CEOs of US’s top energy firms received average pay raise of $12.3m, review finds

Utility bills are up as much as 40% in some regions, and companies shut off power to customers 13m times in 2025…

 https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/apr/29/energy-ceo-pay-raises-2025

 

Some workers are losing pay raises after overtime rule was struck down : NPR

Finalized in April, the rule would have made some 4.3 million salaried workers nationwide newly eligible to earn 1.5 times their regular pay when they work more than 40 hours a week. 

"One of the basic principles of the American workplace is that a hard day's work deserves a fair day's pay," wrote Jessica Looman, head of the Labor Department's Wage and Hour Division, in a blog post explaining the rule...

https://www.npr.org/2024/12/16/nx-s1-5225448/overtime-rule-pay-raises-ohio-state

US House Republican says pay bump would attract ‘credible people’ to office

North Carolina representative Patrick McHenry argues for increase from $174,000 salary, but voted against increasing minimum wage

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/jan/06/us-house-republican-wage-increase-congress-north-carolina

Make no mistake: Medicare for All would cut taxes for most Americans

Not only would universal healthcare reduce taxes for most people, it would also lead to the biggest take-home pay raise in a generation for most workers ....
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2019/oct/25/medicare-for-all-taxes-saez-zucman

Trump told the troops he gave them their first raise in years. He didn't - CNN Politics: Fact check

During a speech to US troops at the Osan Air Base in South Korea on Sunday, President Donald Trump said that he had given them their first pay increase in almost a decade.
https://www.cnn.com/2019/07/01/politics/trump-didnt-give-troops-first-raise/index.html

Trump Iraq Troops Pay Rise: President Invents Huge Salary Hike for Soldiers During Iraq Speech - Newsweek

Trump told troops they are getting a 10 percent pay rise, the first in a decade. Both claims are incorrect. ....
https://www.newsweek.com/trump-iraq-troops-pay-rise-president-invents-salary-bump-soldiers-during-1272186

Trump bragged to service members in Iraq about a 10 percent raise they’ve not been given - The Washington Post

The president has made more than 7,500 false or misleading claims in his 700 or so days in office, according to The Washington Post's Fact Checker. ....
https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2018/12/27/trump-bragged-service-members-iraq-about-percent-raise-theyve-not-been-given/