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White House: President Trump Was Right - America Controls the Strait of Hormuz
WASHINGTON, Aug. 29 -- The White House issued the following news:
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President Trump Was Right: America Controls the Strait of Hormuz
U.S. Central Command confirms what Democrats and the Fake News have spent months denying: the United States -- not the Islamic Republic of Iran -- controls the Strait of Hormuz. American forces are keeping energy moving to the world while denying Tehran the revenue it needs to threaten global commerce.
Here are the facts:
* Iranian mines have been cleared from the Strait's international shipping lanes.
* Nearly 1,500 commercial vessels have moved through
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WASHINGTON, Aug. 29 -- The White House issued the following news:
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President Trump Was Right: America Controls the Strait of Hormuz
U.S. Central Command confirms what Democrats and the Fake News have spent months denying: the United States -- not the Islamic Republic of Iran -- controls the Strait of Hormuz. American forces are keeping energy moving to the world while denying Tehran the revenue it needs to threaten global commerce.
Here are the facts:
* Iranian mines have been cleared from the Strait's international shipping lanes.
* Nearly 1,500 commercial vessels have moved throughunder U.S. protection, carrying 750 million barrels of crude to the world.
* Iran has exported zero oil from its shores since the blockade resumed in July.
* 75 vessels that tried to break the blockade were turned around.
* Gulf oil exports have recovered to two-thirds of pre-operation levels -- and continue to rise.
President Trump was right -- again:
* August 10: "The only one that has control of the Strait of Hormuz right now is the United States Navy. We have a blockade that's been infallible. It's a steel wall... We control the Strait, 100%."
* August 11: "We totally control the Strait of Hormuz. We have control over it. Nobody else -- only us."
* August 14: "In the true sense, we own the Hormuz Strait, and we only allow boats to come in if we want them to come in."
* August 17: "We have total control over the Strait... The Strait is open."
* August 19: "Right now, the Strait is open. A lot of boats are coming through. People aren't reporting that... The naval blockade has been extremely effective."
* August 21: "We have total control of that entire region having to do with the Strait of Hormuz."
* August 26: "The Strait is open. We take a lot of ships through the Strait now... It's a very functioning Strait. A lot of oil is pouring out."
* August 27: "The Strait of Hormuz is open. We have control, and we have the blockade. Iran is not getting anything; nothing is going through."
Here's what they're saying:
* Former Deputy National Security Advisor KT McFarland: "Iran overplayed its hand by closing Strait. Countries developed work-arounds w/ pipelines, US exports, and then reopened Strait. For 50 yrs Iran blackmailed world. No longer. That card is dead."
* West Point Chair of Urban Warfare Studies John Spencer: "Despite all the rhetoric coming out of Tehran, the reality is clear: the U.S. blockade of Iran is effective. Iran's claims that it has closed the Strait of Hormuz are false. It has neither closed the strait nor effectively stopped maritime traffic."
* United Against Nuclear Iran Policy Director Jason Brodsky: "Tehran can hoot, holler, and threaten, but its hold over the Strait of Hormuz is being eroded, while its economy is deteriorating and its revenue streams are drying up."
* Hudson Institute Senior Fellow Rebeccah Heinrichs: "There is a demoralization campaign to make people think we've lost this war. But the evidence just doesn't support that. USF have been clearing the Strait and are successfully getting oil through while degrading the IRGC's weapons and cutting off its resources."
* Institute for National Security Studies Iran and Shiite Axis Program Director Raz Zimmt: "Significant statements from Tehran today point to a growing recognition among the Iranian leadership of the severity of the economic situation and the erosion of Iran's ability to use the Strait of Hormuz as leverage in light of U.S. military gains in opening a corridor through the strait."
* Former Deputy National Security Advisor Victoria Coates: "By far Trump's most devastating tool was the imposition of the U.S. blockade on Iranian exports through the Strait of Hormuz last April. Iran is now losing an additional $13 billion a month and is also cut off from critical imports. ... The sanctions Bessent announced Monday are going to accelerate economic decline into a collapse."
