About this episode

The episode discusses the larger-than-expected job gains in August, President Trump's actions to lower beef prices, and various political developments including a court case and changes in House rules.

Labor Department reports the U.S. economy gained 162,000 jobs in August, much more than many economists predicted. Unemployment rate stayed at 4.1%. President Donald Trump posting the numbers are 'great' and 'you haven’t seen anything yet!'; President Trump signs an Executive Order aimed at lowering beef prices by easing regulations on ranchers and farmers so they can process the meat themselves; Reaction to the Missouri Supreme Court striking down a new Congressional District map that advantages Republicans; North Carolina sends out the first mail-in ballots even as the Trump Administration is asking the U.S. Supreme Court to allow the U.S. Postal Service to implement a plan to restrict mail-in voting in the midterm election; David Hearn goes to court to try to prevent the Justice Department from ever again charging him with vandalizing the Lincoln Memorial reflecting pool; Members of Congress propose House rules changes, including banning insider trading, tougher sexual misconduct punishments and letting Members who are new parents vote by proxy. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Topics covered

• jobs report
• beef prices
• Congressional District map
• mail-in voting
• vandalism case
• House rules changes

Keywords

• jobs gains
• unemployment rate
• Executive Order
• Congress
• vandalism
• mail-in ballots
• insider trading
• sexual misconduct

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Labor Department, U.S. Postal Service, Justice Department

Places: North Carolina, Missouri

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