October jobs take a hit from hurricanes, strike

U.S. payrolls slumped sharply in October, weighed down by people not working as a result of two hurricanes and major labor disputes.  The U.S. added just 12,000 in October, well below economists’ estimate of 100,000, marking the slowest month for hiring since December 2020. Unemployment held steady at 4.1%. The lackluster report reflects a dent

Georgia Secretary of State Says Video Alleging Voter Fraud Is Fake, Targeted Disinformation

The video appears to show a Haitian immigrant with multiple Georgia IDs claiming to have illegally voted for Vice President Kamala Harris numerous times. Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger said on Oct. 31 that a video allegedly showing a Haitian immigrant claiming to have carried out voter fraud in the U.S. presidential election is

New York’s Top Court Upholds Law on Disputed Mail-In Ballots

The provision meets the constitutional requirement of having equal representation of Republicans and Democrats on the election board, the court ruled. A New York law requiring the counting of mail-in ballots even if there’s some doubt as to their validity is constitutional, the state’s top court ruled on Oct. 31. “We hold that the statute

The youngest presidents in U.S. history

President Biden, 81, and former President Donald Trump, 78, have been the two oldest candidates to run for president, but in the grand scheme of things, they’re outliers. A look back at the list of former presidents shows the majority entered office much earlier in their political careers.  Data assembled by CBS shows that most

Who are the oldest presidents? Here’s the full list

Thirty-five is the minimum age requirement for the presidency, but there’s no upward limit. The two last presidential elections, which brought President Biden, now 81, and former President Donald Trump, now 78, to the White House, are proof of this political reality. The Founding Fathers excluded a maximum age limit from Constitution, giving those in