* Analyst Adolfo Franco: "Six months into the conflict between the United States and Iran, the situation is not the humiliating quagmire that critics of the Trump administration insist upon. Instead, President Trump has charted a new and far more patient strategy that is making steady progress towards his objectives. The quick victory that some initially envisioned by destroying the regime's military power has given way to a slow and consistent tightening of the noose aimed at denying the Iranian regime the economic oxygen it needs to survive. Although the conflict is far from over, the evidence is that this new focus is working and will continue. The reflexive opposition of critics at home and abroad has not dissuaded the Trump administration. Instead, what we are witnessing is a grinding contest of attrition in which the pressure is compounding over time, steadily narrowing the Iranian regime's resources and options."
* Qatar University Director of the Gulf Studies Center Dr. Mahjoob Zweiri: "Economic pressure is testing Iran where it is weakest and sharpening divisions within its leadership."
* FDD CEO Mark Dubowitz: "Those of us who stood firmly against the regime in Iran did so because we had supreme confidence in @CENTCOM leadership--and in the extraordinary courage, skill, and professionalism of the remarkable men and women of the U.S. military. That confidence has been more than justified. Profound gratitude to everyone who is making it possible."
* FDD Senior Advisor Richard Goldberg: "The blockade is working. Project Freedom is still going. We are getting 5mpbd out even with IRGC threats. Alternatives are accelerating. IRGC knows its financial sector is a house of cards."
* Commentator Scott Jennings: "Iran has exported no oil since resumption of US blockade in July. The US Navy has helped move 750 million barrels of oil out of the Gulf. Incredible."
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The economic pressure on the Iranian regime is only tightening. Operation Economic Outcast is now cutting off every remaining lifeline to the regime as a domestic fuel crisis, collapsing currency, and crushing inflation starves the regime of its ability to project power.
President Trump has been clear: he will keep the pressure on the Islamic Republic until it can no longer threaten the world.
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Original text here: https://www.whitehouse.gov/releases/2026/08/president-trump-was-right-america-controls-the-strait-of-hormuz/
Trump's Transportation Department Moves to Reverse Illegal Obama-Era Rule Unfairly Restricting American Engine Manufacturing
WASHINGTON, Aug. 29 -- The U.S. Department of Transportation National Highway Traffic Safety Administration issued the following news release on Aug. 28, 2026:
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Trump's Transportation Department Moves to Reverse Illegal Obama-Era Rule Unfairly Restricting American Engine Manufacturing
Action will unleash innovators so they can design the engines of the future
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The U.S. Department of Transportation's National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) today moved to reverse an Obama-era rule regulating standalone medium- and heavy-duty truck engines. The rule - which went far beyond
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WASHINGTON, Aug. 29 -- The U.S. Department of Transportation National Highway Traffic Safety Administration issued the following news release on Aug. 28, 2026:
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Trump's Transportation Department Moves to Reverse Illegal Obama-Era Rule Unfairly Restricting American Engine Manufacturing
Action will unleash innovators so they can design the engines of the future
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The U.S. Department of Transportation's National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) today moved to reverse an Obama-era rule regulating standalone medium- and heavy-duty truck engines. The rule - which went far beyondCongress' intent - restricted manufacturers' ability to design innovative approaches to meet commercial truck fuel efficiency standards. Under the Trump Administration, NHTSA is returning that authority to vehicle manufacturers who can best decide how to improve fuel efficiency.
Federal statute and court decisions make it clear that NHTSA's authority is limited to regulating the fuel efficiency of vehicles, not standalone engines or vehicle subcomponents. Today's interpretive rule aligns the agency's regulatory footprint with law.
"American innovators - not Big Government - know how best to design vehicle engines. The Trump Administration is getting out of the way so manufacturers can decide how they want to meet fuel efficiency requirements," said NHTSA Administrator Jonathan Morrison. "Ensuring the commercial truck fuel efficiency program complies with Federal law will also lower commercial truck prices and allow American manufacturers - and the thousands of hardworking people they employ - to thrive."
Highlights of the Rule
* Focus on Vehicles: The Energy Independence and Security Act explicitly directs NHTSA to establish a fuel efficiency program for commercial vehicles. Unlike the Clean Air Act - which gives the Environmental Protection Agency explicit authority to set emissions standards for engines - EISA contains no statutory authority for NHTSA to regulate engines or components like transmissions or tires.
