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US Capitol police officers stand behind a roped-off area with a sign announcing the closure of the visitor center on the first day of the US government shutdown in Washington, DC, on October 1, 2025. Efforts to bring a quick end to the US government shutdown floundered Wednesday when senators rejected a plan to resolve an acrimonious funding stand-off between President Donald Trump and Democrats in Congress. With the government out of money after Trump and lawmakers failed to agree on a deal to keep the lights on, many federal departments and agencies have been closed since midnight. (Photo by Brendan SMIALOWSKI / AFP) (Photo by BRENDAN SMIALOWSKI/AFP via Getty Images)

Government shutdown likely to last until Friday

The federal shutdown will extend at least until Friday, as lawmakers are still at an impasse over a government funding deal.

WASHINGTON, DC - SEPTEMBER 5: U.S. Labor Secretary Lori Chavez-DeRemer prepares for a television interview outside the West Wing of the White House on September 5, 2025 in Washington, DC. The most recent U.S. jobs report from the Bureau of Labor Statistics shows 22,000 jobs were added in August with an increase in unemployment. (Photo by Andrew Harnik/Getty Images)

WH: BLS revisions show Trump was right

The Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) has revised down their job numbers from April 2024 to March 2025 by 911,000 jobs — the biggest revision on record. The White House stated that the BLS’s revision of their job numbers proves that President Donald Trump was right.

AUSTIN, TEXAS - JUNE 25: A hiring sign is displayed in a Taco Bell window on June 25, 2025 in Austin, Texas. The Texas labor market has set a new record high job count for its sixth consecutive month in a row by adding 28,100 positions over the month of May to reach a total of 14,340,800 non-farm jobs according to the Texas Workforce Commission. (Photo by Brandon Bell/Getty Images)

Dept. of Labor: U.S. unemployment claims drop, remaining in ‘healthy’ range

The number of Americans applying for unemployment benefits declined last week, remaining within the historically low levels seen since the COVID-19 pandemic, economists say.

White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt speaks during a press briefing in the Brady Briefing Room of the White House in Washington, DC, on August 12, 2025. (Photo by Mandel NGAN / AFP) (Photo by MANDEL NGAN/AFP via Getty Images)

Leavitt shows American wage growth with inflation remaining low, stable: ‘Ignore the Panicans and trust in President Trump’

White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt has asserted that those expressing concern—or what she referred to as “panicans”—are mistaken in questioning President Donald Trump’s economic stewardship.

WASHINGTON, DC - AUGUST 04: The Frances Perkins Department of Labor Building is seen on August 04, 2025 in Washington, DC. U.S. President Donald Trump and his administration have continued to defend the firing of Bureau of Labor Statistics Commissioner Erika McEntarfer over a weaker than expected jobs report last week. (Photo by Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)

Trump: Recent jobs report was ‘Rigged’ by Biden-era appointee

President Donald Trump defended the recent firing of the former Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) commissioner on Monday, labeling her recent jobs report findings “a scam” and one of “the biggest miscalculations in over 50 years.”

WASHINGTON, DC - JUNE 02: U.S. U.S Sen. Josh Hawley (R-MO) speaks to the press after voting on the nomination of Michael Duffey to be Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition and Sustainment on June 02, 2025 in Washington, DC. Senators returned to Capitol Hill on Monday after the Memorial Day Holiday recess. (Photo by Kayla Bartkowski/Getty Images)

GOP Sen. Hawley spearheads federal minimum wage increase proposal: ‘Times have changed’

GOP Missouri Senator Josh Hawley is leading the charge in introducing legislation to raise the federal minimum wage to $15 per hour in a bi-partisan push.