The April Job Report from the Labor Department showed that U.S. employers added 177,000 jobs last month, more than the 133,000 that economists had estimated, while the unemployment rate held steady at 4.2%.

Meantime on the trade front, a spokesman for China's Commerce Ministry said Beijing is "currently evaluating" U.S. proposals to start trade talks, the first time China has publicly indicated such a willingness since the countries imposed import tariffs of more than 100% on one another.

British Football Association confirms transgender women can no longer play in English women's football from June 1

FA confirmation comes after a change in the law announced by the Supreme Court on April 16; the Scottish FA has also banned trans women from women's football from the start of next season

But Saeid, going back to Democrats. I listened to Kamala Harris yesterday, Hakeem, and... what is the game plan? the rhetoric cannot just be TRUMP TRUMP TRUMP

How and what will be promoted as their agenda. How can they shift from Party of corporate Elites, Woke Agenda, and wars back to party of people.

I am all for a balanced power... USA is USA because of the good things both parties did. On the news we hear the division but in reality many of the laws in place in the US with greater than 85% are bipartisan.

CNN’s Harry Enten's latest data has one message for Democrats, “They have to start thinking about what their message is going forward.”

CNN’s latest poll asked voters who would be doing a better job as President right now, Donald Trump or Kamala Harris?

“This looks a lot like the election result,” Enten said. “Trump 45%, two points ahead of Harris, at 43%. 12% say they'd be doing about the same. But this is the key nugget here, it's not just about regretting that vote. It's literally saying who would be doing the better job right now? And Trump continues to score a higher percentage of the vote than Kamala Harris. This looks a heck of a lot like the election result.”

Here is a non-comprehensive running list of new U.S.-based investments :

