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2 hours ago
News
Politics

Trump to Nominate Acting AG Blanche to Take Over the Role Permanently.

Todd Blanche, who has served as Acting Attorney General since early April, has officially been nominated for the position by President Donald J. Trump, marking a significant development in the Department of Justice’s leadership.

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❓ WHAT HAPPENED: President Donald J. Trump has announced his intention to nominate Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche to take over the role permanently.
📺 DETAIL: Blanche’s tenure as Acting Attorney General began in early April following the departure of former Attorney General Pam Bondi. Since then, Blanche has acted as the primary spokesman for the Trump administration on policy and decisions related to justice, crime, and corruption. Blanche is overseeing several high-profile cases and policy challenges, such as ongoing investigations into voter fraud during the 2020 Presidential election, welfare fraud in Minnesota’s Somali community, the indictment of former Cuban dictator Raúl Castro, and the charging of failed Trump assassin Cole Tomas Allen, among others. Many commentators have been speculating about Bondi’s official replacement for months. However, it seems that Blanche’s interim leadership of the Department of Justice (DOJ) has sufficed to convince the President that the Acting Attorney General is qualified for the position.
🎯 IMPACT: The President’s decision to nominate Blanche signals a vote of confidence, bringing clarity of leadership to the DOJ and its various agencies. Having been nominated, like all Cabinet appointments, Blanche must now be confirmed by the Senate. If confirmed, Blanche will officially succeed Bondi as Attorney General. Bondi was dismissed by the President in early April this year. This decision followed reports that the President was unhappy with Bondi’s performance in the role. Currently, the Senate has a Republican (GOP) majority, although recent moves by the congressional GOP, such as a measure aimed at restricting the President’s war powers and the striking down of his Anti-Weaponization Fund to compensate victims of government lawfare, suggests that GOP lawmakers are increasingly confident that they can rebel against the Trump White House.
💬 KEY QUOTE: “Tomorrow I’m instructing Dan [Scavino] and everybody else that’s involved in that very complicated process, which is gonna go, I think, very quickly, that we are going to make him [Todd Blanche] permanent Attorney General.” – President Donald J. Trump.

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Crime
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Coroner Will Investigate Potential Police Role in Henry Nowak’s Death.

A coroner has confirmed an inquest will examine whether police actions or delays contributed to the death of 18-year-old white student Henry Nowak in Southampton, England.

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❓ WHAT HAPPENED: An inquest into the death of white student Henry Nowak has been announced and scheduled for September 2027. The 18-year-old Nowak was fatally stabbed by 23-year-old Vickrum Digwa with an eight-inch Sikh religious dagger. Digwa and his family called the police, falsely claiming Nowak had racially attacked him. Police roughly arrested the teenager upon arrival, dismissing his pleas for an ambulance and cries of “I’ve been stabbed” and “I can’t breathe.”Within moments of being pushed down and handcuffed, Nowak fell unconscious and never revived. The release of the bodycam footage has sparked concerns about anti-white ideology and two-tier policing.
💬 KEY QUOTE: “The issue in this case is likely to be whether any act or omission by a police officer or any delay in the treatment Henry Nowak received caused or contributed to death. An inquest will allow such scrutiny, it will be a public hearing on the broad circumstances by which Henry came by his death. Having an inquest will allow Henry’s family to effectively participate in those proceedings.” – Coroner Jason Pegg.
🎯 IMPACT: The case has drawn significant attention, national and international, public and political. The incident has raised concerns over police training as well as racial and ideological pressures. The inquest is expected to provide clarity on the role of law enforcement in the events leading to Nowak’s death.
📺 DETAIL: The inquest will determine whether “any act or omission” by the police contributed to Nowak’s death. Hampshire coroner Jason Pegg concluded that the circumstances surrounding Nowak’s death had not been fully investigated. As such, an inquest has been scheduled for 20 September 2027, with the possibility of bringing the date forward. This follows the argument put forward by a Home Office pathologist that Nowak would not have survived even if emergency care was administered. “No emergency medical treatment would have permitted access to the bleeding vein… In simple terms, he would not have survived, however quickly he received first aid, CPR or expert medical treatment,” said Judge William Mousley KC, relaying the pathologist’s conclusion during the sentencing hearing. Nevertheless, Pegg argued that the state had a “duty to carry out a public investigation.” “When Henry Nowak died, he had been arrested—he was in custody of the state. What that means is article two, or the right to life, the investigative duty has been triggered,” said Pegg. The inquest will take place at Winchester Coroner’s Court in Hampshire, England.

