DAILYCALLER (Mary Rooke) - ROOKE: Trump Admin’s Boastful Post Shows We’re Leaving Half Of Country Behind
‘The identity crisis among nonworking men leads to terrible losses’
THENATIONALPULSE (Pulse Wires) - Foreigners Have Taken 90 Percent of Post-COVID U.S. Jobs.
An analysis of Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) data reveals that foreign-born workers have taken the overwhelming majority of new jobs in the U.S. since the COVID-19 pandemic.
An analysis of Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) data reveals that foreign-born workers have taken the overwhelming majority of new jobs in the U.S. since the COVID-19 pandemic. PULSE POINTS WHAT HAPPENED: An analysis of Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) data shows that since the pre-COVID peak, around 90 percent of net new jobs in the U.S. have been filled by foreign-born workers. DETAIL: The data, highlighted by Official Layoff (@LayoffAI) on X (formerly Twitter), indicates that foreign-born employment has increased by 4.3 million since February 2020 , while native-born employment has only grown by 471,000. This shift has raised the foreign-born share of the workforce from 17.5 percent to 19.6 percent—almost one in five. IMPACT: The…Open
AXIOS (Neil Irwin) - America's less energy-intensive economy braces against Iran war shock
Data: Axios analysis of Energy Information Administration and Bureau of Labor Statistics data; Note: March 2026 measure assumes most recent weekly gasoline price reading ($3.96) and average hourly earnings rising per recent trend ($37.44).; Chart: Neil Irwin/Axios The U.S. has a key advantage in weathering the Iran war-triggered energy shock that was missing in previous episodes of overseas tumult: an economy that has become substantially less energy-intensive. Why it matters: Higher prices at the gasoline pump, for jet fuel and for diesel will no doubt hurt. But in relative terms, both the average household and the economy as a whole have more capacity to weather the hit than in the past. The big picture: Over recent decades, the share…
NYTIMES (Ben Casselman) - Trump Names ‘Data Nerd’ to Lead Labor Statistics Agency
The decision to nominate Brett Matsumoto, a career government economist, came six months after the president fired the previous commissioner.