The Trump administration has overseen a big drop in the federal workforce. That's great. Unfortunately, the private sector is struggling too.

The U.S. added 64,000 jobs in November as the unemployment rate rose to 4.6 percent, according to delayed data released Tuesday by the Labor Department. Economists had forecast a gain of 40,000

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. (NerdWallet) – Tens of thousands of federal workers have been fired or left since President Donald ...

Nathan Hooven is a disabled Air Force veteran who voted for Donald Trump in November. Barely three months later, he's now unemployed and says he feels betrayed by the president’s dramatic downsizing of the federal government that cost him his job.

As Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell has said, ongoing analysis suggests that the reported number of new jobs is probably off by tens of thousands.

When federal scientist and educator Beth Tuck turned 40 this year, she expected to be settling into a long-term government career. Instead, she was couch surfing, scooping ice cream to make ends meet and trying to salvage a two-decade path in science education.