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Trump promotes Freedom Haulers Initiative to fast-track military veterans into trucking jobs

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NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! President Donald Trump on Thursday formally kicked off an administration initiative designed to fast-track military veterans into trucking jobs while removing illegal immigrant commercial drivers from America’s roadways, arguing the effort will improve highway safety and create new employment opportunities for former service members. Speaking at the … Read more

AP post on USAID cuts backfires as critics question taxpayer-funded Nepal transgender jobs

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NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! An Associated Press social media post about transgender aid workers in Nepal turning to sex work after losing their jobs due to U.S. foreign aid cuts sparked a wave of conservative backlash, with critics arguing the video made the case for defunding USAID rather than saving it. … Read more

Tilly Norwood’s creator insists the AI actor is creating Hollywood jobs despite backlash

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Comedic actor and producer Eline Van der Velden, better known as the creator of the AI-generated “actor” Tilly Norwood, insists the robot-actor is a job creator, not the job killer critics fear she will be.  Norwood, who was introduced to the world in July 2025, is back in the spotlight as she — or it … Read more

CEO under fire for mass layoffs amid foreign worker hiring spree now appointed to Fed’s task force on jobs

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NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! The CEO of a popular U.S. gaming brand on Thursday was appointed to a high-level Federal Reserve task force despite ongoing fury over her company’s recent firing of 1,600 workers while being approved to hire thousands of foreign visa workers. Asha Sharma, who heads Microsoft’s XBOX division, … Read more

Microsoft to cut more than 3,000 jobs from ailing Xbox unit

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Microsoft said Monday that it will cut 3,200 jobs from its struggling Xbox video game business. The technology giant will immediately eliminate 1,600 positions, while other jobs will be cut as four studios leave the Xbox unit. “Our business today is not healthy,” Xbox CEO Asha Sharma, who took over the gaming division earlier this … Read more

Employers added 57,000 jobs in June, far below forecasts as hiring slowed

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U.S. employers added 57,000 jobs in June, far below analysts’ forecasts and signaling that hiring may be losing momentum.  By the numbers Economists polled by FactSet had predicted the economy would add 100,000 jobs last month. The unemployment rate was 4.2% in June, down from 4.3% in May. —This is a developing story and will … Read more