* Alignment with Judicial Precedent: The interpretation applies the best reading of the law in light of the U.S. Supreme Court's Loper Bright Enterprises v. Raimondo decision, as well as a recent decision from the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit that found the agency has no authority to regulate the fuel efficiency of non-vehicle components.
* Support for Market Flexibility: Regulating complete vehicles gives manufacturers greater flexibility to innovate and tailor designs to the real-world operational demands of commercial customers that could include improvements to the engine as well as other parts of the vehicle such as transmissions, cab design, and tires.
Next Steps and Enforcement
The interpretive rule does not itself change existing standards. It establishes the legal foundation for a forthcoming notice-and-comment rulemaking to officially reset the MDHD program.
Pending that rulemaking process, NHTSA will exercise its enforcement authority in alignment with this interpretation.
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Original text here: https://www.nhtsa.gov/press-releases/truck-engine-fuel-efficiency-rule-reversed
State Dept.: U.S. Sanctions Sever Financial Lifelines of Iranian Regime
WASHINGTON, Aug. 29 -- The U.S. State Department issued the following statement on Aug. 28, 2026, by Principal Deputy Spokesperson Tommy Pigott:
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U.S. Sanctions Sever Financial Lifelines of Iranian Regime
Operation Economic Outcast continues in full force. Today, the United States is imposing sanctions on the manager of the Dubai branch of Iran's Bank Melli, Reza Mohammad Taeedi. Bank Melli has served as a critical financial hub for Iran's armed forces, including the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps-Qods Force and the Ministry of Defense and Armed Forces Logistics, both U.S.-sanctioned
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WASHINGTON, Aug. 29 -- The U.S. State Department issued the following statement on Aug. 28, 2026, by Principal Deputy Spokesperson Tommy Pigott:
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U.S. Sanctions Sever Financial Lifelines of Iranian Regime
Operation Economic Outcast continues in full force. Today, the United States is imposing sanctions on the manager of the Dubai branch of Iran's Bank Melli, Reza Mohammad Taeedi. Bank Melli has served as a critical financial hub for Iran's armed forces, including the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps-Qods Force and the Ministry of Defense and Armed Forces Logistics, both U.S.-sanctionedentities.
We are also sanctioning a Hong Kong-based company that has helped designated Iranian individuals and entities to access the international financial system.
In addition, the U.S. Department of the Treasury's Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) proposed a rule that would revoke Banque Misr UAE's correspondent banking access to U.S. financial institutions. Treasury assesses that Banque Misr UAE is a critical node for the Iranian regime's access to U.S. dollars.
Today's action intensifies our pressure campaign against Iran. As the regime prioritizes its malign activities above the needs of its people, we will sever the economic lifelines sustaining it. We will target individuals and entities that engage in illicit financial practices on behalf of the Iranian regime, including those working for Iranian banks outside the country.
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Today's sanctions actions are being taken pursuant to E.O. 13224, as amended, a counterterrorism authority, and E.O. 13902, which targets persons operating in Iran's financial sector. FinCEN proposed its rule pursuant to section 311 of the USA PATRIOT Act. For more information on today's action, please see the Department of the Treasury's press release (https://home.treasury.gov/news/press-releases/sb0617/?).
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Original text here: https://www.state.gov/releases/office-of-the-spokesperson/2026/08/u-s-sanctions-sever-financial-lifelines-of-iranian-regime/
Never Surrender: Karoline Leavitt's Historic Tenure as White House Press Secretary
WASHINGTON, Aug. 29 -- The White House issued the following news on Aug. 27, 2026:
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NEVER SURRENDER: Karoline Leavitt's Historic Tenure as White House Press Secretary
Today, Karoline Leavitt completes her final day as the 36th White House Press Secretary -- the youngest person to ever hold the position and among the best ever to do it. She leaves the James S. Brady Briefing Room after a tenure defined by command, clarity, and an unrelenting defense of President Donald J. Trump and the America First agenda.
