Continuing unemployment claims jumped to 1.97 million in late July, according to a Labor Department report, highlighting a ...

Still, California is no stranger to the upper levels of unemployment rankings. June 2025 was the 19th time the state ranked ...

U.S. job growth likely slowed in July, with the unemployment rate forecast rising back to 4.2%, but that probably would be ...

A modest increase in long-term joblessness could reflect employers getting pickier amid uncertainty over tariffs.

"Black workers are often last hired, first fired," said Angela Hanks, chief of policy programs of The Century Foundation.

Unemployment claims are decreasing in some areas while soaring in others, highlighting the currently uneven state of the U.S. labor market.

According to the BLS, the national unemployment rate stood at 4.2% in July 2025. That figure has remained relatively steady, ...