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2 hours ago
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Politics
War

House Advances $8 Billion Ukraine Aid Package.

The House of Representatives sent mixed messages on U.S. foreign policy on Wednesday, opposing hostilities with the Islamic Republic of Iran while approving a massive military aid package for Ukraine.

PULSE POINTS
❓ WHAT HAPPENED: The House of Representatives voted to continue funding the war in Ukraine the same day it passed a war powers resolution against President Donald. J. Trump over Iran.
📺 DETAIL: On Wednesday, the House of Representatives voted 215–208 on a war powers resolution to rein in President Donald J. Trump from taking further military action against Iran. The measure was passed after four Republicans voted with the Democrats in defiance of the President. However, on the same day, also in defiance of the President, the House voted to continue military aid to Ukraine. The House voted 218-204 in a procedural motion allowing for a vote on the Ukraine Support Act, a piece of legislation authored by Rep. Gregory Meeks (D-NY). The bill gifts $8 billion in military financing loans to Ukraine, extends the Ukraine Security Assistance Initiative (USAI), which allows for the U.S. to send Ukraine weapons from U.S. stockpiles, and imposes additional sanctions on Russia, among other measures.
💬 KEY QUOTE: “This vote is not a process vote, it’s a statement on whether this Congress and all of its members stand with and support Ukraine and the people of Ukraine, and its fight for freedom, its fight for democracy, and its fight for liberty.” – Rep. Gregory Meeks (D-N.Y.) on the procedural motion.
🎯 IMPACT: The regularity with which Congress has defied the President recently, from ending the Anti-Weaponization Fund, a measure to compensate victims of government lawfare, to pushing a war powers resolution, suggests the executive is coming under increased pressure from the legislature, both in relation to domestic and foreign policy.

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3 hours ago
Crime
News
UK

WATCH: Farage Exposes How ‘White People Do Not Get the Same Privileges Under the Law’ as Minorities in Britain.

Nigel Farage called out Prime Minister Keir Starmer for ignoring and denying codified anti-white bias in British policing following the murder and wrongful arrest of white teenager Henry Nowak.

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❓ WHAT HAPPENED: Nigel Farage appeared on Fox News on Thursday to criticize Prime Minister Keir Starmer for denying two-tier, anti-white bias in British policing, following the murder of white teenager Henry Nowak by Vickrum Digwa. Nowak was arrested by responding police officers instead of being helped, despite reporting that he had been stabbed, because Digwa falsely accused him of racism, resulting in the teenager passing out and dying while handcuffed.
💬 KEY QUOTE: “[Starmer] is a left-wing human rights lawyer who believes in positive discrimination, who believes in DEI, and who has accepted that the police in my country now treat white people differently to black people. And I believe that is a road to ruin.” – Nigel Farage
🎯 IMPACT: Referring to protests against Henry’s murder and wrongful arrest in Southampton, England, that turned violent, Farage warned of further unrest if the bias in policing is not addressed. “The reason the police behave that way is they are now trained [to do so] by police chiefs… [In] the Hampshire and Isle of Wight race report, they’re actually told you must police different ethnic communities in different ways. Meaning, literally, that white people do not get the same privileges under the law as Asian or black people.”
📰 DETAIL: Guidance available on the website of the Hampshire and Isle of Wight Constabulary, which is responsible for Nowak’s wrongful arrest, does cite “treating people differently” based on ethnicity. A University of Reading study commissioned by the force also found that one in seven officers surveyed had felt “controlled and pressured” to adopt specific views following a mandatory diversity course, with a fifth reporting fears of being “rejected for saying the wrong thing.” Nationally, a Police Anti-Racism Commitment states explicitly that different ethnic groups must be treated differently in order to achieve “equality of policing outcomes” and so-called “racial equity,” and that mere “racial equality” in the form of treating people “the same” is inadequate.

