In an unexpected downturn, the U.S.
lost 92,000 jobs in February.
Plus,
President Trump's new pick to head the Department of Homeland Security is a signal that the president doesn't plan to back off his signature immigration tactics.
I think that Mullen is 100% on board with Trump's immigration policies and deportation efforts.
What will be interesting to see is whether his relationships on Capitol Hill might make his job a little bit easier.
And Trump calls for Iran's quote, unconditional surrender.
It's Friday, March 6th.
I'm Alex Osileff for The Wall Street Journal.
This is the PM edition of What's News,
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The Labor Department today reported that the U.S.
lost 92,000 jobs in February.
It's a significant downturn from January's gain of 126,000 jobs,
and it's also worse than the 50,000 jobs the economy was expected to add last month.
And one more number, the unemployment rate rose slightly to 4.4 percent.
For more on these numbers, I'm joined now by WSJ economics reporter Justin Layhart.
Justin, healthcare jobs in particular have propped up the labor market for some time now.
In February, the healthcare and social assistance sector lost more than 18,000 jobs.
What happened there?