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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 for unemployment benefits—a proxy for layoffs—rose last week to the highest level since June.

In a Truth Social post, President Donald Trump said the United States may have lost India and Russia to China. He made the statement after Russian President Vladimir Putin and India's Narendra Modi met with Chinese leader Xi Jinping this week as Beijing pushes a new world order. An Indian foreign ministry spokesperson declined to comment when asked about Trump's post.

Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. testified on Thursday before the Senate Finance Committee on the recent shakeup of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the Trump administration’s health agenda. The hearing was announced after the firing of CDC Director Susan Monarez and the resignations of several other top CDC officials that followed.

Washington sued the Trump administration on Thursday over the deployment of National Guard troops in the capital city. "Armed soldiers should not be policing American citizens on American soil," D.C. Attorney General Brian Schwalb said in an X post.

Following the news of Russian President Vladimir Putin and Chinese leader Xi Jinping's discussion on organ transplants and immortality, U.S. House Speaker Mike Johnson responded to a question raised by NTD congressional correspondent Melina Wisecup on Wednesday morning. Johnson said, "The fact that they were caught in a hot mic first, I've heard, is very telling. It tells you where their worldview is, in contrast to our speaking of evil. ... The United States, we're going to stand for morality and ethics, and we're going to stand against that. There's legislation that you know that would address it, and we might need to put that at the top of the priority list, if that's what's happening."

President Donald Trump is hosting Poland’s newly elected president, Karol Nawrocki, at the White House on Sept. 3. Paul Jones, a fellow at the Center for European Policy Analysis, said that Nawrocki’s first official visit to Washington could bring important advantages for Ukraine, citing Nawrocki’s steadfast support for the country’s defense against Russia.

A federal judge in California has ruled that the Trump administration unlawfully used Marines and National Guard troops in Los Angeles. In the order, U.S. District Judge Charles Breyer said the federal government couldn’t use the California National Guard or any military troops deployed in the state to engage in arrests, apprehensions, crowd control, and other activities.

Congress is back in session on Tuesday with a lot on the lawmakers’ plates. Government funding is set to expire on Sept. 30 under a stopgap spending bill approved by Congress in March. Both chambers will need to pass—and President Donald Trump to sign—a total of 12 funding bills to avert a complete or partial government shutdown. So far, the Senate has passed an initial draft of three of these, while the House has passed just two. Only one, a bill to fund military construction, has passed both chambers.

President Donald Trump said on Monday that India has offered to reduce its tariffs on U.S. goods to zero. Trump wrote on his Truth Social platform: "They have now offered to cut their Tariffs to nothing, but it’s getting late. They should have done so years ago."

Authorities confirmed that more than 800 people were killed and thousands more injured as a magnitude 6.0 earthquake struck southeastern Afghanistan late on Sunday. Rescuers are battling to reach remote, mountainous areas cut off from mobile networks along the Pakistani border, where many mud-brick homes collapsed in the quake.

A European Union spokesperson said on Monday that the Global Positioning System of European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen's aircraft was jammed while en route to Bulgaria on Sunday, though it ultimately landed safely. Bulgarian authorities said they suspect Russia’s involvement in the incident. The incident occurred while von der Leyen was on a four-day tour to EU member states in Eastern Europe.

From a marathon Cabinet meeting to crime crackdowns and a CDC shakeup, President Donald Trump made headlines all week. We bring you the highlights from the White House.

Trump slashes nearly $5 billion from the U.S. foreign aid budget. What does this mean for Americans? We bring on a professor of modern American political history for insight.

And what if we told you moving your eyes back and forth was part of an effective treatment for PTSD? Vital Signs’ Brendon Fallon shares insights from a leading clinical psychologist on eye-movement desensitization and reprocessing, or EMDR.

From homelessness and time behind bars to leading a multimillion-dollar tax firm, Scott Curly shares how he turned his life around—and now inspires others to overcome their own obstacles.

Federal Reserve Governor Lisa Cook has requested an emergency injunction to block President Donald Trump's attempt to fire her over allegations that she committed mortgage fraud. A federal judge in Washington will hear Cook's bid today.

It's been 20 years since Hurricane Katrina ripped through the Gulf Coast, claiming 1,500 lives in four states and causing more than $115 billion in damage. The hurricane made a direct hit on New Orleans on Aug. 29, 2005. Katrina's destruction ranks among the costliest natural disasters in U.S. history.

Two children are dead and 17 others injured in a shooting at Annunciation Catholic School on the south side of Minneapolis, according to Minneapolis Police Chief Brian O'Hara. A man dressed in all black and armed with a rifle fired shots at Annunciation Church, which runs a school for students from pre-kindergarten through eighth grade, the Richfield Police Department said on Facebook.

An additional 25 percent tariff on imports from India has officially taken effect, bringing the total rate to 50 percent on many Indian goods entering the United States. Trump announced the additional 25 percent tariff in an executive order issued on Aug. 6, citing India’s purchases of Russian oil. India has been one of Russia’s most significant trading partners since Russia invaded Ukraine in 2022.

President Donald Trump holds a meeting with his Cabinet at the White House on Tuesday.

Federal Reserve Board Governor Lisa Cook will file a lawsuit over Trump’s decision last night to remove her from office. Trump says he fired Cook over alleged improprieties in mortgage loans. Cook's lawyer said that Trump's decision lacks factual or legal basis.

President Donald Trump hosted South Korean President Lee Jae Myung in Washington for their first summit on Monday. Lee’s visit follows a recent trade deal that lowered U.S. tariffs on South Korean goods. Experts say the talks will likely focus on trade and military ties, with Washington pressing Seoul to pay more toward the cost of American forces stationed on the Korean peninsula.

President Donald Trump signed two executive orders on Monday aimed at eliminating cashless bail, along with another order adding specialized law enforcement units to executive agencies in Washington. The executive orders came two weeks after Trump’s federal takeover of Washington’s Metropolitan Police Department and his activation of the National Guard in the city to fight crime.