Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Corva Coleman.
The Labor Department will release its latest monthly snapshots on the nation's job picture this morning.
The reports are coming a day early because of the July 4th holiday tomorrow.
NPR's Scott Horsley says economists think the nation's employment was fairly stable in June.
After really lackluster hiring in 2025, we started to see some real life in the job market in March, April, and May.
On average, employers added 188,000 jobs in each of those months.
Forecasters think today's report might show a little bit of a slowdown in June,
but still pretty respectable gains, enough to keep the unemployment rate down around 4.3 percent.
And BR's Scott Horsley reporting.
The National Weather Service says that nearly 143 million people are under extreme heat warnings from eastern Kansas,
south to Mississippi, and north to New England today.
Many of these regions will have heat indices of 100 degrees or hotter.
Millions of Americans are traveling this week for the Fourth of July holiday.
NPR's Joel Rose reports on what's expected to be another record-setting test for the U.S.
Air travel system.
AAA projects that more than 5.8 million travelers will take domestic flights this week,
barely topping the record set last year.
U.S.
Airlines are carrying more passengers than ever, even as they're operating fewer flights than they did 20 years ago,
and that is pushing the limits of the aviation system.