President Trump called her "one of the best White House Press Secretaries in the
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WASHINGTON, Aug. 29 -- The White House issued the following news on Aug. 27, 2026:
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NEVER SURRENDER: Karoline Leavitt's Historic Tenure as White House Press Secretary
Today, Karoline Leavitt completes her final day as the 36th White House Press Secretary -- the youngest person to ever hold the position and among the best ever to do it. She leaves the James S. Brady Briefing Room after a tenure defined by command, clarity, and an unrelenting defense of President Donald J. Trump and the America First agenda.
President Trump called her "one of the best White House Press Secretaries in theHistory of the Office" -- and that's the legacy she leaves behind.
Here are only a few of our favorite moments:
* She refused to let reporters turn the briefing room into a stage for activism: "You're a left-wing hack. You're not a reporter. You're posing in this room as a journalist... You and the people in the media who have such biases but fake like you're a journalist -- you shouldn't even be sitting in that seat."
* She rejected questions that didn't deserve the dignity of longer replies: "What a stupid question."
* She responded with facts: "All of them -- because they illegally broke our nation's laws and therefore, they are criminals."
* She declared this Administration would not be lectured by those who failed the country: "We are not going to be lectured about national security and American troops by Democrats and the mainstream media, who turned the other cheek when the Biden Administration, because of their incompetence, left 13 service members dead in Afghanistan and not a single person in the previous Administration was held accountable."
* She drew a red line on this Administration's personnel and purpose: "He identifies pregnant women as 'pregnant people,' so that's not someone who we want in this Administration anyway. If people are not aligned with the President's vision and the Secretary's vision to make our country healthy again, then we will gladly show them the door."
* She dismissed a low-level French politician's demand for the Statue of Liberty with history: "It's only because of the United States of America that the French are not speaking German right now."
* She named the playbook when Democrats and their Fake News allies tried to manufacture a crisis: "If this story proves anything, it proves that Democrats and their propagandists in the mainstream media know how to fabricate, orchestrate, and disseminate a misinformation campaign quite well."
* She rebuked a foreign leader who attacked the United States and the President: "I saw the South African President running his mouth a little bit against the United States and the President of the United States earlier today, and that language is not appreciated by the President or his team."
* She documented the Democrat Crime Crisis with the record, not spin: "There is crime in all states but... if you look at the list of the top 20 high-crime cities in the United States, every single one, with the exception of one, is run by a Democrat."
* She exposed the media's complicity in the Biden cover-up: "I can tell you there was certainly a lack of transparency from the former President, from the entire former Administration, and frankly, a lot of people in this room when it came to the health and the competence of the former President of the United States, Joe Biden. There was one of the greatest coverups and, frankly, political scandals this nation has ever seen."
* She spoke directly to Americans abandoned by failed Democrat leadership: "This is our message to Americans in Democrat-run cities nationwide: decline is a choice. You don't have to live in constant fear of being robbed, raped, or murdered. Your leaders are lying to you -- and they have been failing you for decades."
* She rejected, without hesitation, suggestions that President Trump stood on weaker moral ground than the Iranian regime: "The President absolutely has the moral high ground over the Iranian terrorist regime -- and for you to even suggest otherwise is, frankly, insulting."
* She exposed the endless hypocrisy of the Radical Left: "I would just say a strong message to Democrats who are out there pretending to be outraged about the long list of crap that this Administration is cutting -- federal waste in funding, like $2 million for sex changes in Guatemala, $6 million to fund tourism in Egypt... Democrats are outraged that the American people want their tax dollars going to good uses, not stuff like this -- but then they're very quiet about the fact that there are still North Carolinians and people in California who have lost everything and in the last four years the federal government did nothing to help them."
* She delayed maternity leave after the attempted assassination targeting President Trump: "As I told many of you on Friday afternoon, I thought that would be my last time taking your questions until after my maternity leave -- but given the attempted assassination of the President... I felt it was prudent to be here today to answer your questions."
* She opened the briefing room to new media -- and made clear this White House would take questions from anyone: "It's essential to our team that we share President Trump's message everywhere."
* She welcomed children into the briefing room on Take Our Sons and Daughters to Work Day -- and answered them with the same honesty she brought to the press corps: "I think the most fun part about my job is doing things like this with all of you in the briefing room and answering so many great questions. I think the hardest part of my job is also doing things like this in the briefing room!"
