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The government's latest big jobs report shows a cooling but resilient market against the backdrop of trade wars and government-wide cuts.
The Labor Department says the U.S. economy gained 177,000 jobs in April.
That's fewer than the downwardly revised 185,000 jobs created the month before.
The unemployment rate in April held steady at 4.2 percent.
As we begin to wind down a week of assessments about the first 100 days of Trump 2.0,
we're hearing from voters in the blue state of Colorado.
Colorado Public Radio's Benta Birkeland reports some Republicans are applauding the aggressive pace of the changes President Trump's ordered so far.
Frank Virginia is a retired small business owner and lives in the foothills west of Denver.
The Republican voted for Trump.
He's pleased with the administration's immigration crackdown and efforts to cut government spending.
And he's OK with the tariffs, despite the turmoil.
But he is concerned about the stock market.
But at this point in the process,