White Home acknowledges disappointing jobs numbers
The U.S. solely added 22,000 jobs in August, falling in need of forecasts. Some sectors, together with manufacturing {and professional} providers, misplaced jobs.
Economists had forecasted payroll positive aspects of 80,000. The unemployment fee additionally ticked up barely, from 4.2% in July to 4.3% in August.
Prime White Home officers acknowledged the numbers didn’t meet expectations. Kevin Hassett, director of the Nationwide Financial Council, referred to as it a “little little bit of a disappointment quantity,” however stated he expects that 22,000 determine to be “revised up.”
Labor Secretary Lori Chavez-DeRemer stated jobs “underperformed only a bit,” however stated the financial system as a complete is “nonetheless within the optimistic.”
By Kristin Brown, Kathryn Watson
Trump says it’s “time to end” the “Epstein hoax”
In a long Truth Social post, the president said it’s “time to end” the “Epstein hoax,” again blaming Democrats for pushing for answers that many of the president’s supporters are also demanding.
“The Department of Justice has done its job, they have given everything requested of them,” the president wrote. “It’s time to end the Democrat Epstein Hoax, and give the Republicans credit for the great, even legendary, job that they are doing.”
Mr. Trump has in recent weeks voiced frustration that members of Congress, including some in his own party, have not given up on pursuing more transparency about the details of the Epstein case.
Democrats are hoping to gain a sufficient number of votes, including from a handful of Republicans, to advance legislation forcing the Trump administration to release all federal Epstein files.
Trump expected to issue order on punishing countries that illegally detain Americans
The Trump administration is expected to issue an executive order as early as Friday establishing a designation for state sponsors of wrongful detention, CBS News has learned, in a move that would allow the U.S. to punish countries that illegally detain U.S. nationals or take them hostage.
Modeled after the designation of state sponsors of terrorism, the measure would provide tools for the State Department to penalize nations that use detained Americans as political leverage and potentially issue geographic travel restrictions on where a U.S. passport can be used.
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By Camilla Schick, Olivia Gazis
