Prue Leith: ‘My advice to Nigella is to enjoy it. But I won’t be watching her’

A riot of colour hits me as Dame Prue Leith joins our Zoom call: she’s dressed in a bright pink floral shirt, with shocking pink earrings, oversized necklace and two-toned spectacles, and the ...
The Cook Political Report

Trump Hits New Job Approval Lows, Including on Immigration

With nine months to go until the 2026 midterms, President Donald Trump’s overall approval rating — and the marks voters give him on immigration policy — have both hit new lows in The Cook Political ...
Wall Street Journal

Supreme Court Appears Likely to Let Fed’s Cook Keep Her Job

Not a single justice voiced sympathy for the arguments to remove the Fed governor during an almost two-hour session. The Supreme Court has ended a nearly two-hour hearing in the case of Lisa Cook, a ...
The Economist

Lisa Cook’s job at the Federal Reserve looks safe

JEROME POWELL, chair of the Federal Reserve and now the target of a federal investigation, watched from the public gallery on January 21st as the Supreme Court considered the fate of his embattled ...
Slate

I Offered to Take Less Money to Get Hired. It Still Didn’t Work.

Sign up for the Slatest to get the most insightful analysis, criticism, and advice out there, delivered to your inbox daily. If it feels impossible to get hired in ...
CNET

Meal Kits Taught Me How to Cook. Now I Get to Test Them for a Living

Once a cooking newbie, I now know my way around a kitchen pretty well, and I have a certain service to thank. Corin Cesaric is a Flex Editor at CNET. She received her bachelor's degree in journalism ...
CNBC

We're in a 'hiring recession,' economist says — how job seekers can stand out

Job growth last year was at its lowest outside of a recession since the early 2000s, according to the December jobs report issued by the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Hiring has also been anemic and ...
CBS News

Employers added 50,000 jobs in December, capping a year of weak hiring

Employers across the U.S. added 50,000 jobs in December, capping a year of muted job growth that saw employers pull back on hiring amid economic uncertainty. The monthly job gains were below the ...
NPR

Hiring slows in December to end the weakest year of job growth since the pandemic

U.S. employers added just 50,000 jobs last month, according to a report Friday from the Labor Department. Meanwhile, the unemployment rate dipped to 4.4%, from 4.5% in November, while job gains for ...
Associated Press

Job openings slide to 2nd lowest level in 5 years as hiring remains sluggish

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Reuters

US job openings slide to 14-month low; hiring weak in November

WASHINGTON, Jan 7 (Reuters) - U.S. job openings dropped to a 14-month low in November while hiring resumed its sluggish tone, pointing to ebbing demand for labor amid policy uncertainty related to ...