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4 hours ago
News

BREAKING: John Bolton Takes Felony Plea in Classified Documents Case, $2M Fine.

Former Trump National Security Advisor turned anti-Trump activist John Bolton is expected to plead guilty to mishandling classified documents, agreeing to a felony charge and substantial fine.

PULSE POINTS
❓ WHAT HAPPENED: John Bolton, former National Security Advisor under President Trump, is expected to plead guilty to a felony charge of illegal retention of sensitive national security documents. He has reportedly agreed to pay a fine exceeding $2 million as part of the plea deal.
📍 WHEN & WHERE: Bolton’s court hearing is scheduled for June 26, according to the court docket.
📺 DETAIL: Prosecutors allege that Bolton retained classified diary-like entries from his time in the Trump administration and shared over a thousand pages of personal information with unauthorized individuals, including his wife and daughter. While the transmission of classified information is not part of the charges he is pleading guilty to, he initially faced multiple counts of retaining and transmitting national defense information.
🎯 IMPACT: The plea deal highlights ongoing scrutiny of officials who mishandle classified information, with Bolton’s case standing out given his adversarial relationship with President Trump. The case also underscores the Justice Department’s focus on national security violations, regardless of political affiliations.
📺 FLASHBACK: Bolton’s 2020 memoir, critical of President Trump, drew accusations from Trump that it contained classified information. While the initial investigation into the book was closed during the Trump administration, the FBI reopened inquiries under the Biden administration after alleged Iranian hackers breached Bolton’s email, revealing sensitive materials.

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Former Trump National Security Advisor turned anti-Trump activist John Bolton is expected to plead guilty to mishandling classified documents, agreeing to a felony charge and substantial fine.

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4 hours ago
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Reform UK Candidate Blamed HILLARY CLINTON for Mass Terror Attack. Here’s Why He’s Right.

Robert Kenyon, the candidate for Nigel Farage’s Reform UK party in a crucial British special election, previously argued that the Manchester Arena suicide bombing would not have happened if Hillary Clinton hadn’t destabilized Libya. He’s right.

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❓ WHAT HAPPENED: Robert Kenyon, running for Nigel Farage’s Reform UK party in a crucial parliamentary by-election (special election), previously attributed the Manchester Arena suicide bombing to the destabilization of Libya during Hillary Clinton’s time as U.S. Secretary of State in the 2010s. An official inquiry found that suicide bomber Salman Abedi, who murdered 22 people and injured over a thousand, including many children, was indeed radicalized in Libya.
📰 DETAIL: When Muammar Gaddafi was captured and killed by rebel fighters in October 2011, Hillary Clinton, then U.S. Secretary of State, celebrated on television, laughing, “We came, we saw, he died.” She had been the principal American architect of the intervention and pushed hard to be given the credit for it, as detailed in her own emails, released by the State Department in 2015. Clinton convinced a skeptical President Barack Obama to commit to military action, despite opposition from Defense Secretary Robert Gates, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Admiral Mike Mullen, and CIA Director John Brennan. She also secured an Arab League resolution calling for a no-fly zone over Libya. However, Gaddafi’s ouster did not result in a transition to democracy. Libya devolved into a failed state, fractured into rival militia fiefdoms. ISIS established training camps in eastern Libya, and al-Qaeda-affiliated groups proliferated in Benghazi and Derna. The U.S. Ambassador was murdered in a militia attack in Benghazi in September 2012. By 2016, an estimated 2,000 ISIS fighters were operating on Libyan soil. It was into this landscape of collapsed authority, open borders, proliferating militias, and active terror training infrastructure that Ramadan Abedi, a Libyan extremist living in Britain as a refugee, returned with his sons, Salman and Hashem Abedi.
💬 KEY QUOTE: “With a smile and lipstick… [Clinton] created ISIS with her foreign policy… had she stayed out of Libya, the bombing wouldn’t have happened.” – Robert Kenyon
🎯 IMPACT: The Manchester Arena Inquiry found that Salman was involved with the February 17th Martyrs Brigade in Libya, and may have participated in raids against Gaddafi loyalists. Images recovered after the bombing showed Salman and Hashem Abedi in military uniform in Libya in 2011, and a hard drive found at the family home in Manchester confirmed it. Salman was opened as an MI5 subject of interest in March 2014 on his return to Britain, but had his case closed four months later as low risk, even as he was identified as being in contact with individuals linked to al-Qaeda and Libyan extremist networks. He returned to Britain for the last time in the days before his May 2017 attack after spending three weeks in Libya, with the Inquiry finding a “real possibility” that he had been carrying a component of his bomb when he landed, and that he had received recent “practical instruction” in assembling the device while in Libya.
👀 FLASHBACK: The Manchester Arena Inquiry concluded that the Abedi brothers were radicalized in Libya, with chairman Sir John Saunders writing, “I consider it is likely that Salman Abedi and Hashem Abedi were radicalised in Libya to a significant extent,” adding: “I also find that it is probable they obtained some form of training or assistance in how to build a bomb in Libya, as well as counter-surveillance training.” He also described how their father, Rashem, “exposed them to training with and combat alongside Islamist militias who fought in the Libyan civil war.” None of this would have been possible without Hillary Clinton’s foreign policy.

