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U.S. added 517,000 jobs last month in astonishing labor market growth

The unemployment rate dropped to 3.4 percent, reaching a new longtime low, despite widespread tech layoffs.

By Lauren Kaori Gurley7 minutes ago

Restaurants can’t find workers because they’ve found better jobs

By Abha Bhattarai and Maggie Penman

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Where did all the restaurant workers go?

By Maggie Penman

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Chinese spy balloon flying over U.S. ‘right now,’ Pentagon says

U.S. defense officials said the high-altitude balloon was spotted this week over Montana, but they would not specify its present whereabouts. The Pentagon considered shooting it down but opted not to out of fear the debris could cause injuries.

By Dan Lamothe and Alex Horton

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The 7 Morning Briefing

7 things to know today: Spy balloon; Ilhan Omar; jobs report; Grammy Awards; Netflix passwords; and more

Is lab-grown steak kosher? Religious leaders weigh the sensitive question.

The spiritual question, at its most basic, is: If it looks like a duck, quacks like a duck, tastes like a duck, but you’re not supposed to eat a duck, does God consider this “cheating”?

By Laura Reiley

Opinions

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Something to hang your hat on

Opinion by Michael de Adder

Florida demands revisions of woke AP calculus, chemistry curriculums

Opinion by Alexandra Petri

It’s not American history without Black history

Opinion by Eugene Robinson

The GOP is in much better shape than you think

Opinion by Hugh Hewitt

The remedy for its problems is staring Britain in the face

Opinion by Fareed Zakaria

Wondering about the Alec Baldwin criminal charge? Here’s how the law works.

Opinion by Jennifer Burrill

We are liberal American Zionists. We stand with Israel’s protesters.

Opinion by Paul Berman, Martin Peretz, Michael Walzer and Leon Wieseltier

This Southeast Asian nation is one of the world’s worst human rights disasters

Opinion by the Editorial Board

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Carolyn Hax: Caregiver is publicly blamed for father-in-law’s death

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Despite prior sexual harassment probe, executive hired to senior federal job

By Lisa Rein

POST POLITICS NOW

Confidence in police drops after fatal beating of Tyre Nichols, Post-ABC poll finds

The poll found Americans increasingly doubtful that law enforcement officers are properly trained in using appropriate force or that they treat White and Black people equally.

By Mark Berman and Scott Clement

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An investigative reporter was slain. What about his unfinished story?

Las Vegas journalist Jeff German was killed before finishing a story about a Ponzi scheme targeting Mormons. So a Washington Post reporter stepped in to help.

By Jeremy Barr

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