Rebalancing the American Workforce

November Jobs Report Shows Prioritizing Private, Native-Born Employment The U.S. labor market in 2025 shows a clear rebalancing toward private-sector and native-born workers. The Bureau of Labor Statistics' November report, delayed due to the earlier government shutdown, reported 64,000 jobs added, with unemployment at 4.6%-its highest since late 2021. Private-sector gains of 69,000 fully offset public-sector losses, highlighting a shift driven by policy changes. This rebalancing reduces government bloat and redirects job growth to Americans, but low workforce participation and discouraged workers remain concerns that could limit long-term benefits. The GOP's Path to Overhauling Democrats Failed Health Legacy Congress has adjourned…

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Tennessee’s Smelting Rise in the REE-naissance Saga

Tennessee's Role in Breaking China's Critical Minerals Grip In the arc of America's REE-naissance-spanning policy blueprints in Saskatoon separators, Utah's ionic bounty, and Uyuni's lithium pivot-the missing link has been robust, scalable downstream processing. Enter Korea Zinc's $7.4 billion U.S.-backed smelter in Tennessee, announced Monday, transforming an operational Nyrstar site into a fortress for 13 critical metals, including 5,100 tonnes of rare earths annually. This isn't mere metallurgy; it's the industrial anvil forging hemispheric independence, syncing upstream feeds from Utah clays and Bolivian brines with midstream tech like REalloys-SRC's AI-driven purity. As China's rare earth export licenses flow under truce terms,…

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