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Robert Kenyon, the candidate for Nigel Farage's Reform UK party in a crucial British special election, previously argued that the Manchester Arena suicide bombing would not have happened if Hillary Clinton hadn't destabilized Libya. He's right.

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5 hours ago
Health
News

Quarantine Zone Declared as Flesh-Eating Parasite Returns to America After 60 Years.

The New World Screwworm, a flesh-eating parasite eradicated from the U.S. in 1966, has returned to Texas, prompting quarantine measures and heightened surveillance to protect livestock.

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❓ WHAT HAPPENED: The New World Screwworm (NWS), a flesh-eating parasite eradicated in the U.S. since 1966, has been detected in Texas. A confirmed case was found in a three-week-old calf near LaPryor, approximately 50 miles from the Mexican border, triggering a 12-mile quarantine zone to prevent the parasite’s spread.
📺 DETAIL: Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins said the USDA has spent months preparing for the threat, including releasing millions of sterile flies to prevent the pest from becoming established in the U.S., and emphasized there is no indication of a widespread infestation. Texas Governor Greg Abbott (R) previously issued a disaster declaration as a precaution for the state’s livestock industry, while Agriculture Commissioner Sid Miller urged ranchers and pet owners to remain vigilant and report suspected infestations. Officials said that screwworms do not contaminate meat products and that the risk to the general public remains low. The parasite was eradicated from the United States in 1966, though isolated imported cases have occasionally been detected, including a horse from Argentina in Florida earlier this year and a traveler returning from El Salvador in 2024.
💬 KEY QUOTE: “There is no reason to believe this incursion will result in the establishment of the pest in our country,” insisted Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins.
🎯 IMPACT: The return of the New World Screwworm poses a significant threat to the U.S. livestock industry, which previously suffered losses of $200 million (approximately $1.8 billion today) due to the parasite before its eradication. Officials are working to prevent widespread infestations that could devastate cattle and other warm-blooded animals.

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6 hours ago
News

Trump Accuses California of ‘Big Cheating’ as Primary Vote Counting Drags On.

California’s history of election incompetence has once again come under scrutiny, raising questions about the integrity of Tuesday’s gubernatorial primary.

