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Year: 2026

Workers install roofing for a new home under construction in Palm Beach Gardens

Is the labor market turning a corner? Thursday’s jobs report will offer some key clues

By Alicia Wallace, CNN (CNN) — For much of the past 18 months, the labor market has remained largely frozen. Rampant uncertainty, a lasting hangover from pandemic-era overhiring, the rise of AI, and a cocktail of other economic concerns – persistently high inflation, elevated interest rates and a shrinking labor force – stifled businesses’ expansion

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Kainoa Kaku

Justice Department threatens lawsuits over state gun laws after Second Amendment win at Supreme Court

By Tierney Sneed, Paula Reid, CNN (CNN) — Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche threatened lawsuits against four states that have gun restrictions similar to the Hawaii law that the Supreme Court struck down last week. He also warned states considering laws that “mirror” Hawaii’s that they could face Justice Department lawsuits as well, as the

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