Thursday Afternoon News Updates: Brutal Jobs Numbers, Trump's Stock Schemes, DOJ's Jack Smith Leak, and More – 7/2…
Thursday Afternoon News Updates: Brutal Jobs Numbers, Trump's Stock Schemes, DOJ's Jack Smith Leak, and More – 7/2/26 Your Thursday afternoon update is here. Ben Meiselas and MeidasTouch Network Jul 2 ∙ U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth concludes his remarks at an event with National Guard soldiers at Meridian Hill Park, site of recently re-opened fountains touted by the Trump administration, in Washington, D.C., U.S., July 2, 2026. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst Hi all, Ben here. It’s Thursday, and there is a whole lot I want to cover today, so let’s dive right in. Here’s what we’re tracking: More on Trump’s obscene financial disclosures and the Micron conflict of interest Trump Cabinet officials getting booed The empty fairgrounds continue at Trump’s so-called Great American State Fair A brutal June jobs report Trump officials scrambling to spin that report Stalled U.S.-Iran talks in Doha Russia’s massive overnight assault on Kyiv Funeral plans for Khamenei and calls for “venge...