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The economy unexpectedly lost 23,000 jobs in July.
The news from the Labor Department surprised analysts who were expecting a gain of 80,000 jobs. The data is raising concerns that the labor market may be cooling too quickly, and it could also give the federal reserve pause about raising interest rates soon. KPMG Chief Economist Diane Swanks says it could go either way.
This doesn't take a rate hike off the table in month of September, but it makes it much more fraught with risks now to the labor market if inflation remains persistent. The Trump administration is continuing its effort to fire federal reserve governor Lisa Clark, the Supreme Court ruled less than two months ago that she cannot be removed from office while she's fighting allegations that she committed mortgage fraud.
The administration is now appealing a lower court ruling made in her favor. The wait is continuing for the Supreme Court ruling on whether the Trump administration
“can resume carrying out key parts of the President's executive order to limit voting”
by mail in the midterm election. But as NPR's Hansi Law Wong reports, another ruling on Trump's order may come soon from a lower court. A federal judge embossed in is considering a request to black the U.S. Postal Service from carrying out President Trump's directives across the country, American Civil Liberties
Union Sophia Lin-Lake and Hellfiler request. Changing rules of the game at this point in time is such a significant matter does nothing to ensure confidence in the election in this November, and would only create chaos and confusion for voters. Trump's order calls for a U.S. P.S., which is vanential support of NPR, to get lists
of eligible voters from states and deliver mail and balance only to people on those lists. The President has said he issued this order to stop illegal voting by non-US citizens. A problem that many studies have found to be extremely rare. This Supreme Court is now considering Trump's request to pause an earlier ruling that blacks implementation of the policy in the 23 states plus Washington D.C. that sued over
the order on Zila Wong and NPR News. Legal aid groups that have represented migrant children for months without pay could soon be getting a check from the Trump administration. For member station KQED, Tai Kee Hendrix has our reports. In December, the government stopped paying the non-profits for representing on a company
"kids" in immigration court. This week, a federal judge in Oakland ordered the government
to pay about $65 million. The checks are due to arrive Monday.
“"It's incredibly important to have this money."”
Alvaro Wetta with immigrant defenders law center in Los Angeles represents the groups. "Because we do feel an ethical obligation and moral obligation to ensure that children have someone standing beside them in court." The future is unclear for the nation's more than 20,000 unaccompanied kids because the legal aid contract expired last month.
For NPR News, I'm Tai Kee Hendrix in San Francisco. Stocks finished up across the board on Wall Street Friday. You're listening to NPR News. Spain has implemented border controls for all travelers arriving from Italy. It comes during a rare fight between the two EU and NATO member states over the issue of immigration. It was triggered by last week's sudden mass influx of would-be migrants from Morocco, into
the tiny Spanish territory of Seyuta, on Morocco's coast. The BBC's Charles Havelett has reports. Madrid was not happy with Italy's hard-line response to the breaching of Seyuta's borders
“last week. Even though seyuta isn't part of the Shengen Open Border System, Rome promptly”
imposed border restrictions on third-country travelers from Spain. Saying these would remain until it was sure there were no security or terrorism risks to Italy. Spain has now retaliated and has gone further for one month. It's introduced border checks not just on citizens of third countries arriving from Italy but also on Italians themselves. That's the BBC's Charles Havelett.
A federal appeals court ruled Friday that the Trump administration must stop the above-ground
construction of its $400 million white house ballroom because Congress has not yet approved
the project. Trump quickly blasted the decision calling it unjust and said he would appeal to the Supreme Court, the court appealed a lower court ruling from April. After two rounds, Beau Hossler has a one-stroke lead in the PGA Championship underway in North Carolina this weekend. He made an 11-foot birdie on the final hole of the day. Ben James and Jordan Smith are tied for second, Keegan Bradley birdie three of his last six
holes and is hoping to make the cut for the FedEx couple later this month. He currently sits right at the projected cutline. I'm Dale Wilman and PR News. This week on the NPR Politics podcast, another progressive Democrat Edges Out and Establishment Candidate, Abdul Elsayed, one Michigan Senate primary campaigning on affordability, health care, and ending U.S. military aid to Israel. Join us as we break down his victory
and what it could signal for November's midterms on the NPR Politics podcast. Listen
