The U.S. economy added just 73,000 jobs in July, marking the third consecutive month of sluggish growth, according to data released Friday by the Bureau of Labor Statistics.

“May-June-July is the weakest 3-month period of job growth since COVID. If you throw out 2020, it’s the weakest 3-month period since 2010 and the aftermath of the Great Recession,” Women Forward wrote on X, formerly known as Twitter . “Call it the #Trump effect. #TrumpTariffs”

The national unemployment rate remained unchanged at 4.2%, while the District of Columbia and the surrounding metropolitan region saw job gains in the private sector but a noticeable uptick in unemployment.

In the Washington, D.C.-Maryland Metropolitan Division, the unemployment rate climbed to 5% in June, a half-point increase from May and

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