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The Labor Department said today that 206,000 new jobs were created in June and the May jobs number was revised down; wages rose 0.3% last month; stocks, bonds and the British pound all rose today after the Labour Party’s resounding victory; Saks Fifth Avenue is buying Neiman Marc ...  Show more

Markets hit new highs; Fed minutes show a wait and see approach to rate cuts; Labor market shows more signs of slowing; Skydance-Paramount deal back on. 

American, Chinese diplomats clash publicly at start of first talks of Biden presidency. US House approves protections for 'Dreamers' and farmworker immigrants. Putin offers Biden public talks after U.S. president says he thinks he is a killer. You can subscribe to Five Minute New ...  Show more

President Biden tells the president of Ukraine that Russia could invade in weeks. New exclusive satellite images reveal Putin’s military is on the move. President Biden’s team is expected to meet with Supreme Court justice nominees in the coming days. Biden recommitted to makin ...  Show more

In his first few minutes in office, President Biden hit CTRL+Z on former President Trump’s agenda. Transcript at vox.com/todayexplained. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices 

America’s upper legislative chamber remains in Democrats’ hands; they may even expand their majority. We explain what that means for the Biden administration, and why Democrats outperformed expectations. President Biden’s biggest foreign-policy headaches involve China; we ask wha ...  Show more