US Employers Added 22,000 Jobs in August; Trump Says India, Russia May Be Lost to ‘Deepest, Darkest, China’

U.S. employers added just 22,000 jobs last month. The Labor Department said on Friday that hiring decelerated from 79,000 in July. The unemployment rate ticked up to 4.3 percent, which was also worse than expected and the highest level since 2021. The Labor Department reported on Thursday that the number of Americans applying fo...