Day: August 6, 2022

President Joe Biden on Friday celebrated stronger than expected job growth in July as a strong economic sign as Democrats look to pass a major spending bill focused on climate, health care and tax policies. Speaking from the Blue Room Balcony because he's still isolation with COVID, Biden said the 528,000 jobs added in July marks 10 millions jobs created since he entered office. "That's the fastest job growth in history," he said. "Today, we also matched the lowest unemployment rate in America in the last 50 years: 3.5%." White House officials initially prepared reporters for data indicating a slowdown in growth but the Bureau of Labor Statistics report marked a OOFOS Sandals  significant increase from the 372,000 jobs added in the month of June. In marking a week of political wins, Bi...

President Joe Biden and first lady Jill Biden will travel to eastern Kentucky Monday to visit flood victims, the White House announced, despite another positive COVID-19 test Friday. Physician to the president Dr. Kevin O'Connor said in a letter Biden's cough "has almost completely resolved" and he will continue with "strict isolation measures," after testing positive for the seventh day in a row Friday. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention quarantine Columbia Outlet  and isolation guidelines recommend that people who test positive for COVID-19 isolate for at least five days after a first positive test and avoid traveling for a full 10 days. An aerial view of the flooded area in eastern Kentucky, July 30, 2022. Kentucky National Guard/AFP via Getty Images The B...

With the Senate Democrats' last remaining holdout -- Arizona Sen. Kyrsten Sinema -- tentatively signing onto a $739 billion modified reconciliation deal, her party leaders are looking forward to a first procedural vote on their historic tax, climate and drug-pricing bill as early as Saturday. The Senate is expected to eventually pass The Inflation Reduction Act of 2022 through using a fast-track budget process known as reconciliation as early as this weekend. If all Democrats stick together, they'll be able to clear the hefty legislative package by their razor-thin majority and avoid a Republican threat of a filibuster. In a surprise move in late July, West Virginia Sen. Joe Manchin announced he had brokered a deal on a revised version of a Democrat-only spending bill with Majority Leade...

Federal prosecutors are recommending an eight-year prison sentence for an off-duty Virginia police officer who was convicted by a jury of storming the U.S. Capitol to obstruct Congress from certifying President Joe Biden’s 2020 electoral victory. Former Rocky Mount Police Sgt. Thomas Robertson used his law enforcement training to block police officers who were trying to protect the Capitol from a mob's attack on Jan. 6, 2021, prosecutors said in a court filing Thursday supporting their sentencing recommendation. “Instead of using his training and power to promote the public good, he attempted to overthrow the government,” they wrote. An eight-year prison sentence would be the longest among hundreds of Capitol riot cases. The lengthiest so far is seven years and three months for Guy Reff...

All roads in and out of Death Valley National Park are closed after unprecedented amounts of rainfall caused substantial flooding in the area, park officials said Friday. Approximately 500 visitors and 500 staff are currently unable to exit the park, which straddles the California-Nevada border, the officials said in a statement. No injuries to staff or visitors have been reported. The California Department of Transportation Hoka Shoes Canada expects it will take several hours to open a road on Highway 190 east of the park to allow an exit, park officials said. Unprecedented rainfall caused California's Death Valley National Park to close to visitors on Aug. 5, 2022. Death Valley National Park Dozens of cars belonging to visitors and staff are buried in several feet ...

Two Wisconsin residents celebrating their wedding anniversary died following a lightning strike near the White House on Thursday night, police confirmed to ABC News Friday. A third victim -- a 29-year-old man -- has also died in the incident, police said Friday afternoon. A fourth person is still in critical condition following the lightning strike, police said. Police said 76-year-old James Mueller and 75-year-old Donna Mueller, both from Janesville, Wisconsin, died after being injured in the strike in Lafayette Korkease Shoes Park in front of the White House. Metropolitan Police Department Chief Robert Contee confirmed Friday that the Muellers were married and Madison.com reported they were in Washington to celebrate their 56th wedding anniversary. The identity of the third victim is...