The
American economy is continuing its longest monthly streak of
positive job growth in history, with 3.9 million jobs added since
President Donald J. Trump was elected.
Today
marks just the eighth time since 1970 that unemployment has
fallen below 4 percent—with three of those occasions occurring
in 2018. This success is good news for everyone, but it’s
crucial for communities that have struggled historically: The
unemployment rate for Hispanics has reached another all-time low,
and unemployment for individuals with less than a high school
diploma fell to its lowest mark since the series began in 1992.
Just
as important: Jobs are paying better. Significant wage gains
had been a missing piece of the economic “recovery” since the
Great Recession, CNBC reports, but that reality is changing under
President Trump. “Compensation for workers rose to a nearly
10-year high in the second quarter,” Jeff Cox writes.
In photos: Fallen American soldiers come home
Sixty-five
years ago last week, an armistice brought the Korean War to
its close. Many of our soldiers returned home, but more than 8,000
American troops were simply listed as “missing” and never came
back.
The
remains of 55 of those Service Members arrived on American
soil in Hawaii this week. Vice President Mike Pence was there to
honor them.
The facts on Russia and election security
The
media talks a lot about Russian meddling and election
security, but they don’t talk much about what President Trump is
actually doing to confront it. Here are just a few of his
Administration’s recent actions to protect the integrity of our
elections:
• The President chaired
National Security Council meetings on May 3 and July 27 to
coordinate his whole-of-government approach to election security.
• In March 2018, the
Administration imposed sanctions against 16 Russian entities and
individuals for their roles in interference in the 2016 election.
• The Department of Homeland
Security is working with all 50 states, local governments, and the
private sector to bolster defense against cyber operations
targeting voting.
• The Administration
provided on-site cybersecurity support to states during the 2017
elections.
• The Justice Department and
FBI continue to investigate and disrupt any threats to election
systems, while alerting potential victims and targets.
Not
in the headlines? The
Administration’s tough stand on Russia
Photo of the DayOfficial White House Photo by Andrea HanksNational Security Adviser John Bolton with White House Press Secretary Sarah Sanders, Director of National Intelligence Dan Coats, FBI Director Christopher Wray, Director of the National Security Agency Paul Nakasone, and Secretary of Homeland Security Kirstjen Nielsen | August 2, 2018 |
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