NYTIMES (Colby Smith) - Weak Jobs Report Does Not Eliminate Prospects of Interest Rate Rise
Officials at the Federal Reserve are chiefly focused on the trajectory of inflation after five years of overshooting the central bank’s 2 percent target.
NPR (Barbara Sprunt) - Murkowski will oppose Blanche nomination, narrowing his path to confirmation
The Alaska Republican said the country needs an Attorney General who will "check the worst impulses of this administration," adding that she doesn't have confidence that Todd Blanche can achieve that.
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WASHINGTONPOST (Peter Jamison) - Tariffs on brass instruments come too late for unemployed Ohio factory workers
The tariff proposal was announced three days after The Post's story on the shuttered factory.
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ABCNEWS - Jobs report shows US unexpectedly lost jobs in July
The U.S. lost 23,000 jobs in July, government data showed.
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NPR (Scott Horsley) - Employers unexpectedly cut 23,000 jobs in a sign of a wilting labor market
U.S. employers cut 23,000 jobs in July, and job gains for the two previous months were weaker than initially reported, according to a report Friday from the Labor Department.
NYTIMES (Michelle Cottle) - His Former Father-in-Law Called Him a Danger. Will Republicans Step Up?
This Ohio congressman should not still be running for Congress.
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NYTIMES (Jeff Sommer) - The Fed Didn’t Raise Rates. The Bond Market Did.
The market is saying risks are rising. That means hardship for home buyers and higher hurdles for A.I. data centers and the stock market. But it’s also a boon for retirees.
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WASHINGTONPOST (Mariana Alfaro) - Trump says he’d ‘probably get along’ with Jeffries as House speaker
Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-New York) is likely to lead the chamber if Democrats win it back.
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ABCNEWS - DOGE’s claim of $110B in savings was vastly inflated and riddled with errors: GAO
When Elon Musk's Department of Government Efficiency launched its effort to slash federal spending last year, it created a website to show how much money it was saving.
ABCNEWS - ICE will release body camera video only when in the agency’s ‘best interests’: policy
Immigration and Customs Enforcement is moving to equip officers with body cameras in the next two months but the public should not expect to quickly see footage of every critical incident