White House Report Card: Unemployment, campus chaos cast shadow

This week’s White House Report Card finds President Joe Biden in a bind over campus protests of his Middle East policies, rising unemployment and inflation, and depressing reelection polls.

Inflation and unemployment flashed red when a jobs report came in weaker than expected on Friday, and the unemployment rate popped up to 3.9%. While it remains remarkably low, the increase undercut the administration’s election year claim that it was creating jobs.