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President Donald Trump said on Tuesday that the U.S. ‌could end its military campaign against Iran ‌within two to three weeks. "We'll be leaving very soon," ​he told reporters in the White House's Oval Office, adding that the exit could take place "within two weeks, maybe two weeks, maybe three." The ‌declaration was Trump's ⁠clearest to date that he intends to soon end a month-long war ⁠that has reordered the Middle East, disrupted global energy markets and changed the trajectory of ​the ​Republican's presidency. Trump added that ​Tehran does not ‌have to make a deal with Washington to end the...

President Trump fired the Bureau of Labor Statistics commissioner last month because he didn’t like the monthly jobs numbers. He claimed the numbers were “rigged.” But Friday’s monthly report for August confirms that job creation has stalled amid his tariff barrage. Employers added a mere 22,000 jobs last month while the numbers were revised down for the previous two by a combined 21,000. This means only 107,000 new jobs were created in the last four months—an average of 27,000. Monthly job gains averaged 167,000 last year. Nearly all of the new jobs last month were in social assistance and healthcare...