government jobs

Friday’s June jobs report sent mixed signals about the U.S. economy. While thousands of jobs were added last month, many were government jobs. The Data: The Bureau of Labor Statistics released jobs data for June on Friday. There were 206,000 nonfarm jobs created last month, 136,000 of them in...

Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) said late Tuesday that the U.S. should take a leaf out of Argentina’s new President Javier Milei’s playbook and cut back on government jobs, and the suggestion instantly drew flak from social media users. What Happened: Reacting to a post on X, which...