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The U.S. lost 92,000 jobs in February and the jobless rate rose to 4.4 percent, according to data released Friday by the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS). The February jobs report showed the nation’s labor market rapidly losing steam last month, defying the expectations of experts. Economists expected the U.S. to have gained roughly 60,000…

The unemployment rate was 4.4% in February, with 130,000 jobs added in January Business live – latest updates The US lost 92,000 jobs in February, an unexpected major slackening in the labor market that came just before Donald Trump threw the global economy into upheaval with his conflict in Iran. The unemployment rate edged up to 4.4% in February. In comparison, the US added a revised 126,000 jobs in January, far surpassing expectations of 70,000 jobs but still less than January 2025. Economi

Industrial revival requires investing in competitiveness, not reshuffling bilateral trade accounts.

Data: Financial Modeling Prep; Chart: Axios Visuals Oil and gasoline prices are marching upward again Friday, even as Trump administration officials seek ways to get more barrels into the market. Why it matters: Ships avoiding the Strait of Hormuz and military threats to regional infrastructure are together shocking oil and natural gas markets. "There's no doubt that what's happening now is an order of magnitude bigger — in terms of potential fallout for oil markets — than Russia's invasion of

President Trump on Thursday confirmed his dissatisfaction with a pricey ad campaign that featured Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Kristi Noem. The comments to NBC News come after Trump announced that Noem would soon be replaced as DHS chief. The $220 million advertisement depicted the former South Dakota governor on horseback, encouraging immigrants to…

Predator drones and armored personnel carriers have become commonplace in US cities. Congress has the power to fix this America’s main streets are a warzone. This should trouble every American, irrespective of their political leaning. Life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness are near impossible to realize when our streets are policed so militarily. Our nation’s founders would be outraged, so as we commemorate the 250th anniversary this year of the signing of the Declaration of Independence, it

Marco Rubio, the secretary of state, crushes our people and calls it freedom. We want engagement, not escalation The day that will be remembered as one of the darkest days of the long and troubled US-Cuban relationship is 29 January. That was the day that Donald Trump declared Cuba an “unusual and extraordinary threat” to US national security, introduced a full-scale fuel blockade around the island, and turned off the lights for their home, schools and hospitals. For Cubans Americans like me, th

The war in Iran is once again proving that oil is an essential geopolitical weapon.

[Watch Whole Hog Politics live: Join us today at 9 a.m. ET at TheHill.com as Chris Stirewalt and host Bill Sammon break down this week’s political news and answer questions from a live online audience.] The premise of the first year of the second Trump administration was a kind of old-school popular front. A coalition…

The Supreme Court’s recent decision allowing California to proceed with a politically gerrymandered map favoring Democrats may be, as the headlines proclaimed, a victory for Democrats, just as the Texas map gerrymandered in favor of Republicans was considered a victory for Republicans. Taken together, however, they undermine the foundations of American republican democracy.

Many employers responded to rising health insurance costs by scaling back pay increases, the New York Fed found.

"AI has allowed propaganda at scale."

Via X Former Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) suggested Tucker Carlson should run for president after President Trump told ABC News that Carlson had "lost his way." Why it matters: Carlson is one of the right's most-influential voices and he will remain so as long as influential figures like Greene want to see him in the White House. Carlson has said no to a presidential bid in the past, and the highly likely scenario is that he backs Vice President JD Vance's expected campaign to succeed Tr

Ben Affleck joins Netflix as a senior adviser on the deal.

Like much that comes out of the UN, it is all a ruse.

Morning Report is The Hill’s a.m. newsletter. Subscribe here. In today’s issue: ▪ The breaking point for Noem ▪ Trump steps up Iran involvement ▪ Gonzales ends reelection bid ▪ Savannah Guthrie visits “Today” show President Trump’s decision to replace Kristi Noem as secretary of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) with Sen. Markwayne Mullin (R-Okla.) suggests…

President Trump fired Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem Thursday and said he wants Republican Sen. Markwayne Mullin of Oklahoma to replace her.

