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May 2
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U.S. Economy Adds 177,000 Jobs in April ...

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Plus: President Trump threatens to revoke Harvard University’s tax exemption. And Goldman Sachs changes some of the language around its diversity programs, removing references to race. Pierre Bienaimé hosts.


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