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The entire population of Gaza could be relocated, and the United States may take control of the Palestinian territory under a plan reportedly being considered by the Trump administration, the Washington Post reported Sunday. The plan envisions transforming the war-ravaged enclave left in ruins after Israel’s 2023 conflict triggered by the Hamas attack into a U.S. administered trusteeship for at …

The American conservative movement has long worked to put the nuclear family at the center of cultural and economic life. Lately, it has added a twist. It wants to make those families bigger. As fertility rates have declined, a “pronatalist” cluster on the right wing has been making the argument that public policy should encourage more childbearing. With President Trump’s …

Early evidence is promising. In 2023, the region added 30,000 foreign-born residents, amounting to a 23.2 percent increase in the immigrant population, according to census data. (The New York City area added 88,000, only a 1.5 percent increase.) That was almost enough to offset the loss of 34,000 native-born residents. “We have no choice but to grow, and the way …

The Labor Department’s latest monthly report on hiring and unemployment will include revisions for previous months. The revised figures should provide a more accurate picture of the U.S. job market, but they could also sow confusion. The monthly job figures are based on two surveys, one of employers and one of households. Those surveys are generally reliable, but they aren’t …

A Labor Department report on Friday is expected to show another solid month of job growth to start 2025, despite routine but larger-than-usual annual revisions. The median estimate among economists surveyed by Bloomberg pegs growth at 175,000 jobs in January, which would be in line with the average over the preceding quarter — although the numbers from month to month …

The Labor Department’s latest monthly report on hiring and unemployment will include revisions for previous months that should give a more accurate picture of the U.S. job market — but that could also sow confusion. When the data is released on Friday, one major measure of employment will be revised up. Another will be revised down. Some historical numbers will …

China’s population fell for the third consecutive year in 2024, as a demographic crisis continues to loom over the East Asian superpower. The National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) reported on Friday that the Chinese population fell by 1.39 million over the past 12 months to 1.408 billion as deaths continue to outpace births. China’s population has been steadily declining since …