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The U.S. economy added 115,000 jobs in April and the unemployment rate held steady at 4.3 percent. Economists had forecast the economy would add 65,000 workers and the unemployment rate would remain unchanged. The estimate for February was revised down by 23,000 to a loss of 156,000. The March rebound, however, was revised up by 7,000 from  a gain of 178,000 to185,000. Average hourly earnings for all employees on private nonfarm payrolls rose by 6 cents, or 0.2 percent, to $37.41. Over the year, average hourly earnings have increased by 3.6 percent, significantly above the rate of inflation. Average hourly…

Thursday on CNN’s “News Central,” Sen. Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) claimed Iran had “a lot of cards” in its negotiations with President Donald Trump. Partial transcript as follows: JOHN BERMAN: So again — and we don’t know specifics of this one-page document but the broad framework sort of an extension with the discussion on the major issues to come. Where would that leave Iran in terms of the strength of the regime today and tomorrow versus the beginning of February? BLUMENTHAL: Iran is weakened in terms of its missile and drone capacity and its production, but the hardliners are very much in…

Anti-Semitism in Europe has surged to levels once unimaginable. In Amsterdam, last week, a theatre production about the Nazi doctor Josef Mengele – infamous for his horrific medical experiments on Jewish prisoners in extermination camps during the Second World War – concluded with a condemnation of Israeli military operations in Gaza. In the same city, pro-Palestinian activists defaced the National Monument commemorating the liberation of the Netherlands from Nazi occupation. In London, a synagogue was targeted in an arson attack, and two Jewish citizens were stabbed in the street. Only a few years ago, such scenes would have seemed impossible. The…

Former Attorney General Eric Holder said Monday on MSNBC’s “The Weeknight” that the United States was at the beginning of a “modern Jim Crow era” because the Supreme Court ruled against a voting map in Louisiana. Co-host Pamela Brown said, “Do you feel it’s a fair characterization or hyperbole when some democratic politicians argue the U.S., as in a second Jim Crow era?” Holder said, “Well, I think we’re potentially on the verge of that. If you take away the tools that erased Jim Crow in, among chief among them being, the Voting Rights Act of 1965, and you see what legislatures…

The attacks hit a commercial center in the southern part of the country and buildings in Beirut’s suburbs Israeli strikes have damaged buildings in Beirut’s southern suburbs and hit a commercial site in southern Lebanon despite a ceasefire, according to two videos shared by Ruptly on Thursday.One video showed damage in Bourj al-Barajneh in the Beirut area, where what looked like a market was hit, with several nearby buildings reduced to rubble and at least one residential block heavily damaged. It was unclear which buildings were struck in the latest barrage and which had been damaged in earlier Israeli attacks.“When…

Pope Leo XIV received American Secretary of State Marco Rubio at the Vatican on Thursday morning, reportedly discussing international conflicts and “the strong relationship” between his country and the United States. The meeting arrives on the eve of the first anniversary of the election of the first American pope and follows multiple public criticisms by President Donald Trump complaining about the pope’s alleged political stances, as understood by Trump. While most corporate media outlets in the United States portrayed the encounter with Rubio as a way to mend fences following Trump’s social media commentary, Rubio himself indicated that the topics…

President Donald Trump on Thursday held a private meeting with socialist President of Brazil Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva at the White House. “Just concluded my meeting with Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, the very dynamic President of Brazil. We discussed many topics, including Trade and, specifically, Tariffs. The meeting went very well,” President Trump wrote on Truth Social after the encounter. “Our Representatives are scheduled to get together to discuss certain key elements. Additional meetings will be scheduled over the coming months, as necessary. President DONALD J. TRUMP.” President Trump received Lula at the White House close to noon…

Vladimir Putin has sent greetings to the leaders of Azerbaijan, Armenia, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, Abkhazia and South Ossetia, who were part of the Soviet Union during the Second World War, on the 81st anniversary of the defeat of Nazi Germany, the Kremlin has said in a statement.Putin stressed that “we acknowledge our gratitude and respect to our fathers and grandfathers who fought shoulder to shoulder… and worked tirelessly on the home front, who, through immeasurable sacrifice and hardship, brought the long-awaited victory over the Nazi invaders ever closer,” the statement read.He also addressed the public in the…

Actress Melissa Barrera has claimed that Paramount lied about profits from Scream 7 after she was fired from the franchise for accusing Israel of genocide during the war in Gaza. In 2023, Barrera referred to Gaza as a “concentration camp” before accusing Israel of “genocide and ethnic cleansing” in its war against Hamas in retaliation for the horrific October 7 terrorist attack. “Gaza is currently being treated like a concentration camp,” she wrote. “Cornering everyone together, with nowhere to go, no electricity no water … People have learnt nothing from our histories. And just like our histories, people are still silently…

Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) has arrested an illegal alien, wanted in his home country for murder, in the sanctuary state of New Jersey, Breitbart News has learned. “The brave men and women of ICE have removed another dangerous criminal from our streets. This illegal alien is wanted for murder in his home country of Honduras,” the Department of Homeland Security’s (DHS) Lauren Bis said in a statement. On April 20, ICE agents arrested illegal alien Fredy Alexander Lopez Lara of Honduras near Eatontown, New Jersey, during a vehicle stop. Lopez Lara is a fugitive with an active international warrant and…