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What to Know
- Disappointing jobs numbers showed Trump’s policies are taking a toll on the labor market. Also worrisome, the revised data for June shows the economy shed 13,000 jobs — the first net loss of jobs since December 2020 when the country was in the depths of the pandemic.
- Some 475 people were detained during an immigration raid at a sprawling Georgia site where South Korean auto company Hyundai manufactures electric vehicles, according to a Homeland Security official.
- Trump signed an executive order aiming to rebrand the Department of Defense as the Department of War — a long-telegraphed move aimed at projecting American military toughness around the globe.