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Jobs Surge in April, Unemployment Rate Falls to the Lowest Since 1969 -CNBC “The U.S. jobs machine kept humming along in April, adding a robust 263,000 new hires while the unemployment rate fell to 3.6%, the lowest in a generation, the Labor Department reported Friday,” Jeff Cox writes. The American economy “easily beat Wall Street expectations of 190,000 and a 3.8% jobless rate.” Behind the numbers: Unemployment rate falls to lowest in nearly 50 years

CNN Poll: Trump's Approval Rating on the Economy Hits a New High -CNN “President Donald Trump hits a new high on his economic approval ratings in a new CNN Poll conducted by SSRS, reaching 56% of Americans saying he's doing a good job on the economy,” Grace Sparks reports. “At the same time, Trump's favorability rating has hit its highest point since the 100-day mark of his presidency.”

Don’t Call it a Coup. Venezuelans Have a Right to Replace an Oppressive, Toxic Regime. -The Washington Post “Tuesday’s uprising is not a ‘coup attempt,’ as the Maduro regime, echoed by too many people abroad, calls it. Rather, it is the latest in a series of legitimate and, for the most part, nonviolent efforts by Venezuelans, both civilian and military, to throw off an oppressive, toxic regime so that they can freely elect a legitimate government,” The Washington Posteditorial board writes. “Supporters of freedom and democracy should stand in solidarity with Mr. Guaidó and the many thousands of Venezuelans now bravely asserting their rights.”  Watch: A message to all the patriotic citizens of Venezuela

A Real Attorney General -The Wall Street Journal  “Washington pile-ons are never pretty, but this week’s political setup of Attorney General William Barr is disreputable even by Beltway standards,” The Wall Street Journal editorial board writes. “Democrats and the media are turning the AG into a villain for doing his duty and making the hard decisions that special counsel Robert Mueller abdicated . . . This trashing of Bill Barr shows how frustrated and angry Democrats continue to be that the special counsel came up empty in his Russia collusion probe.”

White House Unveils Rule to Protect Health Workers’ Religious, Moral Beliefs -The Wall Street Journal “The Trump administration will expand enforcement of protections for medical workers with moral or faith-based objections to medical procedures such as abortion,” Stephanie Armour reports. “The rule is needed, supporters say, because many health-care providers have long felt they have had to violate their beliefs and often lack the ability to bring legal action on their own.” Watch: The President and First Lady take part in a National Day of Prayer

The Incredibly Dumb Bill Barr Scandal -National Review “What is perhaps most notable about this episode is that Robert Mueller — or, perhaps, as Barr hinted in his Wednesday testimony, people around him — were concerned about the media coverage and political discussion around his report. Particularly troubling was that it wasn’t damning enough of the president. This is not a prosecutorial concern, but a political one unworthy of people who were invested with incredible investigative power in the name of objectivity,” the National Review editorial board writes. “Bill Barr’s critics are demonstrating their lack of judgment and seriousness, not his.”

Ivanka Trump: Empowered Women Pave the Way to Economic Progress -CNN “I recently traveled to Africa to advance the White House's Women's Global Development and Prosperity Initiative, or W-GDP, which seeks to reach 50 million women in the developing world by 2025,” Advisor to the President Ivanka Trump writes. “We will work to achieve this goal by supporting women in the workplace, helping them succeed as entrepreneurs, and by advancing legal reforms that will create greater gender equality.”

U.S. Steel to Spend $1 Billion on Mon Valley Works -Pittsburgh Post-Gazette U.S. Steel announced plans this week “that it will spend $1 billion to upgrade its Mon Valley Works, a move the company says will keep the region’s last integrated steel mill operating for decades to come,” Daniel Moore reports. “The company will build a combined casting and rolling facility — the first of its kind at any American steel mill — and a cogeneration power plant. Put together, the combination aims to reduce emissions and increase the efficiency and sustainability of steelmaking in the Mon Valley.”