Federal data released Thursday shows that the number of Americans filing for unemployment benefits surged last week, another indication of growing instability in President Donald Trump's economy as corporations lay off workers en masse and prices continue to rise.
For the week ending December 6, new unemployment claims jumped to 236,000"an increase of 44,000 from the previous week, according to figures from the US Labor Department.

Only 31% of U.S. adults said they approve of how Trump is handling the economy, which is down 40% from March and "marks the lowest economic approval he's registered in an AP-NORC poll in his first or second term."