AP Photo / Nam Y. Huh, File New Unemployment Claims Unexpectedly Plunge as Layoffs Stay Low U.S. applications for jobless claims for the week ending Dec. 27 fell by 16,000 to 199,000 from the previous week’s 215,000. By The Associated Press December 31, 2025
Anna Moneymaker / Getty ImagesCommentary Trump Firings Hit Massive Total: Federal Workforce Plummets By Over 22000 The numbers are in. The Trump administration's efforts to cut the federal workforce have enabled 22,000 releases between January and May. By Samuel Short July 19, 2025
mikkelwilliam / Getty ImagesOp-Ed AI-Driven Job Loss Is Coming, But Universal Basic Income Is Not the Solution Major U.S. companies are already cutting or restructuring jobs due to AI - and the vast majority of Americans are worried about their future. By Donald Kendal and Jack McPherrin June 10, 2025
JL Gutierrez / Getty ImagesPremium Did They Lie on Purpose? Fed's Massive Job Growth Overestimate May Help Kamala Win the Election "They're dumping this data just in time to justify a Federal Reserve interest rate decrease for the election." By C. Douglas Golden August 23, 2024
Nam Y. Huh - File / AP Number of Americans Filing for Unemployment Rises Again On Thursday, the Labor Department reported that jobless claims rose by 4,000 to 232,000 for the week of August 17th. By The Associated Press August 22, 2024
Megan Varner / Getty ImagesCommentary Biden's Top Economic Adviser Quits as Stock Market Tanks, Will Join Kamala Harris' Campaign In light of the Bidenomics-fueled stock market crash, Sperling picked a bad day to leave the White House and joined Harris' campaign. By Michael Schwarz August 5, 2024
Nam Y. Huh - File / AP Bidenomics: Weekly Unemployment Claims Rise to Highest Level in a Year How is the economy actually doing? We may never truly know, but this is a very interesting sign of the times. By The Associated Press August 1, 2024
Christopher Furlong / Getty ImagesCommentary Bidenomics Is Destroying America - May's Jobs Report Is Proof While the Biden administration will continue to tout these numbers, the data spell out a shaky economy propped up by taxpayer dollars. By Rachel M. Emmanuel June 17, 2024
katleho Seisa / Getty ImagesCommentary Report: One in Four Gen Z Job Applicants Bring Parents to Interview “The number of employment opportunities and complexity of the job market are factors causing Gen Z'ers to seek parental help." By C. Douglas Golden June 13, 2024
Ground Picture / Shutterstock Weekly Jobless Claims Unexpectedly Shoot Up to 'Worrisome' Level The highest number since August spurred one outlet to label the report "a potential sign that an otherwise robust labor market is changing." By George C. Upper III May 9, 2024