Donald Trumpās administration is threatening to withdraw federal funding for unemployment assistance in all 50 states as part of the presidentās nationwide campaign against āfraudā in government spending.
In a letter to the governors of 53 states and territories, acting Labor Secretary Keith Sonderling warned that the federal government would use āevery available toolā to combat āwaste, fraud and abuseā within state-run unemployment insurance programs, including āwithholding administrative funds from statesā for the first time in history.
There is no single national program for unemployment support, though the federal government partners with state agencies to support temporary financial assistance to out-of-work Americans. Nearly 2 million people are currently receiving those benefits, while roughly 229,000 people are filing initial jobless claims every week, according to the Labor Department.


Hmmā¦
Yes - this is true. And itās essentially 100% guaranted that unemployment, measured honestly, is going nowhere but up.
And with the midterms coming upā¦
Yes - this seems more likely to be the primary motivation.
Itās the financial version of āif we stop counting COVID deaths, the numbers will go downā