WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump has spent 20 months promising that America was on the cusp of an economic boom. But Friday's surprisingly positive jobs report ultimately provoked frustration ...

Trump has a go-to playbook if the numbers reveal uncomfortable realities, and that’s to discredit or conceal the figures and to attack the messenger — all of which can hurt the president's efforts to ...

To date, the White House hasn’t even tried to explain why the job market worsened after the president’s second term began.

September's weak jobs report was the last reading on the labor market before the midterm elections and is likely to have added political significance, especially for President Trump and Republicans.

Polls show the president’s credibility on inflation and living costs is very low and even worse among the swing voters that helped him win in 2024.

First on Fox: A CEA report says 72,000 manufacturing jobs were added in 2026 as reshoring and tariff policies reversed Biden-era offshoring.

New clouds darkened the economic landscape on Friday, as the latest employment report showed the nation shedding 23,000 jobs in July. The number came as an unpleasant surprise to most economists. The ...

The U.S. economy added 162,000 jobs in August, significantly surpassing expectations while the unemployment rate remained steady at 4.1%. Today's strong jobs report did little to change market ...

A report from progressive advocacy group Defend America Action ties Americans' affordability struggles to Trump administration policies. The White House contends the problem is the previous president.