Tag: Jobs

The Environmental Protection Agency said Friday it no longer will sponsor an awards program to recognize leaders in addressing climate change. (AP Photo/Jon Elswick)

Trump would slash EPA 31 percent, cut 3,200 jobs

John Siciliano · March 16, 2017 11:14 am

President Trump's tweet calling the jobs report "great news" was not "exactly a market disruption," White House press secretary Sean Spicer said. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

Spicer laughs off complaints about Trump breaking rule on jobs comments

Joseph Lawler · March 10, 2017 8:12 pm

Spicer: Trump says jobs numbers ‘may have been phony in the past’ but ‘are very real now’

Al Weaver · March 10, 2017 7:24 pm

President Trump and White House press secretary weighed in on Friday's strong jobs report on Twitter in the minutes after it was released, breaking a Reagan-era rule. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci, File)

Obama officials cry foul over Trump comments on jobs report

Joseph Lawler · March 10, 2017 4:33 pm

The bleak picture of the U.S. economy Trump depicted on the campaign cannot have disappeared in two months. (AP)

Beltway Confidential

For Trump, jobs report should not be good enough

Emily Jashinsky · March 10, 2017 4:12 pm

Trump Gets an Early Victory with Jobs Report

Tony Mecia · March 10, 2017 2:57 pm

Manufacturing job creation in February was running at its fastest pace since late 2014, according to Friday's jobs report. (AP Photo/David Richard)

Manufacturing job creation at fastest pace since 2014

Joseph Lawler · March 10, 2017 2:44 pm

February's job gains were greater than the robust 200,000 expected by private-sector forecasters. (AP Photo/Lynne Sladky, File)

Strong jobs report beats expectations: 237,000 jobs, unemployment 4.7%

Joseph Lawler · March 10, 2017 1:31 pm

Forecasters expect the Bureau of Labor Statistics report will show 200,000 new jobs created in February. (AP Photo/Steven Senne)

Strong jobs report expected Friday morning

Joseph Lawler · March 9, 2017 9:08 pm

Private-sector forecasters had expected jobless claims to bounce back up to a still very low 238,000. (AP Photo/Mike Groll, File)

Jobless claims edge up from four-decade low to 243,000

Joseph Lawler · March 9, 2017 1:31 pm

President-elect Trump's pick for U.S. trade representative has a history of favoring protectionist policies. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci, File)

Trump touts unofficial jobs data showing strong growth

Joseph Lawler · March 8, 2017 4:57 pm

Trump touts Exxon Mobil investment in Gulf Coast

Trump touts Exxon Mobil investment in Gulf Coast

Joseph Lawler · March 6, 2017 10:09 pm