* And when a question deserved nothing more, she gave it nothing more: "You're kidding, right?"
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Karoline Leavitt truly set a new standard for the White House Press Secretary. She fought for the facts, defended the America First agenda, and never, ever surrendered.
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Original text here: https://www.whitehouse.gov/releases/2026/08/never-surrender-karoline-leavitts-historic-tenure-as-white-house-press-secretary/
FEC Issues Digest for Week of Aug. 24-28, 2026
WASHINGTON, Aug. 29 -- The Federal Election Commission issued the following weekly digest:
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Commission meetings and hearings
No open meetings or executive sessions were scheduled this week.
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Litigation
Bernegger v. FEC (Case No. 26-2194) On August 25, the Commission filed a Notice of Lack of Quorum in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia.
Lewicki, et al. v. FEC (Case No. 24-2505) On August 24, the Commission filed a Reply in Support of its Partial Motion for Summary Judgment in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia.
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Reports Due in 2026
The
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WASHINGTON, Aug. 29 -- The Federal Election Commission issued the following weekly digest:
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Commission meetings and hearings
No open meetings or executive sessions were scheduled this week.
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Litigation
Bernegger v. FEC (Case No. 26-2194) On August 25, the Commission filed a Notice of Lack of Quorum in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia.
Lewicki, et al. v. FEC (Case No. 24-2505) On August 24, the Commission filed a Reply in Support of its Partial Motion for Summary Judgment in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia.
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Reports Due in 2026
TheCommission has posted the 2026 Congressional Pre-Election Reporting Dates. Reporting schedules for all filers in 2026 are also available.
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Election Dates
The Commission has posted a list of 2026 Congressional Primary Dates.
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Upcoming educational opportunities
September 16, 2026: The Commission is scheduled to host a webinar on Independent Expenditures and Pre-Election Communications.
September 30, 2026: The Commission is scheduled to host FECFile and reporting webinars for candidate committees.
October 7, 2026: The Commission is scheduled to host FECFile and reporting webinars for PACs and party committees.
For more information on upcoming training opportunities, see the Commission's Trainings page.
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Upcoming reporting due dates
September 20: September Monthly Reports are due. For more information, see the 2026 Monthly Reporting schedule.
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Additional research materials
Contribution Limits: In addition to the current limits, the Commission has posted an archive of contribution limits that were in effect going back to the 1975-1976 election cycles.
Federal election results are available. The data was compiled from the official vote totals published by state election offices.
FEC Notify: Want to be notified by email when campaign finance reports are received by the agency? Sign up here.
The Combined Federal State Disclosure and Election Directory is available. This publication identifies the federal and state agencies responsible for the disclosure of campaign finances, lobbying, personal finances, public financing, candidates on the ballot, election results, spending on state initiatives, and other financial filings.
The Presidential Election Campaign Fund Tax Checkoff Chart provides information on balance of the Fund, monthly deposits into the Fund reported by the Department of the Treasury, payments from the Fund as certified by the FEC, and participation rates of taxpayers as reported by the Internal Revenue Service. For more information on the Presidential Public Funding Program, see the Public Funding of Presidential Elections page.
The FEC Record is available as a continuously updated online news source.
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Original text here: https://www.fec.gov/updates/week-of-august-24-28-2026/
BLS Issues Report on Current Employment Statistics Preliminary Benchmark (State and Area) March 2026
WASHINGTON, Aug. 29 (TNSLrpt) -- Current Employment Statistics Preliminary Benchmark (State and Area) March 2026 - A report from U.S. Department of Labor Bureau of Labor Statistics - Aug. 28, 2026 (6 pages)
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The average absolute preliminary benchmark revision across all states and the District of Columbia was 0.4 percent for March 2026, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. In accordance with usual practice, final benchmark data for all CES state and metropolitan area series are scheduled to be published in March 2027 with the publication of the January 2027 State Employment
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WASHINGTON, Aug. 29 (TNSLrpt) -- Current Employment Statistics Preliminary Benchmark (State and Area) March 2026 - A report from U.S. Department of Labor Bureau of Labor Statistics - Aug. 28, 2026 (6 pages)
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The average absolute preliminary benchmark revision across all states and the District of Columbia was 0.4 percent for March 2026, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. In accordance with usual practice, final benchmark data for all CES state and metropolitan area series are scheduled to be published in March 2027 with the publication of the January 2027 State Employmentand Unemployment news release.
