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The U.S. economy has shrunk for the first time in three years.
NPR's Scott Horsley says the Commerce Department found gross domestic product fell.
at an annual pace of three-tenths of a percent from January to March.
This is all about the president's trade war,
which has been really disruptive both around the world and here at home.
Taxes on imports are now the highest they've been since at least the Great Depression.
That's triggered a big sell-off in the stock market.
And Americans are telling pollsters they're really pessimistic and think we could be headed for a recession.
NPR's Scott Horsley.
Government data show President Trump's efforts to downsize the federal government are taking an especially heavy toll on black employees.
NPR's Hansi Lowong reports Black people make up a greater share of the federal civilian workforce compared to the population as a whole.
The government's latest public data from September show Black people made up about a third or more of the staff at many federal agencies,
including the Departments of Education, Treasury, and Housing and Urban Development.