Secretary of Labor Lori Chavez-DeRemer told the "Ruthless Podcast" that the Labor Department will be sending a "strike team" to Minnesota to investigate rampant fraud.

The senators worry that the planned intake of applicant data at the Labor Department will create "grievous economic and privacy risks for millions of Americans.”

Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell discusses labor market outlook after the third interest rate cut this year, citing unemployment rise to 4.4% and slowing job growth.

A group of House Republicans handed President Donald Trump a rare rebuke on Thursday, voting to restore collective bargaining rights he had stripped from about 1 million federal workers earlier this year.

Small fleet owner Steve Troyer says non-domiciled CDL drivers and weak enforcement are undercutting compliant carriers.

Labor market stress may be building faster than markets are pricing, increasing the odds of faster Fed easing. Key signals in unemployment and jobless claims could drive the next move in stocks, gold,

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Further deterioration of the labor market would deepen the political challenges Trump faces with voters who are increasingly dissatisfied with his economic stewardship.