Each year, the Current Employment Statistics (CES) employment estimates are benchmarked to comprehensive counts of employment from the Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages (QCEW). These counts are derived primarily from state unemployment insurance tax records that nearly all employers are required to file with state workforce agencies. Final benchmark data for all CES state and metropolitan area series are scheduled to be released in March 2027 with the January 2027 State Employment and Unemployment news release. The final benchmark will reflect revisions to all not seasonally adjusted data from April 2025 to December 2026, all seasonally adjusted data from January 2022 to December 2026, and select series subject to historical revisions before April 2025.
Summary of revisions at the state level
The average absolute preliminary benchmark revision across all states and the District of Columbia was 0.4 percent for March 2026. Compared with sample-based estimates, preliminary benchmark levels were higher in 28 states and the District for March 2026 and lower in 22 states. For all states and the District, the preliminary benchmark revisions to total nonfarm employment for March 2026 ranged from -1.2 percent in North Dakota to +1.0 percent in Iowa and the District. The average preliminary revision across all states and the District was 0.0 percent. (See table 1.)
Summary of revisions for large metropolitan areas
The average absolute preliminary benchmark revision across all of the 56 metropolitan areas with a 2020 Census population of 1 million or more was 0.6 percent for March 2026. Compared with sample-based estimates, preliminary benchmark levels were higher in 33 areas for March 2026 and lower in 23 areas. Among these large metropolitan areas, the preliminary benchmark revisions to total nonfarm employment for March 2026 ranged from -1.9 percent in Tucson, AZ, to +4.3 percent in Grand Rapids-Wyoming-Kentwood, MI. The average preliminary revision across all large metropolitan areas was +0.2 percent. (See table 2.)
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The final benchmark revisions for states and metropolitan areas for March 2026 are scheduled to be published in March 2027 with the January 2027 State Employment and Unemployment news release.
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Technical Note
This news release presents preliminary benchmark revisions to total nonfarm employment estimates from the Current Employment Statistics (CES) program for all 50 states, the District of Columbia, and metropolitan areas with a Census 2020 population of 1 million or more. The CES program is a federal-state cooperative endeavor.
Each year, CES employment estimates are benchmarked to comprehensive counts of employment from the Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages (QCEW) program. These counts are derived primarily from state unemployment insurance (UI) tax reports that nearly all employers are required to file with state workforce agencies. While most firms are required to pay UI tax for their employees, there are some types of employees that are exempt from UI tax law but are still within scope for the CES. Because these employees are not included in the QCEW, CES uses several other sources to generate counts of this noncovered employment. More information on noncovered employment is available in the CES Handbook of Methods at www.bls.gov/opub/hom/ces/calculation.htm#non covered-employment.
Method of calculation
Preliminary benchmark revisions are calculated for March of the current year. Noncovered employment levels for the upcoming benchmark are not available for the release of the preliminary benchmark revisions. Therefore, the preliminary benchmark revision is calculated by adding the previous year's March noncovered employment level to the current year's March QCEW employment and subtracting the current year's March CES estimate of employment:
Preliminary benchmark revision = (previous year March noncovered employment + current year March QCEW employment) - current year March CES employment estimate.
Final benchmark revisions are issued each March with the publication of the January State Employment and Unemployment news release. For more information on the CES benchmarking process for states and metropolitan areas, see www.bls.gov/web/laus/benchmark.htm.
Additional information
Estimates of nonfarm payroll employment, hours, and earnings from the CES program for states and metropolitan areas are available online at www.bls.gov/sae. Archived Current Employment Statistics Preliminary Benchmark (State and Area) news releases are available at www.bls.gov/bls/newsrelease/home.htm#PRESAE.
