Former Labor Secretary Alexis Herman, a trailblazer for African American women in public service, has died at 77. She was a pioneer in the civil service.

Education leaders said the order creates important momentum, but they expressed concerns about sustainable funding and ...

President Donald Trump signed an executive order Wednesday directing the secretary of education to prioritize AI-related ...

President Donald Trump issued seven orders on April 23, calling for changes related to AI, HBCUs, school discipline, foreign ...

U.S. applications for jobless benefits rose modestly last week as business continue to retain workers despite fears of a ...

The number of Americans filing new applications for unemployment benefits increased marginally last week, suggesting the ...

There are a lot less local people that want to do [this work], so we have to have this program,” said the owner of an apple ...

"The downside risks to the labor market have increased," said Nancy Vanden Houten, lead U.S. economist at Oxford Economics.

Rising layoffs are a key tell for markets, according to Kantrowitz. Specifically, the Labor Department's weekly readings on the number of Americans applying for unemployment benefits have in the past ...

But under the Trump administration, there have been mass layoffs of federal government employees, the cancellation of funding ...