A Federal Reserve official forecasted lower GDP growth for 2016 than levels seen during the already weak post-recession expansion. 
Despite increasing federal revenues, debt held by the public is projected to increase 71 percent over the next decade, according to the Congressional Budget Office’s annual economic outlook. 
President Barack Obama said last month that some of the effects of climate change could cost the United States $200 billion by the end of the century, but the U.S. economy shrank by a comparable amount in just the past year, a Washington Free Beacon analysis found. 
Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders has criticized Hillary Clinton as he prepares to announce his presidential run, saying the lifestyle the Clintons live has left them out of touch with reality.
“You don’t necessarily need a choice of 23 underarm spray deodorants when children are hungry in this country,” he said.
Many hospitals are slashing jobs and cutting patient services citing Medicare cuts, the difficult health care landscape, and the Affordable Care Act as the reasons behind their decision. 
A New York City judge has awarded strippers the right to a minimum wage for dancing on stage in minimum clothing. 
Healthcare reform and a flurry of Obama administration regulations have caused internal divisions within the labor movement and led one of the Democratic Party’s biggest supporters to publicly rebuke the president. 