Monthly job growth remained above its 12-month average in June, but softened enough to ease concerns that the Federal Reserve might increase interest rates, the Commerce Department’s latest employment report shows. Seasonally-adjusted total nonfarm payroll employment added 57,000 jobs, short of analysts’ expectations, but higher than the 36,000 average monthly job growth over the prior 12 months, according to the report. And, even with downward revisions to the numbers for April and May, the U.S. economy has added an average of 111,000 jobs over the last three months. Meanwhile, the nation’s unemployment rate dipped from 4.3% in May to 4.2% last month, defying analysts’ predictions that it would be unchanged. While the U.S. unemployment rate has remained in a narrow rate in recent months, June’s rate is still the lowest for any month since June of 2025. What’s more, the nation’s unemployment has been 4.5% or lower in every month since October of 2021 - the longest unbroken streak of monthly rates that low since the late 1960’s. In June, employment continued to trend up in professional and business services, social assistance, and health care. The number of jobs in leisure and hospitality fell over the month. By sector, notable changes in employment from May to June include: Professional and Business Services: +36,000 - 172,000 jobs added since a recent low in October 2025. Social Assistance: +25,000 – higher than its average growth of 16,000 over the prior 12 months. Health Care: +22,000. Leisure and Hospitality: -61,000 in June, reflecting weaker than usual seasonal hiring. Employment showed little or no change over the month in other major industries, including government. “U.S. Hiring Continues at a Steady but Slower Pace,” The New York Times reported in an article presenting analysis of Thursday’s jobs report by several of the publication’s economic, business and financial reporters. “Employment figures for June showed the American economy continues to stride past obstacles including the inflationary pressures of the war with Iran,” Economics Reporter Talmon Joseph Smith wrote, observing that “economic durability may be the emerging norm.” “The report is still basically consistent with the idea that the labor market has firmed after last year’s wobbles,” Chief Economics Correspondent Ben Casselman observed, noting that wage gains were “solid” in June. “Manufacturing continues to look like it’s stabilizing after shedding jobs in 2024 and 2025,” Business Reporter Sydney Ember wrote, citing the sector’s addition of 3,000 jobs in June.

America’s 250th anniversary should be a time for unity, for Americans to take pride in the country’s culture and accomplishments made possible by our constitutional freedoms. But Google News and the elitist media have tried to turn what should have been a triumphant national milestone into yet another opportunity to get jabs at President Donald Trump.  Rather than highlighting inspiring feature stories about American heritage, innovation, and tenacious spirit, Google News delivered a steady diet of negativity. The digital gatekeeper elevated story after story that framed patriotic events, like Americans praying on the National Mall and the Great American State Fair in the worst possible light, with not one positive story about the ongoing Freedom 250 events. MRC Findings:  Google News pushed 17 stories tied to Freedom 250 celebrations in June, including Rededicate 250, the White House UFC Fight, The Great American State Fair and the renovations of the Lincoln Memorial reflecting pool. Every one of them was negative. Although there were plenty of inspiring and positive pieces, Google News could have chosen. But Google’s unspoken commitment to limiting right-leaning media sources excluded these stories. Google promoted a story that reduced the “Rededicate 250” event—gathering Americans to pray together on the National Mall— to coverage of a fuel leak. “30 gallons of fuel spilled on National Mall after event for America’s 250th birthday,” the NBC News headline read, failing to mention that the spill was reportedly an act of vandalism, not negligence. The Great American State Fair, a nonpolitical event celebrating American history and culture on the National Mall, was another media punching bag. Google News pushed a USA Today headline: “Great American State Fair opens with power outages, empty booths.” The headline conveniently left out what the article only concedes several paragraphs deep: many fairgoers had a great time at the event.  