Jobs report could ease US recession fears — or not

Jobs report could ease US recession fears — or not

WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. manufacturing is shrinking, corporate profits are declining and goods are piling up on warehouse shelves. Those trends have elevated concern that a U.S. recession may loom in the next year or two.

Yet in the one area that matters most, the economy has continued to shine: Hiring.

Obama comparisons trail young senators seeking GOP nod
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Obama comparisons trail young senators seeking GOP nod

Associated Press

PORTSMOUTH, New Hampshire (AP) — Some Marco Rubio and Ted Cruz supporters get the irony.

After seven years of Republicans holding up President Barack Obama's one term in the U.S. Senate as evidence of naivete and inexperience, these voters find themselves rallying around — you guessed it — one-term senators.

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