• Project Stargate, led by Japan-based Softbank and U.S.-based OpenAI and Oracle, announced a $500 billion private investment in U.S.-based artificial intelligence infrastructure.
• Apple announced a $500 billion investment in U.S. manufacturing and training.
• NVIDIA, a global chipmaking giant, announced it will invest $500 billion in U.S.-based AI infrastructure over the next four years amid its pledge to manufacture AI supercomputers entirely in the U.S. for the first time.
• IBM announced a $150 billion investment over the next five years in its U.S.-based growth and manufacturing operations.
• Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) announced a $100 billion investment in U.S.-based chips manufacturing.
• Amazon announced a $70 billion investment in artificial intelligence.
• Johnson & Johnson announced a $55 billion investment over the next four years in manufacturing, research and development, and technology.
• Roche, a Swiss drug and diagnostics company, announced a $50 billion investment in U.S.-based manufacturing and research and development, which is expected to create more than 1,000 full-time jobs and more than 12,000 jobs including construction.
• Eli Lilly and Company announced a $27 billion investment to more than double its domestic manufacturing capacity.
• United Arab Emirates-based ADQ and U.S.-based Energy Capital Partners announced a $25 billion investment in U.S. data centers and energy infrastructure.
• Novartis, a Swiss drugmaker, announced a $23 billion investment to build or expand ten manufacturing facilities across the U.S., which will create 4,000 new jobs.
• Hyundai announced a $21 billion U.S.-based investment — including $5.8 billion for a new steel plant in Louisiana, which will create nearly 1,500 jobs.
  • Hyundai also secured an equity investment and agreement from Posco Holdings, South Korea’s top steel maker.
• United Arab Emirates-based DAMAC Properties announced a $20 billion investment in new U.S.-based data centers.
• France-based CMA CGM, a global shipping giant, announced a $20 billion investment in U.S. shipping and logistics, creating 10,000 new jobs.
• Venture Global LNG, Inc., announced an $18 billion investment at its liquefied natural gas facility in Louisiana.
• AbbVie announced a $10 billion investment over the next ten years to support volume growth and add four new manufacturing plants to its network.
• Pratt Industries announced a $5 billion investment to create 5,000 new manufacturing jobs in Ohio, Michigan, Pennsylvania, and Arizona.
• Thermo Fisher Scientific announced it will invest an additional $2 billion over the next four years to enhance and expand its U.S. manufacturing operations and strengthen its innovation efforts.
• Merck & Co. announced it will invest a total of $9 billion in the U.S. over the next several years after opening a new $1 billion North Carolina manufacturing facility — including in a new state-of-the-art biologics manufacturing plant in Delaware, which will create at least 500 new jobs.
• Clarios announced a $6 billion plan to expand its domestic manufacturing operations.
• Stellantis announced a $5 billion investment in its U.S. manufacturing network, including re-opening its Belvidere, Illinois, manufacturing plant.
• Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, Inc., a leader in biotechnology, announced a $3 billion agreement with Fujifilm Diosynth Biotechnologies to produce drugs at its North Carolina manufacturing facility.
• NorthMark Strategies, a multi-strategy investment firm, announced a $2.8 billion investment to build a supercomputing facility in South Carolina.
• Chobani, a Greek yogurt giant, announced $1.7 billion to expand its U.S. operations.
  • $1.2 billion to build its third U.S. dairy processing plant in New York, which is expected to create more than 1,000 new full-time jobs.
  • $500 million to expand its Idaho manufacturing plant.
• Corning announced it is expanding its Michigan manufacturing facility investment to $1.5 billion, adding 400 new high-paying advanced manufacturing jobs for a total of 1,500 new jobs.
• GE Aerospace announced a $1 billion investment in manufacturing across 16 states — creating 5,000 new jobs.
• Anduril Industries announced a $1 billion investment for a new autonomous weapon system facility in Ohio.
• Amgen announced a $900 million investment in its Ohio-based manufacturing operation.
• Schneider Electric announced it will invest $700 million over the next four years in U.S. energy infrastructure.
• GE Vernova announced it will invest nearly $600 million in U.S. manufacturing over the next two years, which will create more than 1,500 new jobs.
• Abbott Laboratories announced a $500 million investment in its Illinois and Texas facilities.
• AIP Management, a European infrastructure investor, announced a $500 million investment to solar developer Silicon Ranch.
• London-based Diageo announced a $415 million investment in a new Alabama manufacturing facility.
• Dublin-based Eaton Corporation announced a $340 million investment in a new South Carolina-based manufacturing facility for its three-phase transformers.
• Germany-based Siemens announced a $285 million investment in U.S. manufacturing and AI data centers, which will create more than 900 new skilled manufacturing jobs.
• The Bel Group announced a $350 million investment to expand its U.S.-based production, including at its South Dakota, Idaho and Wisconsin facilities — which will create 250 new jobs.
• Clasen Quality Chocolate announced a $230 million investment to build a new production facility in Virginia, which will create 250 new jobs.
• Fiserv, Inc., a financial technology provider, announced a $175 million investment to open a new strategic fintech hub in Kansas, which is expected to create 2,000 new high-paying jobs.
• Paris Baguette announced a $160 million investment to construct a manufacturing plant in Texas.
• TS Conductor announced a $134 million investment to build an advanced conductor manufacturing facility in South Carolina, which will create nearly 500 new jobs.
• Switzerland-based ABB announced a $120 million investment to expand production of its low-voltage electrification products in Tennessee and Mississippi.
• Saica Group, a Spain-based corrugated packaging maker, announced plans to build a $110 million new manufacturing facility in Anderson, Indiana.
• Charms, LLC, a subsidiary of candymaker Tootsie Roll Industries, announced a $97.7 million investment to expand its production plant and distribution center in Tennessee.
• Toyota Motor Corporation announced an $88 million investment to boost hybrid vehicle production at its West Virginia factory, securing employment for the 2,000 workers at the factory.
• AeroVironment, a defense contractor, announced a $42.3 million investment to build a new manufacturing facility in Utah.
• Paris-based Saint-Gobain announced a new $40 million NorPro manufacturing facility in Wheatfield, New York.
• India-based Sygene International announced a $36.5 million acquisition of a Baltimore biologics manufacturing facility.
• Asahi Group Holdings, one of the largest Japanese beverage makers, announced a $35 million investment to boost production at its Wisconsin plant.
• Cyclic Materials, a Canadian advanced recycling company for rare earth elements, announced a $20 million investment in its first U.S.-based commercial facility, located in Mesa, Arizona.
• Guardian Bikes announced a $19 million investment to build the first U.S.-based large-scale bicycle frame manufacturing operation in Indiana.
• Amsterdam-based AMG Critical Minerals announced a $15 million investment to build a chrome manufacturing facility in Pennsylvania.
• NOVONIX Limited, an Australia-based battery technology company, announced a $4.6 million investment to build a synthetic graphite manufacturing facility in Tennessee.
• LGM Pharma announced a $6 million investment to expand its manufacturing facility in Rosenberg, Texas.
• ViDARR Inc., a defense optical equipment manufacturer, announced a $2.69 million investment to open a new facility in Virginia.

