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Why Trump’s firing of the US jobs chief has economists worried | US unemployment and employment data

Why Trump’s firing of the US jobs chief has economists worried | US unemployment and employment data

As it has for more than a hundred years, the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) will release its latest monthly jobs report on Friday. But the routine monthly update on the health of the US jobs market has been overshadowed by Donald Trump’s firing of the agency’s commissioner, Erika McEntarfer, hours after July’s statistics were released last month. The BLS’s …

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Jobs Report Today: S&P 500 Futures Edge Up Ahead of Employment Data — Live Updates – The Wall Street Journal

Jobs Report Today: S&P 500 Futures Edge Up Ahead of Employment Data — Live Updates  The Wall Street Journal Stock market today: Dow, S&P 500, Nasdaq futures rise as rate-cut bets rise ahead of crucial jobs report  Yahoo Finance Futures: AI Giant Jumps Late, Jobs Data Due  Investor’s Business Daily S&P 500 registers record-high close as data keeps rate cut views intact  Reuters Wall …

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AI isn’t a job killer, it’s a job shifter. We’re one of the biggest employment agencies in the world and we can see where things are moving

AI isn’t a job killer, it’s a job shifter. We’re one of the biggest employment agencies in the world and we can see where things are moving

Optimists believe AI will create more jobs for a bright future we can only dream of. Pessimists believe it will be a job killer at a scale that is unprecedented. Yet there is a middle road. AI will evolve roles — first those connected to the three Cs — Coding, Conversation and Content — and it will also create more …

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State Department halts employment visas for truck drivers – Politico

State Department halts employment visas for truck drivers  Politico Fatal Florida crash fuels immigration fight between DeSantis and Newsom  AP News California trucker accused of causing deadly crash extradited to Florida  CBS News New visas paused for commercial truck drivers, Rubio says  Axios Illegal immigrant trucker charged in deadly wreck flown back to Florida after he fled to sanctuary state  New York Post Source link

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July employment data convinces Wall Street of a September cut

July employment data convinces Wall Street of a September cut

Until Friday, analysts had little confidence that the U.S. Federal Reserve was about to deliver an interest rate cut, but last week’s revisions to labor market data have led many to bet in favor of Jerome Powell cutting at the Fed’s next meeting in September. On Friday the Labor Department reported payrolls grew by just 73,000 last month, well below …

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Donald Trump signs order, seeks to clarify NCAA athletes’ employment status

Donald Trump signs order, seeks to clarify NCAA athletes’ employment status

Dan MurphyJul 24, 2025, 06:59 PM ET Close Covers the Big Ten Joined ESPN.com in 2014 Graduate of the University of Notre Dame President Donald Trump has directed members of his Cabinet to develop a plan in the next 30 days aimed at preserving college sports opportunities and preventing college athletes from becoming professionals, according to an executive order he …

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Trump signs executive order to clarify college athletes’ employment status

Trump signs executive order to clarify college athletes’ employment status

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump on Thursday signed an executive order mandating that federal authorities clarify whether college athletes can be considered employees of the schools they play for in an attempt to create clearer national standards in the NCAA’s name, image and likeness era. Trump directed the secretary of labor and the National Labor Relations Board to clarify …

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