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Trump’s policies are unevenly impacting employment in the DC area, study shows

Job losses directly and indirectly tied to President Donald Trump’s policies have hit Black workers in the D.C. area the hardest, a new study found. The nonprofit, nonpartisan Economic Policy Institute found that as of March of this year, the D.C. region had about 115,000 fewer jobs in the region compared with before Trump took office. Related stories From DOGE to AI: DC region’s newly created jobs board seen as tool for f…

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The Washington DC region lost approximately 115,000 jobs since President Donald Trump returned to the White House, and Black workers were most affected by the cuts, according to a study by the Economic Policy Institute (EPI) released today by WTOP.The report by the non-partisan organization based in Washington DC documented that the proportion of the employed population fell 3.2 percentage points in the DMV, eight times the national average.Blac…

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