BuzzFeed went even lower, with one Google News headline blaring: “Vanilla Ice's Freedom 250 Concert Was Canceled For the Most Embarrassing Reason Ever.” This was even toned down from the headline BuzzFeed included on its website. While Vanilla Ice’s performance was indeed cancelled due to rain and forecasted thunderstorms, BuzzFeed used the story to politicize the celebration of American culture and Google was all too happy to promote the story. “Most of the announced slate of performers for the affiliated 'Freedom 250’ concerts have since dropped out… For, uh, obvious reasons,” the outlet wrote, sneering at Trump’s presidency.  Even aside from the Freedom 250 events, Google News amplified 12 stories about the absurdly controversial Lincoln Memorial reflecting pool renovations, which were repainted for the festivities. The reflecting pool has been a notorious money pit of maintenance headaches for nearly a century, plagued by sinking structures, leakage, algae and repairs. Yet the legacy media treated Trump’s maintenance attempt as the latest attack on his competence. The headlines and stories that Google News pushed reek of journalists taking pains to make drama out of a barely important story. The Washington Post had perhaps the most dramatic example of this with a column headlined: “At this point, the Reflecting Pool deserves an Emmy,” with the subheadline: “The scene unfolding on the National Mall is the must-watch show of the summer. It’s a drama. A farce. A whodunit. A murder mystery.” Other ridiculous headlines included: “A dead duck was seen in the Reflecting Pool. Then two more were found nearby,” by The Washington Post, promoted on June 23. “It’s not easy being green: Trump’s botched reflecting pool becomes 2,028ft metaphor,” by The Guardian, promoted on June 23. “Exclusive: Firm that worked on past Reflecting Pool renovation passed on Trump project after deeming it ‘unfeasible,’” by CNN, promoted on June 26. “The Reflecting Pool Appears to Be Rejecting Its Makeover,” by The New York Times, promoted on June 20. News outlets also went town with critical stories after chunks of “American flag blue” paint began surfacing in the reflecting pool. Law enforcement has reportedly made several arrests for vandalism, accusing suspects of cutting into the paint with knives.  “Troubled Reflecting Pool faces fresh scrutiny over vandalism claims and duck deaths,” by The Associated Press promoted on June 24. “Trump claims Reflecting Pool was vandalized and says law enforcement is investigating,” by CNN, promoted on June 20. “Davey Hearn: Former Olympian denies vandalising Washington Reflecting Pool after arrest,” by BBC promoted on June 21. There was no shortage of inspiring and positive pieces available to Google News. But the tech giant’s unwillingness to give a voice to right-leaning media sources barred unifying Freedom 250 stories from breaking through.  Breitbart has a whole page of its website devoted to “Celebrating American Greatness” in the lead-up to America’s milestone birthday.  Other pro-America stories included:  “Great American State Fair opens in DC with flyovers, Ferris wheel for America 250,” by Fox News.  “'Great American State Fair' Kicks Off US 250th,” by Newmax. Trump kicks off Great American State Fair celebrating America’s 250th anniversary: ‘The best is yet to come,’” by New York Post. “Exclusive—Richard C. Lyons: ‘Everybody Must and Will Be a Soldier’: The American Tradition of Service and Sacrifice Started in 1776” by Breitbart. Methodology: Using MRC’s Digital News Tracker, MRC Free Speech America researchers examined the top 20 stories promoted by Google News in the month of June. Researchers looked for any stories that made mention of the 250th anniversary of America’s founding, Freedom 250 celebrations, or preparations for Freedom 250 celebrations, like the Lincoln Memorial reflecting pool renovations.  Researchers then analyzed headlines and stories for story framing, wording, the inclusion or exclusion of key details. For example, researchers found stories where the first half of the story and headline noted everything wrong with a Freedom 250 event before explaining that this did not seem to bother those in attendance. Researchers similarly analyzed the hedging language used to frame quotes from President Trump in comparison to those accused of a crime.

