“Every employment insurance agency, if you ask them, will say it’s, you know, their busiest month,” said Michele Evermore at ...

The number of Americans collecting unemployment benefits rose to 1.9 million last week, the highest level since November 2021, according to data released by the Labor Department on Thursday.

What’s more, the nation’s unemployment rate inched lower to 4.1%, and wages continued to outpace inflation. Two days later, Vice President-elect JD Vance appeared on “Fox News Sunday,” and ...