New: Laura Loomer says she’s now getting tips from inside the Trump administration about people they want purged. W/ Eli Stokols, Ben Johansen and Myah Ward

May-June-July is the weakest 3-month period of job growth since COVID. If you throw out 2020, it's the weakest 3-month period since 2010 and the aftermath of the Great Recession.

I wrote about Gaza’s mental health crisis. I spoke with therapists and psychologists still trying to help others through relentless trauma, while they themselves are displaced, grieving, and surviving day by day. The New Yorker newyorker.com/news/the-lede/…

Powell referred six times at his news conference to "downside risks" in the labor market, suggesting that realized weakness could build a case for easing policy despite maintaining an assessment that conditions were solid. Then came big payroll revisions. wsj.com/livecoverage/j…

Salvadoran President Nayib Bukele could stay in office indefinitely after his allies in the legislature changed the country’s constitution Thursday night to allow a president to serve an unlimited number of terms. wapo.st/4l0NSLz

‘Clinton Plan’ Emails Were Likely Made by Russian Spies, Declassified Report Shows nytimes.com/2025/07/31/us/…

Young men moved dramatically toward President Trump in November. Ask them how he’s doing now and they say it’s complicated.  wsj.com/politics/polic… via The Wall Street Journal

TikTok has erupted over the August 2025 issue of Vogue, calling out Guess's ads that use AI models, as well as Vogue for featuring them. goodmorningamerica.com/style/story/co…

Ford says new tariff deals with Japan, the EU and South Korea put it at a disadvantage wsj.com/business/autos… via The Wall Street Journal

After cycling through a dizzying array of psychiatric medications, Scott Griffin found himself with the barrel of a gun in his mouth in November. Diagnosed with post-traumatic stress disorder, Griffin had served as a paratrooper with special operations forces, witnessing intense

Corporation for Public Broadcasting says its shutting down "following the passage of a federal rescissions package and the release of the Senate Appropriations Committee’s FY 2026 Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies (Labor-H) appropriations bill"

The Corporation for Public Broadcasting will close shop, it says, after Congress canceled its federal funding and a key committee didn’t include any new funds in a bill on.wsj.com/3Jd08LK

An aerial view of what the Gaza City area looked like this week. Taken from a Jordanian military aircraft, by our colleague heidi levine.

The BLS commissioner was confirmed by the Senate last year in an 86-8 vote Among those who voted in favor: JD Vance senate.gov/legislative/LI…

NEWS: Fed governor Adriana Kugler is resigning effective next Friday. federalreserve.gov/newsevents/pre…

A Florida jury found Tesla was partly to blame over a fatal 2019 collision involving a vehicle equipped with the company’s driver-assistance software, awarding the plaintiffs nearly $329 million on.wsj.com/4ohkWSv

The Trump administration is blocking funding for a swath of public health programs run by the CDC, the latest flashpoint in a push by the White House to withhold money already approved by Congress wsj.com/politics/polic… via The Wall Street Journal

“Shortly after the hearing, Hegseth ordered his staff to let [Gen.] Cavoli know he was fired, one of the people said. Ultimately, Hegseth was persuaded to allow Cavoli to keep his job, as he was scheduled to retire this summer. Cavoli didn’t comment.” wsj.com/politics/natio…

WH officials were frustrated by Hegseth’s refusal to part with his acting chief of staff despite their misgivings. Some blame poor staffwork for leaving Trump in the dark about a pause in weapons deliveries for Ukraine. And Hegseth has feuded with top generals, including Gen.

Erika McEntarfer led the Bureau of Labor Statistics through rocky times before President Trump dismissed her after an ugly jobs report on.wsj.com/4m9vmC0