Amy Morris

We get that from Bloomberg's Michael McKee.

They don't measure what's happening with government.

And Bloomberg's Mike McKee says we'll get those numbers when the Labor Department reports December jobs this Friday.

Job openings have dropped to their lowest level in more than a year and hiring slowed.

That indicates most employers are reluctant to make any big changes to headcount.

New Jolt's data show the number of layoffs in November dropped to a six-month low.

The decline in vacancies, along with the slowdown in hiring, reinforces views that the job market is softening.

The Trump administration has released updated nutrition guidelines that bring back a revamped version of the food pyramid while urging people to eat less sugar and more protein.

Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.

And today our government declares war on added sugar.

The changes will impact what food is eligible for federal dollars under food stamp and school lunch programs.

That's news when you want it with Bloomberg News Now.

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The United States says it ceased two sanctioned oil tankers linked to Venezuela in back-to-back actions in the North Atlantic and the Caribbean.

Bloomberg's Mike Shepard says the U.S.

wants to exert maximum control over the flow of oil in and out of Venezuela.

forces boarded a Venezuela-linked sanctioned oil tanker in the North Atlantic after pursuing it for weeks.