NPR's Michel Martin asks Sen. Amy Klobuchar, D-Minn., about the firing of DHS Secretary Kristi Noem and President Trump's decision to tap GOP Sen. Markwayne Mullin as her replacement.

America’s pressure campaign on Cuba is pushing the country to the breaking point, with President Trump and Republicans in Congress predicting the communist regime’s imminent fall. A major blackout across the western half of Cuba on Wednesday underscored the energy crisis exacerbated by Trump’s fuel blockade. Some analysts warn the Cuban government will exhaust all…

Six days after the U.S. attacked Iran as part of a joint operation with Israel, opinion polls reveal grave doubts among the American public about the endeavor. The lack of public support spells political peril for President Trump, even as he enthuses about how well American actions are going, celebrates the killing of Iranian Supreme…

President Trump is playing the role of kingmaker, clearing the field in several crucial GOP primaries for his preferred candidates for Congress. Trump’s endorsement hangs over the Texas Senate GOP primary between incumbent Sen. John Cornyn (R) and state Attorney General Ken Paxton (R), and he went a step further Wednesday by ordering the person he…

The U.S.-Israeli war against Iran is rapidly expanding across the region, sucking in Gulf allies and pulling European countries and Iranian proxies into the fight. Since the joint operation was launched over the weekend, Tehran has retaliated by firing thousands of drones and missiles against Israel and the U.S. interests in Gulf states, further inflaming…

The toppling of Kristi Noem on Thursday marks the first firing of the second Trump presidency and the exit of a face at the center of President Trump’s controversial pledge to carry out mass deportations. During her tenure as secretary of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), Noem faced Democratic threats to impeach her as she surged…

Customs officials will head to court Friday to lay out ideas for how to process refunds for billions of dollars of tariffs invalidated by the Supreme Court.  Judge Richard Eaton, who serves on the U.S. Court of International Trade in New York, began managing the process this week.   He scheduled the closed-door session after the Trump administration signaled that refunds will take time. At an earlier hearing, the judge said the government’s…

President Trump seethed when the Supreme Court stripped away his unilateral tariff authority, the first real check on his presidency. Then he set out to impose his will on every remaining vector of American power — smashing norms and shrugging off Congress in a historic, 14-day show of executive force. Why it matters: Over the past two weeks, Trump launched a massive Middle East war, blacklisted the hottest AI company on the planet, ordered new global tariffs, and presided over the biggest med

National Democrats are worried the money it would take to compete in Texas could be better spent elsewhere.

Morris Katz has been advising British progressives, showing how left-wing movements around the world are looking at Mamdani’s playbook for replication.

In the early hours of 5 November, ICE agents dragged Juanita Avila out of her van, handcuffed and detained her in Cottage Grove, Oregon. Emely, her daughter, soon arrived on the scene and explained her mother had a green card and was carrying it with her. The officers proceeded to handcuff Juaitna and put her in their SUV. Juanita's arrest was part of a lawsuit that secured a major victory for immigrants' rights in Oregon. The lawsuit challenged ICE’s tactic of detaining people without warrants

Like it or not, consumers are already consulting AI for medical advice whenever they want to. Why it matters: This is opening access to medical information in an entirely new way. The problem is, that advice may not always be very good. Where it stands: OpenAI put out some numbers in January: More than 40 million people ask its ChatGPT health care-related questions every day, and 1 in 4 of the tool's approximately 800 million regular users submits a health care prompt every week. The careful d

GOP lawmakers in several red states want to pass AI safety bills, but their efforts are being chilled by the fear of angering the White House. Why it matters: State lawmakers eager to tackle AI over concerns about kids, jobs and privacy are facing pushback from the White House, with tensions poised to spike next week. The Trump administration's pending list of "onerous" state AI laws could set up a federal crackdown on state regulation and reshape who writes the rules for AI. Driving the news: