WASHINGTONThe U.S. unemployment rate remained at 4.1 percent in March, the sixth straight month it has done so, the Bureau of Labor Statistics said. A separate survey showed businesses claimed to create a net of 102,000 new jobs,. Governments added 1,000 more, with 2,600 new local government jobs offsetting small losses elsewhere.

WASHINGTONThe U.S. unemployment rate stayed at 4.1 percent in January, the Bureau of Labor Statistics reported. Firms claimed to create a net of 196,000 new jobs last month, a separate survey showed, while governments added 4,000, all in the federal government and the Postal Service.

WASHINGTONContinued Trump administration stalling on whether huge amounts of steel imports are a national security threat stalling symbolized by a secret report the Commerce Department sent to the president upset both Steelworkers President Leo Gerard and steel-area Rep. Marcy Kaptur, D-Ohio.

After all the time spent studying the issue and all the evidence the union, Kaptur andother witnesses presented about worldwide steel production overcapacity, particularly fromChina, the conclusion should be obvious, the two said.