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❓ WHAT HAPPENED: The results of Tuesday’s gubernatorial primary in California remain far from finalized. With partial counts from every precinct, Republican television host Steve Hilton, endorsed by President Donald J. Trump, currently leads at 27.6 percent of the vote. Former Biden Health and Human Services Secretary Xavier Becerra (D) is in second place with 25.6 percent, and both have passed the 1.3 million-vote mark. Democrat billionaire Tom Steyer sits in third with 19.8 percent, despite spending far more on his campaign than his rivals. However, because the vast majority of ballots in the Golden State are cast by mail, with mail-in ballots accepted for up to a week after Election Day, the two candidates who will advance to November’s general election remain unclear.
💬 KEY QUOTE: “There’s BIG cheating by the Dumocrats in California. Votes are all tied up. May not be in for weeks. Under investigation by the U.S. Attorney’s Office in Los Angeles. Why the vote counting DELAY???” – President Donald J. Trump
📺 DETAIL: California has a history of mishandled elections, with results often taking weeks to resolve in suspicious circumstances, generally in the governing Democrats’ favor. During the 2024 U.S. House elections, for instance, Democrats gained control of three seats previously held by Republicans. One of those pickups came down to a razor-thin 187-vote difference and was not officially decided until a month after Election Day. In the process, both parties sent large teams of workers to “cure” mail-in ballots that had been flagged for errors. More Democrat ballots ended up being successfully cured than Republican ones, with the gap between the two parties’ cured ballots being larger than the final 187-vote margin itself.
🎯 IMPACT: Under California state law, the gubernatorial election will be contested between the top-two finishers in Tuesday’s primary, even if they are both from the same party. The election will be held on November 3.

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8 hours ago
Bonkers Britain
Immigration

Muslim Matchmaking Apps Are Promoting Polygamy in Britain.

An investigation has uncovered advertisements for polygamous relationships in ethnic and religious minority communities in the United Kingdom.

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❓ WHAT HAPPENED: Polygamous relationships are being advertised openly on Muslim matchmaking apps and social media groups in the United Kingdom, according to a new investigation.
📺 DETAIL: The investigation uncovered multiple examples of polygamous relationships being publicly promoted in ethnic and religious minority communities. In one case, Muslima, a Muslim matchmaking app available on major app stores, was shown to include a filters for polygamy, including “Accept polygamy”, “Maybe accept polygamy,” and “Don’t accept polygamy.” The investigation also uncovered Facebook groups for men seeking “second wives.” The selection processes for the marriages included interviews with existing family members and specifications for housing arrangements. The investigation also uncovered a British Bengali matchmaking group advertising additional wives, with the advertisers asking for “CV and pictures.” In one particular case, a woman posted on behalf of her husband seeking “a suitable match as a second wife” who understood “the dynamics of a plural marriage.”
🎯 IMPACT: Civil polygamy is illegal in Britain. However, while civil polygamous marriages are disallowed under British law, informal arrangements, such as sharia marriages, are not criminalized. Moreover, certain overseas polygamous marriages are financially recognized, allowing additional spouses to claim welfare benefits. While the Department of Work and Pensions (DWP) claims that such arrangements are rare, the fact that such marriages are being advertised openly raises questions about the extent to which taxpayer funds are being used to support polygamous marriages. This follows reports that additional spouses in polygamous households are set to receive £125.25 (~$168.08) per week in Pension Credit or Housing Benefit. The main claimant and first spouse receive a weekly sum of £363.25 (approximately $487.45) while additional spouses receive a smaller, supplementary payment. These benefits are available for marriages legally conducted overseas in countries where polygamy is lawful.
📺 FLASHBACK: This is not the first time the United Kingdom has grappled with Islamic marriage customs. In 2024, Iqbal Mohamed, a Muslim Member of Parliament (MP), defended first-cousin marriage amongst ethnic and religious minorities, which is extremely prevalent among Pakistanis. The Muslim MP argued that “ordinary people see family intermarriage as something that is very positive overall; as something that helps to build family bonds and puts families on a more secure financial foothold.”

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9 hours ago
Bonkers Britain
News

Oxford Union’s Palestinian President Describes October 7 Massacres as ‘Proportional.’

Leaked WhatsApp messages from the Palestinian president of the Oxford Union have sparked backlash from Jewish students, accusing her of justifying the October 7 attack.

