Jobs

Immense shifts in immigration and border policies from the Biden era to the Trump era have impacted the way we calculate the labor force participation rate.

The break-even rate of employment growth — the number of new workers needed on payrolls each month to hold the unemployment rate steady — has collapsed to near zero, according to converging analyses from the Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas and the Federal Reserve Board of Governors.

As the Biden immigration-driven labor force disaster is healed by Trump’s immigration policies, breakeven employment falls to historic lows—rewriting the rules for reading jobs data.

The people telling you the labor market is cracking probably failed to update their models for the single biggest structural change in the U.S. labor force in a generation.

Private employers added 62,000 jobs in March, blowing past the 40,000 gain economists had forecast, according to the ADP National Employment Report released Wednesday.

The JOLTS report looks less like a labor market losing steam than one settling into full employment in a country where the labor force has stopped growing rapidly.

Without the assurance of millions of new workers arriving—three million arrived on average in each of President Biden’s final two years in office—employers are deciding to keep current jobholders in place.

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Much worse than expected.

U.S. businesses went on a hiring spree in February, the latest data from payroll processor ADP shows.

Columbia University has backed off after promoting a U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) recruitment event online which drew the ire of leftists.

A viral statistic suggesting otherwise has drawn more than 600,000 views on X, creating a narrative of broad-based labor market collapse. But the data tells a different story.

Sen. Tim Sheehy (R-MT), during a Breitbart News policy event, reacted to the jobs numbers that were released on Wednesday, pointing out that it means, “American businesses are investing in American jobs in America.”

Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick at a Breitbart News policy event reacted to the stellar jobs numbers released on Wednesday, saying that President Donald Trump is powering the “greatest growth the United States has ever seen.”

Challenger data shows surge in announced job cuts, but government statistics tell different story of stable employment.

Private sector employment increased by just 22,000 jobs in January, falling short of economist expectations but landing closer to a rapidly declining break-even threshold for job creation, according to ADP’s National Employment Report released Wednesday. The figure came in well

A leftist protesting outside the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) facility in Minneapolis on Friday admitted on camera she was there because it is literally her job.

The drop in the unemployment rate was much better than expected even though job creation fell short of forecasts.

2025 was a bloodbath for workers in Hollywood as the media continued its downward spiral from its once commanding position as a U.S. leader.

Tuesday’s chaotic employment report had something for everyone from hawks to doves, bulls to bears.

New unemployment claims were filed by the fewest Americans in over three years last week, far fewer than economists had been expecting. There were 191,000 initial claims for unemployment benefits in the week that included Thanksgiving, the Department of Labor

Payrolls at U.S. businesses shrank by 32,000 jobs in November, according to payroll processor ADP, highlighting concerns about the health of the labor market. This was the largest monthly job loss since early 2023, according to ADP data. “Hiring has

The company that makes brands such as Sharpie, Mr. Coffee, Yankee Candle, and Graco said Monday it will slim its workforce to be more competitive.

On NewsNation on Friday, former Trump Economic Adviser Stephen Moore praised the current economy and expressed confidence for things going forward into 2026, but stated that “it is true that the job market has softened.” Moore began by saying that

The better-than-expected jobs report released Thursday shows that the Trump administration’s economic policies are working, Vice President JD Vance said.

More than twice as many as expected.

Millions of native-born Americans at their prime working age remain out of the nation’s labor market, new analysis details. 

The hemp industry is gearing up for a lobbying effort following a provision in the recent government funding package meant to stop the sale of intoxicating hemp products but could inadvertently destroy a legitimate $28 billion industry and kill 300,000 American jobs.

An online post from Indian National Congress General Secretary Jairam Ramesh, combined with new business analysis in India, is spotlighting how Sen. Bernie Moreno’s Halting International Relocation of Employment Act could significantly affect India’s technology-services economy if enacted.

Notably, the data shows no evidence of a sudden slump or worsening in October. The month’s decline of approximately 1.6 points is consistent with the 1-to-2-point monthly decreases observed since the 2022 peak.

During a portion of an interview aired on Thursday’s “PBS NewsHour,” Democratic Virginia gubernatorial candidate former Rep. Abigail Spanberger responded to the prospect of working with President Donald Trump on job creation by saying that “you don’t work with the

DHS is ending a policy that automatically extended work permits for millions of migrants in the United States.

A recent survey from Monster reveals a disturbing trend in the American workforce: an increasing number of employees say they are facing toxic work environments, with detrimental effects on their mental health.