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Table 1. Preliminary benchmark revisions to total nonfarm employment by state, not seasonally adjusted
Table 2. Preliminary benchmark revisions to total nonfarm employment in metropolitan areas with a Census 2020 population of 1 million or more, not seasonally adjusted
Table 2. Preliminary benchmark revisions to total nonfarm employment in metropolitan areas with a Census 2020 population of 1 million or more, not seasonally adjusted -- Continued
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View original text plus charts and tables here: https://www.bls.gov/news.release/pdf/presae.pdf
BLS Issues Report on Current Employment Statistics Preliminary Benchmark (National) March 2026
WASHINGTON, Aug. 29 (TNSLrpt) -- Current Employment Statistics Preliminary Benchmark (National) March 2026 - A report from U.S. Department of Labor Bureau of Labor Statistics - Aug. 28, 2026 (3 pages)
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The preliminary estimate of the Current Employment Statistics (CES) national benchmark revision to total nonfarm employment for March 2026 was -79,000 (-0.1 percent), the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. The preliminary benchmark revision for total private employment was -178,000 (-0.1 percent). The annual benchmark revisions over the last 10 years have an absolute average of
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WASHINGTON, Aug. 29 (TNSLrpt) -- Current Employment Statistics Preliminary Benchmark (National) March 2026 - A report from U.S. Department of Labor Bureau of Labor Statistics - Aug. 28, 2026 (3 pages)
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The preliminary estimate of the Current Employment Statistics (CES) national benchmark revision to total nonfarm employment for March 2026 was -79,000 (-0.1 percent), the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. The preliminary benchmark revision for total private employment was -178,000 (-0.1 percent). The annual benchmark revisions over the last 10 years have an absolute average of0.2 percent of total nonfarm employment. In accordance with usual practice, the final benchmark revision will be issued in February 2027 with the publication of the January 2027 Employment Situation news release.
Each year, CES employment estimates are benchmarked to comprehensive counts of employment from the Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages (QCEW). These counts are derived primarily from state unemployment insurance (UI) tax records that nearly all employers are required to file with state workforce agencies.
The preliminary benchmark revision reflects the difference between two independently derived employment counts, each subject to their own sources of error. It serves as a preliminary measure of the total error in CES employment estimates from March 2025 to March 2026.
The preliminary benchmark revisions in table 1 are calculated only for March 2026 for the major industry sectors. As is typically the case, many of the individual industry series show larger percentage revisions than the total nonfarm series, primarily because statistical sampling error is greater at more detailed levels than at an aggregated level.
Official establishment survey estimates are not updated based on this preliminary benchmark revision.
The final benchmark revision will be incorporated into official estimates with the publication of the January 2027 Employment Situation news release in February 2027.
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The final benchmark revision is scheduled to be published in February 2027 with the January 2027 Employment Situation news release.
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Table 1. National Current Employment Statistics March 2026 Preliminary Benchmark Revisions by Major Industry Sector
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Technical Note
The preliminary March revision amounts presented in this release are intended to give a preview of the revisions to the Bureau of Labor Statistics Current Employment Statistics (CES) data released in February of each year. Currently published CES data have not been adjusted to new levels based on these preliminary revision amounts.
The preliminary March revisions are calculated by comparing not seasonally adjusted CES employment for March of the benchmark year to universe employment counts derived mostly from Quarterly Census of Employment and Wage (QCEW) data. Additional employment not covered by the QCEW is calculated from several sources including County Business Patterns and Annual Survey of Public Employment and Payroll data from the Census Bureau, state employment data, and data from the Railroad Retirement Board. This noncovered employment is added to QCEW employment to arrive at a universe employment total. The preliminary March CES revision amounts are the universe employment minus the CES estimated employment. More information about CES benchmarking is available in the Handbook of Methods in the Calculations section on Benchmarking, www.bls.gov/opub/hom/ces/calculation.htm#benchmark. More information about noncovered employment is available in the Handbook of Methods in the Calculations section on Noncovered employment, www.bls.gov/opub/hom/ces/calculation.htm#noncovered-employment.
Universe employment for March is calculated and compared to the CES estimates at the basic cell level and then aggregated up to the major industry sector, total private, and total nonfarm levels. More information about aggregating CES data is available in the Handbook of Methods in the Calculations section on Aggregation procedures, www.bls.gov/opub/hom/ces/calculation.htm#aggregation-procedures.
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View original text plus charts and tables here: https://www.bls.gov/news.release/pdf/prebmk.pdf
