debate them any time of the day you want, particularly AOC," O'Leary said during the CNN appearance this week. By C. Douglas Golden March 4, 2023
Chip Somodevilla / Getty Images; Jim Watson - AFP / Getty ImagesCommentary Biden Admin Pats Itself on Back About Unemployment, Then Note from Musk's Twitter Appears The Biden administration has been put on the receiving end of an embarrassing "fact check" style disclaimer on Twitter -- again. By Richard Moorhead December 6, 2022
Commentary Elon Musk Locks Doors on Twitter HQ, Employees Panic and File Lawsuit as Mass Layoffs Await Twitter's office closed Friday, as employees awaited their fate while a class action lawsuit moved slightly their way. By Mike Landry November 4, 2022
Meg Kinnard / AP PhotoCommentary Watch: High-Ranking Democrat Admits What We All Know About Biden's Economic Bills, 'All of Us Knew' 'We knew the moment we went to aid the Ukrainians, the Russians would do what they could possibly do to undercut this administration.' By George C. Upper III October 25, 2022
Jayk7 / Getty Images Report: Latest US Employment Numbers May Signal Withering Economy In August there were fewer job openings in the market, which could be a sign that the economy is cooling off and perhaps weakening. By Abby Liebing October 4, 2022