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Vice
President Mike Pence will address the situation in Venezuela at
a meeting of the Organization of American States in Washington.
Watch
live at 1:25 p.m. ET.
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First Lady Melania Trump
will hold a launch event to announce her core initiative as
First Lady. Watch
live at 3:00 p.m. ET.
One
family’s letter to President Trump
President Donald
J. Trump was in Cleveland, Ohio, on Saturday, talking
with local residents about the impact of his December tax cuts
legislation on jobs and wages. As of March, Cleveland alone has
gained 3,300 new manufacturing jobs since the Trump
Administration took office.
Working families
across Ohio—and the Nation—have shared their stories
with President Trump in recent months about the effect of tax
cuts on their lives. Saturday was no different. Sharlene
Thornton, a resident of the Ohio Valley, spoke about the
difference several hundred dollars per paycheck can make for
families working hard to get by.
“The reason
I’m here is because I wrote a letter to you,” she
told the President. “And I didn’t really think it was going
to be read, but it was. They’re listening,” Mrs. Thornton
said to the crowd in Cleveland.
Read
Sharlene Thornton’s letter to President Trump.
Watch:
The
President talks with Ohioans about tax relief and the Trump
economy.
Unemployment
below 4 percent
More good news
about the economy broke on Friday ahead of President
Trump’s Ohio trip. The Bureau of Labor Statistics announced
in its April jobs report that the U.S. added 164,000 new jobs
last month across sectors, including manufacturing (24,000 new
jobs), construction (17,000), and mining and logging (8,000).
The unemployment
rate broke below 4 percent for the first time since 2000
with all those new jobs. It also fell far below the
pre-recession average of 5.3 percent.
Many groups that
have struggled historically are seeing their prospects improve.
The African-American unemployment rate hit its lowest average
ever recorded, and the unemployment rate for adult women, 3.5
percent, is at its lowest level in more than 17 years.
See
what you need to know about the April jobs report.
Photo of
the Day
Official White House
Photo by Andrea Hanks
President Donald
J. Trump boards Marine One at Joint Base Andrews | May
5, 2018
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