What to KnowEconomists expect nonfarm payrolls to post an increase of 133,000, which would be a steep slide from the 228,000 in March, according to the Dow Jones consensus. The report will be released at 8:30 a.m. ET.Trump signed an executive order late Thursday to end public funding of National Public Radio and PBS to stop what he called “biased and partisan news coverage.”Supreme Court Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson rebuked Trump and his allies’ attacks on federal judges who have blocked the administration’s agenda, saying they “seem designed to intimidate those of us who serve in this critical capacity.”
The Labor Department is expected to release the April jobs report to show where the U.S. economy is heading. Follow along for live updates.