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The Frances Perkins Building in Washington, headquarters of the US Department of Labor and home of the Bureau of Labor Statistics, in 2017.

US job openings rose to 7.5 million in September, quits climbed by 321,000 and layoffs fell

President Donald Trump signs executive orders in the Oval Office on September 4, 2026. He signed the H-1B order and proclamation two weeks later, on September 18.

Trump renews the $100,000 H-1B fee for another year — a fee the courts have already voided

The Frances Perkins Building in Washington, headquarters of the US Department of Labor, which publishes the weekly jobless claims report, in 2017.

Jobless claims fall to 196,000, the lowest since July, a day after the Fed raised rates