151,000 new jobs in February, a solid gain despite federal firings

The jobs report data was collected the second week of February, when Elon Musk's U.S. DOGE Service was beginning to cut agency workforces. That's the single best indicator of the future, "said Justin Wolfers, an economist at the University of Michigan. President Donald Trump touted February's jobs numbers in remarks at the Oval Office on Friday, trumpeting on job…