A hiring sign is displayed at a restaurant in Glenview, Ill., Monday, Jan. 29, 2024. On Thursday, Feb. 1, 2024, the Labor Department reports on the number of people who applied for unemployment ...

As the government shutdown reaches its 16th day, questions and fears continue to stir as the future remains unclear. For some federal workers, the 16th day of the shutdown is also the 16th day of ...

Slightly more Americans applied for jobless benefits last week, but layoffs remained in the same recent healthy range. The number of Americans filing for jobless benefits rose by 5,000 to 219,000 for ...

The number of Americans applying for unemployment benefits declined last week in a sign that layoffs remain low, even as ...