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Despite fears that trade disputes and tariffs could weigh on the U.S. economy, there are no signs they are costing U.S. jobs.

Jobless claims unexpectedly fell last week and price data suggests inflation is still muted.

President Trump’s “hire American” economy has secured record low unemployment for the country’s most vulnerable workers: High school dropouts.

A bigger share of working-age Americans have jobs than any time in the last decade.

Initial claims for state unemployment benefits rose by 1,000 last week to a seasonally adjusted 218,000. Economists had forecast 220,000.

Billionaire plutocrat and GOP mega-donor Charles Koch says President Donald Trump’s tariffs on aluminum, steel, and thousands of Chinese-made imports are “ridiculous” and “unfair” to foreigners.

Every single municipality in the Swedish county of Kronoberg has seen historic population growth in recent years, with much of the driving force behind the trend coming from an “extreme” level of mass migration.

President Donald Trump heralded successes in the American economy on Saturday from his Turnberry golf resort in Scotland.

Hispanic unemployment currently sits at 4.6 percent for the month, dropping from its previous record of 4.8 percent from October of 2006.

Former Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) trashed the June jobs report — even though it showed rapid job growth, rising wages, and low unemployment.

U.S. employers kept up a brisk hiring pace in June by adding 213,000 jobs in a sign of confidence despite a looming trade war with China.

Economists had expected the economy to add 190,000 jobs and the unemployment rate to hold steady.

New filings for unemployment benefits fell by 4,000 to 218,000. Economists had expected a rise to 225,000.

U.S. Federal Reserve officials announced a modest interest rate hike on Wednesday, predicting two more this year as the American economy continues to grow.

House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) questioned the meaning of lower unemployment if wages are not increasing, arguing it will still lead to “frustration” for American families Thursday at a press conference on Capitol Hill. “Unless we have an increase,

Populist conservative author and columnist Pat Buchanan says the “monster of China” that President Donald Trump is currently working to get under control is “the baby of the Republican Party free traders.”

President Donald J. Trump’s holistic approach to the economy is designed to help the working class “forgotten man” in America’s heartland, not the coastal elites, his son, Donald Trump Jr., said this weekend in an exclusive interview on Breitbart News Saturday on SiriusXM Patriot Channel 125.

National Center for Public Policy Research Senior Fellow Horace Cooper joined SiriusXM host Amanda House on Breitbart News Sunday to talk about a new blueprint for improving black communities.

The 2018 Farm Bill, scheduled for a vote on the House floor this week, could get at least 1.6 million people off of food stamps.

Fewer Americans joined the ranks of the unemployed last week than economists expected.

There were 6.6 million job openings in the U.S. in March, which means America has enough job openings to give every unemployed person in the country a job, according to data from the Labor Department Tuesday.

President Donald Trump celebrated April’s 3.9 percent unemployment number on Twitter Friday morning, pointing out that the rate had finally fallen below four percent.

Economists had forecast nonfarm payrolls to grow by 192,000 and unemployment to tick down from 4.1 percent to 4.0 percent.

The great American jobs machine is up and running again.

Initial claims for state unemployment benefits fell 24,000 to 209,000 for the week ended April 21, after seasonal adjustments.

Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) is set to unveil a plan that would give American workers who want or need jobs guaranteed government jobs that pay at least $15 per hour and have health benefits.

The unemployment rate for foreign-born Swedish residents continues to remain far higher than the native population, with a new report showing that almost six in ten signing up for the Swedish Employment Service are born overseas. The overall unemployment rate

The Government is to raid dormant bank accounts, taking £90 million of wealth from the public, and hand the money exclusively to causes helping non-white young people.

Wages for UK workers grew at their fastest rate in more than two years in January, and unemployment has fallen back down to historic lows, the Office of National Statistics (ONS) has revealed.

Nonfarm payrolls soared in February, rising by 313,000 jobs vs. 200,000 expected by economists. Unemployment remained at 4.1 percent.

Economists had been expecting 226,000 new jobless claims, a rise over the previous week. Instead, claims unexpectedly fell by 10,000 to 210,000 in the week ending on February 24.

Employees at Disneyland are reportedly struggling to put food on their tables and keep a roof over their heads, painting a different picture of the site billed as “the happiest place on earth.”

New studies are challenging the widely accepted idea that prescription drug abuse and economic despair are driving the epidemic of opioid drug abuse.

Economists had expected unemployment claims to rise to 232,000. Instead, they fell 9,000 to 221,000.

Democratic Sen. Tom Carper says ‘dreamer’ illegal immigrants should be hired to replace millions of Americans who supposedly are too unskilled, uneducated, lazy or drugged up to work for companies.

Proving that every dog really does have his day, a Saugatuck man was surprised to open his mailbox and find that the State of Michigan had approved his puppy for a $1,500 monthly unemployment benefit.

WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. employers added a robust 200,000 jobs in January, and wages rose at the fastest pace in more than eight years, evidence of a consistently healthy job market.