That doesn’t even include the U.S. investments pledged by foreign countries:

• United Arab Emirates announced a $1.4 trillion investment in the U.S. over the next decade.
• Saudi Arabia announced it intends to invest $600 billion in the U.S. over the next four years.
• Japan announced a $1 trillion investment in the U.S.
• Taiwan announced a pledge to boost its U.S.-based investment.

Iran woos Trump with a ‘trillion-dollar’ opportunity. But will a nuclear deal make America rich?

Tehran appears to be trying to shift Trump’s calculus by framing a deal as a win-win. Iran’s foreign minister has even dangled access to its prized nuclear energy program – a symbol of national sovereignty and prestige that some US officials have sought to dismantle.

“Our longstanding game plan is to build at least 19 more (nuclear) reactors, meaning that tens of billions of dollars in potential contracts are up for grabs,” Araghchi said on X this week. He argued that the Iranian market is large enough to help “revitalize the struggling nuclear industry in the United States.”

For Western businesses, Iran represents an untapped and consumer-driven market of 90.6 million people, over 60% of whom are under the age of 35, according to market research firm Mordor Intelligence.

After the 2015 deal was signed, McKinsey Global Research estimated that Iran could add $1 trillion to its GDP and create 9 million jobs within 20 years of the agreement going into effect if it pursued structural reforms and attracted investment.

I am really concerned about the future of USA.  It is very much looking like a super power falling apart.  In the case of Russia, USA took over as the sole super power.  For the most part, thigs actually worked better.  This time around, things are different.  It seems China is the obvious choice, but you can not call them super power, at least military wise.  I do not think, they rely too much on USA market as before.  USA has only about 4% of world population.  Key is Europe, India, and Japan.   If China offer them a good deal, they would rather deal with China than a crazy admin in USA.
2028 can not come fast enough.

With all the economical experts on hand in U.S, one wonder what the fuck, Trump is doing.  It is like letting a plumber, do a surgery on you.  Economy is a science, you can not do it with negotiation.   
He wants to end the U.S. trade deficit with tariffs. This is impossible—the only way to reduce the U.S. trade deficit is to bring U.S. savings in line with U.S. investment, which would occur, for example, if policies were enacted to balance federal, state, and local government deficits. So, not only are tariffs a futile avenue towards reducing the U.S. trade deficit, they risk eliminating two longstanding U.S. surpluses—its services and capital surpluses. In this trade war, any victory for the U.S. would be a Pyrrhic victory.

Steve H. Hanke is a professor of applied economics at the Johns Hopkins University and the author, with Leland Yeager, of Capital, Interest, and Waiting. Caleb Hofmann is a research scholar at the Johns Hopkins Institute for Applied Economics, Global Health, and the Study of Business Enterprise.