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The U.S. economy added 57,000 jobs in June and the unemployment rate ticked down to 4.2 percent. Economists had forecast 114,000 jobs and a steady unemployment rate. The labor market in the U.S. has experienced a significant shift away from dependence on an immigration-driven workforce. Jobs numbers that may seem anemic compared with recent years may actually indicate healthy—even robust—growth under current conditions, according to economists. Many economists now estimate the so-called “break-even” rate of job growth—the rate required to keep unemployment from rising—may be as low as zero. By contrast, when immigration was running at higher levels from 2021…

Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) is continuing to arrest criminal illegal aliens, this week nabbing those convicted of crimes like murder, assault, and dealing heroin, Breitbart News has learned. “Just yesterday, ICE arrested murderers, violent assailants, drug traffickers, and other criminal illegal aliens from American communities,” the Department of Homeland Security’s (DHS) Lauren Bis told Breitbart News. Among those arrested on Tuesday is Jesus Urquilla-Guevara, an illegal alien from El Salvador who was previously convicted of murder in Upper Marlboro, Maryland. Sallieu Mansaray, an illegal alien from Sierra Leone, was also arrested by ICE agents after he was convicted of assault…

Congress is settling in for a do-nothing summer. House leaders lost control of their chamber with just eight legislative days before a planned five-week summer recess. And President Donald Trump’s demands for action on a stalled elections bill — along with his series of mercurial power moves — have left Senate Republicans frustrated and morose as major legislation piles up. Speaker Mike Johnson and Senate Majority Leader John Thune are confronting the reality that ticking items off their pre-midterm to-do list is looking increasingly unattainable. Wednesday’s events only made that clearer: — RECON 3.0: Key rank-and-file House members and chairs…

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu visited southern Lebanon on Tuesday, addressing Israel Defense Forces (IDF) troops occupying the territory as part of a campaign against the Iranian proxy terrorist organization Hezbollah. Israel has been engaging in military operations throughout much of Lebanon – including airstrikes in Beirut – since February, when President Donald Trump launched “Operation Epic Fury” against Iran. Israeli officials insist that eradicating Hezbollah elements from southern Lebanon is a critical national security operation for the country, as the jihadist terror group poses a threat to communities in northern Israel that recalls the presence of Hamas in Gaza,…

Wednesday on MS NOW’s “Morning Joe,” Gov. Josh Shapiro (D-PA) said everything needed to be on the table so Democrats can radically reform the Supreme Court. Panelist Mara Gay asked, “Governor, yesterday, despite the Supreme Court’s upholding of birthright citizenship, it appears that the court is just one vote away. It was a 5 to 4 decision specifically on whether the 14th Amendment enshrined those rights. We now have, folks like Vice President JD Vance coming out and saying, hey, this isn’t over. This is just hanging by a thread, birthright citizenship. It’s clear that this conservative movement is planning…

The US-Israeli military campaign failed to alter the regional balance of power, Brandon Weichert has told RT’s Rick Sanchez US-Israeli military action has failed to shift the strategic balance in the Middle East, leaving Iran in a stronger position than before the conflict, geopolitical analyst Brandon Weichert has said.Speaking on RT’s Sanchez Effect on Tuesday, Weichert, senior editor at The National Interest, described the conflict as a “non-deal deal for a non-war war,” arguing that Washington had failed to achieve any meaningful strategic gains.“The 96-hour war has become a 120-plus-day war and nothing we’ve done has changed that,” he said.His…

When Andrew Kurzrok’s wife, Michelle, became pregnant with their first son in 2023, he decided it was time for his life spending over 200 days a year on the road as a mid-level executive of Amphenol Sensors to end. He wanted a career that would keep him closer to their suburban Washington, D.C. home, while utilizing his manufacturing experience. And with a background in mergers and acquisitions, he thought about buying. So the Kurzroks evaluated hundreds of local companies for sale. Finally, last September, he closed on the purchase of 45-year-old family-owned Hopewell Sheet Metal Manufacturing, which operates out of…

KYIV, Ukraine (AP) – Ukrainian forces struck Russia’s major Ufa oil refinery for the second time in a week, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Wednesday. Almost daily long-range attacks on Russian oil facilities have created a fuel crisis and heaped political pressure on the Kremlin as its all-out invasion of Ukraine stretches into its fifth year. The Ufa refinery is one of Russia’s largest producers of lubricants and is located more than 1,000 kilometers (600 miles) from Ukraine, Zelenskyy said on social media. Ukraine also struck a plant producing missile components in Russia’s Penza region southeast of Moscow, some 500…

The Department of Homeland Security has doubled the arrest rate of illegal migrants to 2,000 per day, according to the New York Times. The paper reported Wednesday night federal immigration officials have detained more than 10,000 people since Friday. The push was prompted by the White House and aimed at identified targets, including some of the migrants who have already been ordered home by judges, the paper said, adding: ICE officials were told that the White House wanted an increase in arrests, according to three officials with knowledge of the conversations. One of the officials said that it was unclear how…

Four years after Gov. Mike DeWine (R) signed legislation allowing school boards to choose to allow teachers and other employees to be armed, 116 school districts have chosen to allow armed employees for classroom defense. WOWO reported that the figure of “116 school districts” is derived from state data “as of June 17.” The Ohio Capital Journal noted that the 116 districts include “more than 70 Ohio school districts and 15 Christian schools…[with] staff members who are authorized to carry weapons on school grounds.” Ohio Federation of Teachers President Melissa Cropper criticized the training requirements for the growing number of armed school…