Monday’s PBS News Hour took sides on DACA, the acronym for Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals, children brought to America by illegal immigrant parents and allowed to stay (known in sympathetic media circles as "The Dreamers," named after a failed Obama-era bill). Co-anchor Geoff Bennett's rendition of the DACA mythos was perhaps the most objectionable part of the segment, in front of a cloying graphic of an American flag and the words “Dreams Deferred.” Geoff Bennett: The American dream is slipping further out of reach for young adults who were brought to this country without authorization as children, known as DACA recipients. That is the conclusion of a new report, which argues the barriers they face are driven not by a lack of ambition or talent, but by policy. Liz Landers speaks with one of the report’s authors. When was the last time PBS declared any regard for “The American Dream,” as opposed to issuing sour critiques of the direction of the country? Reporter Liz Landers: This month marks 14 years since the creation of Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals, or DACA. For more than 500,000 Dreamers, many of them now in their 30s, their future in this country is uncertain. The policy established under the Obama administration offered undocumented immigrants who entered the U.S. as minors a renewable two-year period of protection from deportation. To qualify, recipients must have been living in the U.S. before June 15, 2007, be in school or have a diploma, and have no criminal record. The Trump administration is chipping away at the policy, leaving the fate of many of its rules and regulations to ongoing court challenges… PBS anchor Geoff Bennett goes to bad for the so-called Dreamers: "The American dream is slipping further out of reach for young adults who were brought to this country without authorization as children, known as DACA recipients." pic.twitter.com/pIMSInFjNF — Clay Waters

MRC Free Speech America Vice President, Dan Schneider, joined Rob Schmitt Tonight on Newsmax on Tuesday evening to discuss why the Media Research Center decided to petition the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to block the renewal of ABC-Owned Broadcast Licenses.  FCC Chairman Brendan Carr is reviewing eight of ABC’s broadcasting licenses, accusing it of running a “campaign of misinformation,” and is investigating whether ABC’s The View should be required to offer equal airtime to guests of the opposing political party.  Schneider explains why ABC must lose its licenses: “If you're in broadcast, then you are required by law to provide equal time to opponents and to serve the public interest. And that does not mean just the anti-Trump segment of the public, but the whole public. If ABC does not want to comply with the law, then it can go to cable. It can do streaming, it can have print, but it cannot continue to take our government-issued...licenses.” Free access to the public airwaves comes with an obligation to serve the public interest. If ABC does not want to comply with the law, then it can go to cable or streaming. It cannot continue to take our government-issued broadband licenses.@Schneider_DC @SchmittNYC @NEWSMAX pic.twitter.com/xTk5A8U92T — Media Research Center (@theMRC) July 1, 2026 He quotes Joy Behar from The View: “‘As long as Republicans are in power in the majority, there will never be accountability. You have to vote for Democrats.’” Quotes such as this simply do not serve the public interest; they serve, as Schneider puts it, the “anti-Trump segment of the public.”  Broadcast TV comes with rules because it is a privilege to use those airwaves, not a right. ABC should be serving the public interest, not campaigning for Democrats. @Schneider_DC @SchmittNYC @NEWSMAX pic.twitter.com/vO2McTA8gf — Media Research Center (@theMRC) July 1, 2026 Schneider concluded by stating that if Behar were on MS NOW or another cable provider, she could make biased statements like these, but broadcast TV has specific regulations, and if these regulations are broken, they must be held accountable. Watch the full segment below:  

POLL: What was the worst media quote of the week? (Vote below)   Watch @Schineman present the Worst Quotes from @Lawrence, @esglaude, and @JoyVBehar pic.twitter.com/PcdMxJNxT0 — Media Research Center (@theMRC) July 2, 2026   NOMINEES:    “Donald” Is Now the New “Adolf” of Baby Names “Well, Donald Trump has scored his lowest job approval rating yet in a Reuters poll at 34 percent. And we have what could be another measure of Donald Trump’s unpopularity and disapproval: baby names. Donald is the new Adolf. The baby name Donald has hit its lowest point in popularity in American history….Adolf dropped rather dramatically in popularity after Adolf Hitler executed six million Jewish people in death camps while he was losing World War II before he took his own life.”— Host Lawrence O’Donnell on MS NOW’s The Last Word, June 23.    Eddie Glaude on America’s 250th Birthday: I Have Not “Found Joy” in Singing the Star Spangled Banner  Co-host Mike Barnicle: “But my question to you is, do you see optimism at the end of this July 4th rainbow?”Contributor Eddie Glaude: “No, no Mike, I don’t. And it comes about, I think that, that orientation follows from, from my own formation. I don’t think I’ve ever teared up around patriotism. I don’t ever think I found joy in singing the Star Spangled Banner.” — MS NOW’s Morning Joe, June 30.    Joy Behar Thinks Every Public Service, Including Picking Up the Trash, is “Socialism” “If I fall down, I want an ambulance. If my house is on fire, bring your hose. You know what I mean?...I’m not scared of the term. I think they’re scared of the term in this country! But Social Security is a democratic socialism. Partly unemployment insurance is. The people who pick up your garbage, the people who take the fire out of your house. All of these are democratic socialism.”— Co-host Joy Behar on ABC’s The View, June 24.          Sponsored by James P. Jimirro