U.S. applications for jobless benefits held steady last week as layoffs remain low despite uncertainty over how President Donald Trump’s tariffs will impact the economy.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Tuesday brought back around 300 employees it had dismissed through a reduction in force. It will now provide a one-to-one "substitution” to even out the rescinded reductions in force with new cuts, according to an internal email obtained by Government Executive .

An emergency ruling by a federal judge in California amounted to the broadest effort yet to halt the Trump administration’s overhaul of the federal government.

Mass layoffs have taken the shine off careers in the technology sector, according to new research from the University of Washington.

The new layoffs will bring Nissan's total workforce cuts to about 20,000 jobs. Last year, the automaker announced plans to cut 9,000 workers and previously announced nixing plans to build a plant in Japan.

American Contract Services in Grimes will close at the end of July while companies in Mason City and Clear Lake also will be shutting down

Nissan unveiled sweeping new cost cuts Tuesday, saying it would eliminate 11,000 more jobs and scale back production, capping a tumultuous year that has left the Japanese automaker fighting to turn itself around.

Laid off employees described Monday's reduction-in-force at Dark Matter Technologies as significant and unexpected.

Social Security faces a growing backlog of retirement claims that agency officials hope their remaining workers can clear with a little encouragement.