The U.S. Labor Department reported on Friday that unemployment ticked down to 9.1% in the  month of July, as 117,000 new jobs were added by employers.  As always, there is a lot more detail in that report - read it for yourself below.

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Fulton DA Fani Willis (center) with Nathan J. Wade (right), the special prosecutor she hired to manage the Trump case and had a romantic relationship with, at a news conference announcing charges against President-elect Donald Trump and others in Atlanta, Aug. 14, 2023. Georgia’s Supreme Court on Tuesday, Sept. 16, 2025, upheld an appeals court's decision to disqualify Willis from the election interference case against Trump and his allies. (Kenny Holston/New York Times)

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