Economy
Harry Enten said the president's approval rating on the issue is in the "gutter" after vowing to end it on day one of his second term.
The president is eliminating top government statisticians and data collection efforts he doesn’t like, raising alarms about the harm he could do to the U.S. economy.
E.J. Antoni said the Bureau of Labor Statistics should suspend a monthly estimate that recently upset President Donald Trump.
The survey, sponsored by the Democratic group EMILYs List, found women were far more likely to be struggling financially than men.
WHAT'S HAPPENING
A modest increase in long-term joblessness could reflect employers getting pickier amid uncertainty over tariffs.
The economic numbers over the past week show the difficulties that Trump might face if the numbers continue on their current path.
"There is absolutely no chance that the BLS commissioner manipulated the jobs and unemployment data to hurt Donald Trump," a former labor official says.
The last six months of Biden’s presidency saw twice as many jobs added as the first six months of Trump’s second term.
U.S. employers added just 73,000 jobs last month as companies paralyzed by uncertainty over President Donald Trump's erratic tariffs policies.
This could impact prices on things you use daily.