NYTIMES (Colby Smith) - Weak Jobs Report Does Not Eliminate Prospects of Interest Rate Rise
Officials at the Federal Reserve are chiefly focused on the trajectory of inflation after five years of overshooting the central bank’s 2 percent target.
NEWSNATIONNOW - Lettuce farm CEO explains precautions taken to avoid Cyclospora
Paul Sellew, CEO of Little Leaf Farms, says his company's products haven't been touched by the outbreak.
YOUTUBE (NewsNation) - Trump says progress made on deal to reopen Strait of Hormuz | Morning in America
Trump says progress is being made on a peace deal to reopen the Strait of Hormuz, though he stopped short of confirming an agreement with Iran has been reached. A draft plan between Iran and Oman would keep tankers along the Iranian coast and route them out near Oman, while a separate draft published by Iran would ban the U.S. and Israel from the waterway. NewsNation’s Cory Smith has more. Start your day with "Morning in America," NewsNation's live three-hour national morning newscast hosted by Markie Martin. Weekdays starting at 6a/5C. #MorningInAmerica NewsNation is your source for fact-based, unbiased news for all Americans.
YOUTUBE (The Hill) - 'IT'S DISAPPOINTING': Trump DECLINES supporting Thune for GOP LEADER | RISING
OPINION: President Trump declined to endorse Senate Majority Leader John Thune for another term as the Republican Party's leader. #Trump #JohnThune #Senate About Rising: Rising is a weekday morning show with bipartisan hosts that breaks the mold of morning TV by taking viewers inside the halls of Washington power like never before. The show leans into the day's political cycle with cutting edge analysis from DC insiders who can predict what is going to happen. It also sets the day's political agenda by breaking exclusive news with a team of scoop-driven reporters and demanding answers during interviews with the country's most important political newsmakers. Follow Rising on social media: Website: Hill.TV Facebook: facebook.com/HillTVLive/…
JUSTTHENEWS (Ben Whedon) - Talarico carves out lead over Paxton in Texas Senate race: Poll
Talarico has become a rising star in the Democratic Party as he mounts his bid to become the first Texas Democrat elected to statewide office in decades.
JUSTTHENEWS (Kevin Killough) - Scientists use AI to create viruses that don't exist in nature, according to study
The goal of the research is to achieve medical advances, but the technology raises concerns that it could invent dangerous pathogens and cause pandemics.
NPR (Barbara Sprunt) - Murkowski will oppose Blanche nomination, narrowing his path to confirmation
The Alaska Republican said the country needs an Attorney General who will "check the worst impulses of this administration," adding that she doesn't have confidence that Todd Blanche can achieve that.
AMERICANGREATNESS (Bryan Hyde) - Trump Administration Touts New Fraud Ledger in Ongoing War Against Fraud
The Trump administration has officially launched a public dashboard to track fraud investigations by the White House Task Force to Eliminate Fraud led by Vice […] Source
THENATIONALPULSE (Pulse Wires) - One in Five Subsidized Student Loans Are Going to Foreign Nationals.
Non-British citizens account for one in five student loans in the United Kingdom, according to new research.
The rising share of foreign students taking out tuition and maintenance loans in the United Kingdom, many of whom do not repay them, has sparked concerns about waste, fraud, and abuse . PULSE POINTS WHAT HAPPENED: - DETAIL: The share of student loans going to non-citizens has risen from 10.2 percent to 19.3 percent. This means that the share of student loans going to non-citizens has roughly doubled over the past decade. Foreigners from the European Union (EU) represent a large portion of these non-citizens, especially Romanians, who account for one in 20. Foreign students were handed approximately £4 billion (~$5.4 billion) in tuition and maintenance loans overall. Foreign students are also 25 percent less likely to repay their…Open