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❓ WHAT HAPPENED: The first Palestinian president of the Oxford Union, the University of Oxford’s prestigious debating society, has faced calls to resign over leaked WhatsApp messages appearing to justify the October 7 terror attacks on Israel.
📺 DETAIL: In a private WhatsApp group of approximately 100 students studying Politics, Philosophy, and Economics (PPE) at Oxford, Arwa Elrayess argued that Hamas would be “lauded as heroes” by the Palestinians and that the group’s actions on October 7, 2023, were “proportional,” and possibly “less than proportional.” She further argued that the severity of response was often proportional to the “severity of oppression” and that it was “quite rich to allow for decades of systematic oppression and massacres, only to act shocked when the resistance movement responds with proportional severity.” Elrayess has claimed that she was providing an explanation rather than a justification for Hamas’ actions on October 7. The messages were posted in September last year. The Oxford Students Against Discrimination accused her of “actively contributing to a culture of fear and exclusion for Jewish members of the university,” while the Campaign Against Antisemitism characterized Elrayess’s comments as “attempts to rationalize Hamas’s barbaric terrorist atrocities.”
💬 KEY QUOTE: “Absolutely sickening attempts to rationalise Hamas’ barbaric terrorist atrocities on October 7 as proportionate.” – Campaign Against Antisemitism spokesman
🎯 IMPACT: The backlash has intensified scrutiny of Elrayess’s leadership of the Oxford Union and raised concerns about the safety and inclusion of Jewish students at the university. The leaked messages have sparked calls for her resignation and an investigation by the university. The story raises a debate about the difference between explanation and justification in the context of controversial geopolitical events.
📺 FLASHBACK: The Oxford Union has faced repeated controversies. In October 2025, George Abaraonye, then-president-elect of the Oxford Union, was removed from his position following a no-confidence vote by members of the prestigious institution after Abaraonye celebrated the assassination of Charlie Kirk, founder of Turning Point USA (TPUSA), the month prior. “Charlie Kirk got shot, let’s f**king go,” read the leaked WhatsApp message from the then-president-elect. The vote to remove Abaraonye took place just a few months after he debated Kirk.

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19 hours ago
Economy
News

U.S. Job Growth Hit 16-Month High in May.

Stronger-than-expected job growth in May hints at labor market momentum ahead of the summer, especially at small businesses, despite previous reports of historically low consumer sentiment.

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❓ WHAT HAPPENED: More than 120,000 jobs were added to the U.S. economy in May, surpassing expectations and marking the largest monthly gain since January 2025.
📺 DETAIL: Automatic Data Processing (ADP), an American payroll processing multinational, reported that 122,000 private sector jobs were added in May, surpassing the projected 120,000. This marks the largest monthly gain since the beginning of last year. According to ADP Chief Economist Dr. Nela Richardson, hiring in May was more broad-based than in recent years, seeing gains across multiple sectors. Small businesses with fewer than 50 employees led the hiring surge, although medium and large businesses also experienced solid increases. Trade and Transportation, Education and Health Services, and Professional and Business Services sectors added the most jobs, while the Information Services sector saw the largest losses. Natural Resources and Mining jobs also experienced a slight dip.
💬 KEY QUOTE: “Hiring was more broad-based in May than we’ve seen in the last few years… The labor market continues to show sustained momentum going into the summer hiring season.” – Dr. Nela Richardson, Chief Economist, ADP.
🎯 IMPACT: The stronger-than-expected job growth underscores the resilience of the labor market, even as reports from sources like the University of Michigan’s Consumer Sentiment Index suggest record-low consumer sentiment. In April, it was reported that consumer sentiment crashed to a record low of 49.8. This marks the lowest level since data collection began in 1978. The same month, it was reported that the U.S. job market added 178,000 jobs in March. This represented a rebound from February’s loss of 133,000 jobs. While such reports of job creation are good news for the U.S. economy, they coincide with fresh data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics showing that roughly 90 percent of net new jobs in the U.S. since COVID-19 have been filled by foreign-born workers. This shows that job creation is not enough on its own, and that measures must be implemented to ensure that the jobs created are filled by Americans, especially those currently out of work.

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