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Yes, you read that right. The monthly jobs report, a Friday tradition, is out this morning, five days later than originally scheduled due to the partial government shutdown. The delayed report led ...

US job growth was historically weak last year. And US job growth was significantly stronger than expected at the start of this year. In the January jobs report released Wednesday – a Schrödinger’s cat ...

The partial government shutdown that began on Saturday morning is set to delay the release of the January jobs report that was slated for publication this week. The Bureau of Labor Statistics said ...

A Florida snake hunter, his wife, and their two kids were able to wrestle and take out a whopping 202-pound Burmese python in a battle that saw the slithering beast drag the professional some 15 feet ...

Private-equity firm NGP Energy Capital Management aims to expand its investments after wrapping up a new fund and returning $2.58 billion before fees to its fund investors last year while ...

The White House said Friday it is reviewing its policies regarding economic data releases after an “inadvertent disclosure” of jobs report data by President Trump. In a series of Thursday evening ...

It's jobs day in America. The US added 50,000 jobs in December, and the unemployment rate dropped to 4.4%, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics' monthly report on the employment situation.

Nonfarm payrolls rose a seasonally adjusted 50,000 in December, lower than the downwardly revised 56,000 in November and short of the Dow Jones estimate for 73,000. The unemployment rate fell to 4.4%, ...

Chief Justice John Roberts closed out 2025 with a message steeped in history, invoking Thomas Paine’s Common Sense and the Declaration of Independence to underscore the enduring strength of America’s ...